For those not in the know, Italian-born, New York-based guitarist and harmonica player Noé Socha has released his debut solo album, View From Inside this past October 30th, 2026, via So Hot Music on vinyl, CD and streaming platforms.

The 14-track album features eight original compositions alongside interpretations of songs by The Beatles, Chick Corea, Henry Mancini, John Mayer and Ann Ronell. Recorded live over two days at The Loft NYC, the project captures Socha performing guitar and harmonica simultaneously, with extended improvisations and no overdubs.

Drawing from blues, jazz, folk, pop and Americana, View From Inside showcases Socha’s approach to combining musical genres and reimagining familiar compositions. Among the featured tracks are Henry Mancini’s Moon River, the Beatles’ Blackbird, Chick Corea’s Spain, Ann Ronell’s Willow Weep for Me and John Mayer’s Gravity. “With View From Inside, I wanted to explore all the different musical directions I’ve taken, while being more expansive and having more freedom in my playing,” Socha has said.

1. Kinship
2. Bike Ride
3. Moon River
4. Drizzle
5. Blackbird
6. Cascata
7. Spain
8. Bossa Leonessa
9. Willow Weep for Me
10. Soulfire
11. Gravity
12. Vacuum Cleaner
13. Instantanea 13
14. Il Volo

Legally blind since shortly after birth - although Socha retains limited vision in his right eye - and with the album’s title reflecting his experience of the world through color, sound, touch and imagination, with music serving as a way to communicate his personal perspective, Socha opens on the upbeat and free-flowing Kinship and the emotively sculpted Bike Ride and then we are gifted a softly engaging Moon River, the delicate hue of Drizzle, a dutifully impassioned Blackbird, before both the gently robust Cascata and the flourishing Spain are upon us.

Along next is the mellifluous Bossa Leonessa, the bluesy Willow Weep for Me and the elegantly demure Soulfire, and they are in turn followed seamlessly by the low slung blues-jazz hued Gravity, and the evocatively alluring Vacuum Cleaner, the new set rounding out on an earnest yearn that threads throughout Instantanea 13, coming to a close on a velvety touch shown within the simply gorgeous Il Volo.

“Music belongs to everyone, regardless of who we are or where we come from,” Socha says. “My vision for this song was to convey a celebration of community, togetherness, family and celebrate the universal language of music.”

Official Purchase Link

www.noemusic.net