Biography

Noel Mckoy 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 aunt 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 Quartet (JTQ) and also collaborating and writing songs for Sir Cliff Richard and also penning and singing the1994 BBC1 Commonwealth games theme “The Brave”. 

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 Stevie Wonder,  Ronald Isley, Gladys Knight, George Clinton, Mica Paris, and Omar To name a few. 

This Year Sees Noel Mckoy return to his musical roots with the release of “Brighter Day” An expedition taking you through a musical journey of Noel’s influences from Stax, Motown, and Northern soul this is the recipe that shape and create the texture of the great mans music.

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