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"Here we have a homegrown, full blown young musical visionary, and a window into a part of the new San Francisco sound. This train is headed somewhere"
--puremusic.com
"She's the freshest voice in San Francisco"
--San Francisco Magazine
"Enviably literate and awesomely disciplined, Venable amplifies her power through a riveting soprano voice that stuns and enraptures so thoroughly that multiple listenings are required to begin unraveling her mysteries of music and meaning."
--S.F. Bay Guardian
"Ravishingly melodic!"
--Ani Difranco
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 somewhat wider recognition through the release of five albums, as well as several national tours opening for such artists as Ani DiFranco and They Might be Giants.
Venable’s newest release, The Summer Storm Journals, has been four years in the making and may be her strongest statement to date. Written over the course of Venable’s transition from the west coast to New York City, and recorded in four different cities, this is an album about change: resisting it, fear in the face of it, surrender to it, and ultimately finding peace in the inescapable reality of uncertainty. Produced with Venable’s longtime collaborator, bassist Todd Sickafoose, the album features a stellar cast of musicians, including violinist Alan Lin, guitarist Adam Levy, (Norah Jones), and avant garde marimba virtuouso, Payton MacDonald, (Alarm Will Sound).
Over the course of recording the album, Noe has also been in school. This June, she graduated from Hunter College of the City University of New York. Noe is currently based in Cambridge, Massachussetts where she is pursuing graduate studies in literature and comparative religion at Harvard Divinity School.
As well as performing her own music, Venable has lent her voice to many other projects. Several of Venable's songs are featured in the film, Cherish, by Finn Taylor, and her cover of Breakdown by Tom Petty was included in the album's soundtrack. In addition, her voice can be heard on numerous recordings by other artists, including Ani DiFranco, John Vanderslice, Julian Summerhill, Faun Fables, and Alice Bierhorst. Most recently, Venable sings with the New York based band, Edison Woods.
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