Peruvian born Cecilia Noel...direct descendant of Cacique-Sacha, one of the last chiefs of the Incan Empire...began performing music professionally at the age of eight and spent most of her adolesent years studying violin, piano and conducting at top music schools in Argentina and Germany. Musically having gone through the school of Beatles, Jazz and Brazilian Cecilia tells us that she feels a strong soul connection in her music to her Incan ancestors and the Afro-Peruvian Folklore and Afro-Cuban Culture that she grew up with along the Coast of Perú. This background of style and ancestery "mixing my own recipes", has brought to the music industry a whole new genre, Salsoul.

Writing her music from deep personal experiences Cecilia who feels that music is her very source of life explaines, "The spirit of my Mother gets in me when I play the piano. I don't know where it comes from, all the notes and harmonies, I still feel is all magical, a miracle, a frequency that connects with me from the Universe. I never take it for granted, I feel blessed when I can sing and dance and when I look at my Band and see their smiling faces."

Premiering once a month at The Key Club in Hollywood for an audience with such as Bette Middler, Paul Rodriguez , Sinbad and Al Jarreau in the crowd, "Cecilia Noel", who has been compared to Tina Turner, Janis Joplin and Gloria Estefan, and her band "the Wild Clams" are one of the hottest acts in LA. With such legendary shows "Cecila Noel and the Wild Clams" have been invited to appear on the Quincy Jones produced late night show "VIBE" and the Playboy Jazz Festival as well as Cecilia performing commercials for such companies as "Miller Beer" and doing voices for characters on the "Rugrats," "Santo Bugito" and HBO's "Spice City,"

Performing in and around Los Angeles for the past six years "Cecilia Noel and the Wild Clams" were the first ones in Los Angeles to put together a combination of such varied styles with a Latin base: funk, jazz, rock, hip hop," This unique blend has syrocketed the group to the top of the MP3 charts on MP3.com the "radio" of the internet where Noël recently won the World Music Category. When asked why she called her 14 piece band "The Wild Clams", Cecilia replied, "Buddy Rich used to scream at his band "U are f......g claming all over the place!". The rest, I leave to people's imagination."

The group members of the Wild Clams are: *MISS UNIVERSES* Gisa "La Vatecky" Vatcky - Background vocals,Kenya Hathaway - Background vocals,Ijeoma Njaka - Background vocals, Bethina Sayegh - Background vocals, Toni Basil - Diva, Guiro, Campania & Saviour, *LOS DOCTORES DEL RITMO* Burnin'Bernie Dresel "King ofthe Hill" - Drums,Carlitos "Uh Oh El Niño" del Puerto - Electric & Baby Bass,James "Fxxxxxg" Earl - Bass,Jeffrey "Oswald" Babko - Keyboards, Carmen "Pepe" Grillo - Electric Guitar, Michito "Pinsilla" Sanchez - Percussion, Lenny "El Malo" Castro - Percussion, Ricky "Mano Martillo" Rodriguez - Percussion, Jimmy "El Jinetero" Branly – Percussion, *THE IN & OUT HORNS/LOS METE-SACA* Eric Jorgensen - M.D., M.C., Gynecologist, Psychiatrist, Right Hand, Left Foot and Trombone, Vince "Vinnie Vicious" Denham - Tenor Saxophone and Solo on "La Culebra", Cleto Escobedo Junior 'The King of Soul" - Assistant Gyno & Alto Saxophone, Albert Wing "Albert Schwing" - Saxophones & Flute on "Dip It", Mario "Tobi" Gonzalez - Trumpet, Lee "Condorito" Thornburg - Trumpet

If you would like to know more about "Cecilia Noel and the Wild Clams" please visit the Wild Clam web-site Wildclam.com or visit the wildclamMP3 web-site. Please take a little time and listen to the wild exotic Salsoul primal sound of the sultry red hot "Cecilia Noel and the Wild Clams".

© Linda H Lawrence