Noel Mc Koy is not formerly a soulab recording artist but somebody very close to us.
Noel Mc koy is a singer from the school of soulful story telling and social commentating, who writes from the heart and delivers from the soul. Noel Mckoy’s raw rasping texture from the pen to the acoustic style of production gives the dynamic sound that will take you on a voyage of human emotion.
It is no surprise that Noel Mckoy’s artistic development is inspired from the legendary greats such as, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Isley Brothers, Rick James, Miles Davis and The Beatles but it would be closer to home, which would encourage him to sing.
It was his mother and auntie who set him off in the right direction of singing
and performing at the young age of 12 and then going on to record
his first track at the age of 14. By 18 he was mastering the art of song writing
and playing guitar but it would be at a later age of 24 that he would
be part of a band named ‘Mckoy’ which, consisted of sister Junett and two
brothers Cornell and Robin.
The early 90s gave birth to the sound of Acid Jazz and Noel Mckoy was
fronting the legendary band James Taylor Quartered (JTQ) and also collaborating
with Omar and Incognito.
Noel Mckoy is without a doubt one of Britain’s most critically acclaimed
Soul Singers who’s performed and toured the world with several UK &
International acts including the likes of Womack & Womack, Roy Ayers,
Gladys Knight, George Clinton, James Taylor Quartet, Mica Paris, Sounds
Of Blackness, Steve Williamson and Linton ‘Kwesi’ Johnson.
This Year Sees Noel Mc koy return to his musical roots with the release of
“Soul searching” An expedition taking you through a musical journey of
different blends and influences that shape and create the texture of the
great mans music.
Noel Mc Koy has teamed with several top writer- producers to come up
with this blinding up tempo northern soul classic with some great stax
style ballads thrown in for good mesure all original material and all done
with a modern day twist.
Noel Mc koy is a determined man...watch this space !
