Noel McKoy Obituary

Noel McKoy was a British-based soul music singer. His music was a collection of soul, gospel, funk and Nothern soul.

McKoy created, produced and presented the highly influential Dutch Pot new artist nights in London-which ran for five years.

McKoy fronted the James Taylor Quartet in the early 1990s and has duetted with Juliet Roberts, Mica Paris, Vanessa Simon, Beverley Knight and Ebony Alleyne. He released five solo albums and, in 2007, he recorded new songs for the record producer Ian Levine’s Northern Soul 2007 and Disco 2008, the latter also featuring his sisters.

Over 300 artists including Hill St. Soul, future Lion King lead Shaun Escoffrey, and Michael Jackson writer, Jeffrey Williams gave early performances at these nights- which proved to be pivotal to their late careers.

As recently as 2021, he teamed up with ex-UB40 sax player, Brian Travers, and reggae-fusion trumpet player, Patrick Anthony Tenyue to release the self-penned track, Liberation for TEK2 Productions.