PAUL GRABOWSKY & KATIE NOONAN: Before Time Could Change Us (SBS).

AS good as Katie Noonan's pure voice is, it's an acquired taste. Blending the George singer's pipes with Paul Grabowsky's jazz odysseys and the poetry of Dorothy Porter takes it into the outer limits of accessibility. Before Time Could Change Us is a double CD concept piece, 16 tracks that encompass the arc of a love affair. Melancholy moods for a rainy afternoon.

JEFF CRAWFORD