Cecilia Noël is a Peruvian-born Latin music artist,[1][2][3] whose work, with her band, The Wild Clams, combines salsa, soul, jazz, funk, and Afro-Cuban traditions.
Born in Lima, Peru, Noël "first began singing at age 11 in a band named El Polen formed by her cousins".
[2] She moved to the United States in the late 1980s, settling in Los Angeles in 1989,[8] and debuted in the early 1990s with her band, The Wild Clams.
[1] She played at the 16th annual Playboy Jazz Festival in June 1994,[9] and appeared on the Quincy Jones-produced late night talk show, Vibe, in August 1998.
In a 2001 project, Hong Kong-based director Wong Kar-wai used Noël's cover of the song "Unicornio", from the album of the same name by Cuban musician Silvio Rodríguez.
[13] In 2003, Noël performed on the recording of a reimagined version of "Down Under" for husband Colin Hay's album Man @ Work, with the remake being described as "more carnivale than outback".
[19] Noël is married to singer Colin Hay of the band Men at Work,[20][21] and often tours with her husband,[22] providing background vocals for his shows.