About
Blending her soulful vocals with elevated harmony, Lala Noel has lent her voice, and rhythm guitar playing to a number of both local and international acts, including the likes of Aysanabee, Patrick Watson, Alessia Cara, July Talk, Zaki Ibrahim, Rich Aucoin, The Queer Songbook Orchestra and Melbourne based rock band Kingswood.
The young artist’s debut solo album “Edible Flowers” was released under her given name Kyla Charter, in the Spring of 2022 with support from the Ontario Arts Council and was welcomed into rotation nationally on CBC Radio, in addition to being a featured artist at the Toronto International Jazz Festival, Mariposa Folk Festival, Hillside Festival and more. Noel also found time to perform and arrange vocals on Shakura Saida’s 2023 Juno award nominated “Hold On To Love”, Aysanabee’s 2023 Juno award nominated “Watin”, and has most recently co-written and co-produced on 2024 Juno award winning Alternative Album of the year “Here and Now”.
While embarking on a Canada Council funded project to learn and write about the lives of her grandmothers, the Humber College Jazz alumnus was thrust into the rich and heavy soil of her lineage. Determined to honour the women of her family tree, she has emerged as Lala Noel; a new bud on a familiar branch.