OPEN SHOP WOODLAWN

ARMAND MARGJEKA LIVE

AUG  30.     HOTEL CAFE,   LOS ANGELES  CA

SEPT 12.   ALYS STEPHENS CENTER,   BIRMINGHAM  AL  

SEPT 25    ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL,  NYC  NY

WELD for Birmingham on Noel debut LP "I Won't Answer"

"Local musician Noel blends Beck, Woody Guthrie and Cormac McCarthy on new LP."

"...the world the album inhabits is intense enough to evoke the bleak wastes of Cormac McCarthy." 

"...full of strings, horns and foreboding synths, creating a sonic enormity that hints at empty space more than lushness, and which makes the most of (Noel) Johnson’s deep, haunting voice."

"...(Noel) Johnson and producer Armand Margjeka molded the largely unformed songs into chiaroscuro soundscapes that combine a modern, genre-busting sensibility with the folk influences of populist music and spirituals."

weldforbham | http://weldbham.com/blog/2014/07/23/paradise-regained/

Noel I Won't Answer album premiere now streaming on #TheDrop at Relevant Magazine

http://www.relevantmagazine.com/the-drop/i-wont-answer

On Noel's debut I Won't Answer (2014): 

"The singer-songwriter from Birmingham sounds very in control throughout the duration of I Won’t Answer. It’s a rebellious, seductive album whilst maintaining a meticulousness and maturity of the sophisticated rock star."  -CultureFly

http://culturefly.co.uk/i-wont-answer-noel-review/

"Many of the songs on I Won't Answer have that mix of traditional elements and a religious feel amid the dense and artful indie production, from the gospel-styled title track to the organ-rich hymnal sound of The Kingdom...When I See You In the Stars, a dark, slo-mo waltz with a stunning melody and Noel's commanding voice giving the track a fitting otherworldly power."  -DirectCurrent

NOEL- ALBUM RELEASE SHOW 

7.25.14   AT "THE WAREHOUSE" 5512 1ST AVE S

Album Premiere | Dead Fingers Big Black Dog on American Songwriter 

“We feel like Big Black Dog is really the first Dead Fingers record. After a year of touring, we fell into a rhythm with each other musically and really discovered who we were as a band. Recorded piecemeal over nearly a year while we were expecting our first child, Big Black Dogcaptures the essence of Dead Fingers’ live show.”

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2014/07/album-premiere-dead-fingers-big-black-dog/

LISTEN: Noel songs from I WON'T ANSWER at NoiseTrade

http://noisetrade.com/noel/songs-from-i-wont-answer

Dead Fingers #BigBlackDog | album release July 15