Smilin' Osei comes from Kwhanu Nkwatia in Ghana and he plays with his swinging band a style wich is called Afro Konkoma, a rhythmic and pointed style with highlife guitars and "coirs" of trompets, trombones and saxophones. In his music, you sometimes can hear his past as a gospel singer and he says to be inspired by Bob Marley, The Commodores, James Brown, the Bee Gees and Otis Redding. He performs both as a solosinger and with band. His third CD Wayo tactics is recently published on the Dakar Sound label, and you can listen to it here.