KNOWN to her Barbadian fans as Sammijane, Samantha Jane Clarke wants to introduce her album, “Time to Change”, to the Guyanese public.
The album, a collection of gospel songs done in the styles of calypso, reggae and R&B, comes as a first for the English-born Barbadian-bred artist, who has in the past released singles. Her parents are Pastor Phyllis Clarke and Wyatt Clarke. She is a member of the Faith Miracle Church of God.
A teacher by profession, Sammijane has been singing from the age of three, a passion that took a professional turn in 2003. Sammijane said that, as a teacher, she was concerned about how she saw youth being portrayed, especially Christian youth, who felt that the music was not relevant. “I want them to know that Jesus is there for them. When everything else fails, they can try Gospel. That is why there is a mixture of genres. Also I’m a Caribbean woman, I’m not from North America.”

Sammijane says that being a Christian is her way of life; she doesn’t live any other way, and she would not sing anything else. “These songs are a true representation of where my heart is and the concerns I have for the world, especially the islands of the Caribbean,” she states on the album’s cover.
The album has thirteen tracks: ‘Time to Change’, ‘Positivity’, ‘Too Much’,  ‘Go Hard’, ‘Stand Up’, ‘Man  ah Warrior’, ‘Got to be Ready’, ‘I’ll never Forget’, ‘We Need You’, ‘Tumbling Down’, ‘How Dare Ya’, and ‘It’s Over Now’.
The singer says that ‘A Time to Change’ has had a very good response in Barbados, as she is already well known, taking the national stage for Crop Over, except for this year. She is a member of the only “Gospel Calypso Tent”.
Sammijane got married over the weekend to a man whose relatives encouraged her to bring the album to Guyana.