Ian Noe
about the artist
Ian Noe draws on the day-to-day life of Eastern Kentucky on his critically-acclaimed albums, Between the Country (produced by Dave Cobb) and River Fools and Mountain Saints (produced by Andrija Tojkic). He is known for powerful lyrics that rest on artful melodies and that include a number of complicated characters, diverse in their own downfalls but bound together by Noe's singular voice. "I've always thought that Eastern Kentucky had a certain kind of sound, and I can't really explain it any better than that," he says. "What I was trying to do was write songs that sounded like where i…
MoreIan Noe draws on the day-to-day life of Eastern Kentucky on his critically-acclaimed albums, Between the Country (produced by Dave Cobb) and River Fools and Mountain Saints (produced by Andrija Tojkic). He is known for powerful lyrics that rest on artful melodies and that include a number of complicated characters, diverse in their own downfalls but bound together by Noe's singular voice. "I've always thought that Eastern Kentucky had a certain kind of sound, and I can't really explain it any better than that," he says. "What I was trying to do was write songs that sounded like where i was living."