Noe Venable

NOE'S ALBUMS ARE AVAILABLE AT www.noevenable.com, amazon.com, www.cdbaby.com, and at iTunes. thanks for asking XO :. Noe Venable is a singer-songwriter, composer, and poet. Having honed her songwriting and musicianship within the context of San Francisco's rich experimental and jazz music scene, Venable has gone on to wider recognition through the release of five albums, as well as national tours opening for artists from Ani DiFranco to They Might be Giants. Venable has shared stages with artists as diverse as Patti Smith, Gillian Welch, Robyn Hitchcock, and Tom McRae.
Venable's most recent release, The Summer Storm Journals, was four years in the making. Lyrically, its songs often explore the theme of lost or misplaced childhood as a place of wonder, darkness and possibility. Many songs also have a mystical strain. Here Venable cites David Abram and Wendell Berry as influences, as well as one wintry January spent as a composer in residence Caldera Arts in Sisters, Oregon, recording snowfall and listening to streams. Produced with Venable's longtime collaborator, bassist Todd Sickafoose, the album features a stellar cast of musicians, including violinists Alan Lin and Jacob Lawson, guitarist Adam Levy, (Norah Jones), and avant garde marimba virtuoso, Payton MacDonald, (Alarm Will Sound).
In addition to her work as a songwriter, Venable is also a teacher committed to empowering young people through the arts. A passionate believer in the capability of imagination to liberate, Venable has taught creative writing, songwriting, theater and visual arts, working with children and adults in a variety of settings. In service of this dimension of her work, she holds a masters degree in education from Harvard Divinity School.
Noe is currently in the studio working on a new album, for release in 2011.