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Lou Noble

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About Me

Hello there, just a little about me and what I do....I guess I've been writing songs for about 15 years now, although I only began to play them to anyone when I reached Camden in 2001. It was then that I was very blessed to find myself in the company of some wonderful people, and musicians and many of them gathered at that time in a very popular back street venue on a tuesday evening, where we all shared many a Royal Exchange. I felt in some ways that I had found my musical family and heard how we all had similar experiences of desiring to create and play music to and with others and when we did, we became alive... communicating our experiences with others, we could connect and share .. life's tests and "many of them", something that we had in common, this was a place, for some of us, where finally, our music could be listened to and respected and understand by a whole community of like minds.. it was a very beautiful and inspiring time ... A few years later, I gave birth to a beautiful daughter, Freeya, who fills me with love and inspiration every day..And with beauty, more poetry is created. I have been able to continue playing and sharing what I consider to be my art due to the love and support of some very special people. ..... my songs are honest, they are passionate, because they have come from my own experience of feelings and emotions, some painful and some incredible beautiful. I seem to have adopted this style quite by chance and when I write, it feels like the most natural thing in the world.. We all have a gift and it takes time to realise this, when we become open to what this is, the feeling can be magical! Through all of life's experiences, we come across the full-flavoured and the rich, the euphoric, the slightly uncomfortable, kind of prickly and the really "I could do without!"!!..We're not always in a place where we can communicate our experiences and feelings but if we can say something about how we feel or about what life is showing us, and someone else understands, then we make a connection. Writing and singing songs is like therapy to me ...If we feel the same, then we share something, which is always good, even if it wasn't such a great experience,.. We can then stand back from the experience and not see it as part of ourselves, rather as one one of life's little gems that just came along to teach us something valuable... Despite some of my more prickly lessons learned, I'm grateful to share music as a means of expression and love and hope you'll enjoy a bit of my medicine ..xxx ..Take a listen to one of my songs at:*********Listen and buy my songs on www.extraplay.com/lounoble*********

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/16/2005
Band Members: Lou Noble - Vocals & Acoustic Tanglewood Guitar!
Influences: Nina Simone, The Beatles, Billie Holliday, Carly Simon, Eva Cassidy, Aretha Franklin, jazz/swing, John Lennon, Tori Amos, Erikah Badu, Anna DiFranco, Lenny Kravitz, Janis Joplin, Paul Wellar, The Doors, The Jam, The Police, Shaun Colvin, Sam Cooke,Ella Fitzgerald, Kate Bush, The Clash, The Who, Oasis, Skunknansi, Pink Floyd, The Eagles, The Carpenters, Cardigans, Sinead O'connor, Elvis Presley, Kd Lang, Abba,Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Roy Orbison, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Kt Tunstall, Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow, Mary Mary, India Arie, Donner Summer, Nenah Cherry, Norah Jones, Angie Stone, Natalie Cole, Whitney Houston, Michelle Shocked, Suzanne Vega, Melissa Etheridge, Tracy Chapman, The Pretenders, Kirsty Maccoll, All about Eve, Fun lovin Criminals, Tom Petty, David Grey, George Michael, Jamiroquai,Natalie Merchant, Eddi Reader, Beth Orton, Macy Grey, Julia Fordham, Allison Moyet, Lynden David Hall.....
Sounds Like: Well, have been told a combination of Billie Holiday, Anni DiFranco, Katie Melua and Michelle Shocked... that'll do nicely, thank you very much!.... Myspace Layouts + Myspace Graphics
Record Label: none
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Buzz mag

Cardiff's Buzz magazine have just reviewed the Water and the Waves EP for the February issue, commenting on the "emotive and affecting songs..."and cheeky references to "hippy death drug (??!!) Mariju...
Posted by Lou Noble on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:57:00 PST

Pulserated.com

Well, through this beautiful virtual space, pulserated.com, one of Europe's largest internet and satellite radio stations have been listening in to the tunes and been playing them for the last two wee...
Posted by Lou Noble on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:54:00 PST

Save the Children

Live music event to take place in Cardiff to raise awareness and raise valuable funds for the Save the Children charity in Jan/Feb 2007 .... Let me know if you'd like to be involved as a solo artist o...
Posted by Lou Noble on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 02:21:00 PST

Looking for Bass & percussion....!

 Well, the time has almost come for Matt, the wonderful player of the beautiful electric double-bass you can hear on these tunes, to visit jolly  Barcelona for 3 months, (of course, I'l...
Posted by Lou Noble on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:36:00 PST

Good Stuff!

Lots of it about right now, kind of large, s-shaped and shiney!! Yes, the new line up of Matt on beautiful electric Double Bass and a healthy percussionist, going by the name of Hamster at this stage...
Posted by Lou Noble on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 08:03:00 PST

Tunes

Well, after much trial and error, have finally managed to upload a few tunes... a slightly crackle to some parts of this, recorded live at Small World Festival, May 2005. Tis all I have right now...
Posted by Lou Noble on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:13:00 PST

Recent events

Ok, well have just found me a loveyly Double-Bass player and am set to play a number of interesting gigs with him soon! Gig details: *Friday 24th March @ The Toucan,*prev.Journeys*, Cardiff. supportin...
Posted by Lou Noble on Sat, 18 Mar 2006 05:56:00 PST

What I'm doing, where and what I am!!!?

I'm a solo acoustic artist, living and performing in Cardiff after some time doing the same in London..  My music is kinda jazzy, bluesy, folky, honesty!  My songs might be full of grit or g...
Posted by Lou Noble on Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:40:00 PST