SMAILA & SERIAL GROOVAZ 
Recorded live on TV May 2009 

Down Mississippi (W&M J B LENOIR) Live

Zombie (W&M Fela Anikulapo Kuti)

Ras Smaila&Serial Groovaz (recorded live on TV on May 10th 2009)

Stone free (W&M Jimi Hendrix) live

Ras Smaila & Serial Groovaz (live on TV May 10th 2009)

I feel blue (W&M Ras Smaila) Live

Ras Smaila & Serial Groovaz (Live on TV May 10th 2009)

True story (W&M Ras Smaila) live

AFRO FREAKIN FUNKY KOSMIC SOUL N’BLUES 
A drum machine free 100% organicaly grown goove. 
A cross over between Jimi Hendrix, James Brown and Fela Anikulapo Kuti all mixed in a down home Blues and Soul stew.

Smaila grew up between Africa, the West Indies and Europe and did most of his schooling between Porto Novo (Republic of Benin) London and Paris.

After rocking the 80’s London scene touring ‘round Europe and jamming with some of the greatest he looked up to while still in his teen learning to play his axe well (Luther Allison John Paul Hammond Memphis Slim ), Smaila released his 1st CD Black Man’s Blues (an ex Night & Day record).

He also wrote the soundtrack for the US version of Med Hondo’s film WATANI shown at the 1999 L.A Pan African Film Festival and at the London Film Festival the same year. His 2nd CD True Story (1rst a Dixiefrog record) is now available on I-tunes since Feb 2012. A MUSICJUSTMUSIC publishing.

He has kept busy playing radio concerts and festivals to live TV shows and gigs ‘round the globe, also backing other great acts such as Diana Hamilton (WOMAD 06) Boney Fields, Lyricson, Sai Sai, Salim Jah Peter or Ras Naya & Free I Land in Angola (Jan 2012). They had great fun rocking Munich Klangfest (May 2013) and were ranked as 2013 best Funk band and granted an award during Paris Soul Music Trophees (June 25th)...

His new record "SMAILA LIVE" as well as all his previous stuff is also now available on I-tunes thanks to Mr Cornelius Claudio Kreusch ‘s MUSICJUSTMUSIC publishing again prior to Smaila and his “Serial Groovaz” next studio production.

Meanwhile, keep an ear out on his afro led 
Freakin’ Funky n’ Kosmic Bluesy Soul.

Femi Smaila

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