Competition Time: Smoove and Turrell

This Friday, Mostly Jazz, Funk and Soul festival will be bringing one of our favourite funk bands in the UK back to grace our stage…..SMOOVE AND TURRELL

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Having gained popularity and recognition from some of the UK’s most esteemed music outputs… John Turrell’s incredible blues laden soulful voice has been compared to the Rat Pack via Curtis Mayfield and Stevie Wonder and it’s this powerhouse that works perfectly

with a band produced by long time funk and soul figurehead Smoove.‘A world class producer who has finally found a world class singer and lyricist to work with.’The Singles ‘I Can’t Give You Up’, ‘You Don’t Know’, and ‘Beggarman’ from their debut album Antique Soul gave them two BBC Radio 2 Record Of The Week listings, Playlisting’s on BBC 6 Music and rave revues across the board including Craig Charles on his prime time BBC 6 Music Funk and Soul Show.

Having headlined stages of 10,000 fans at Glastonbury Festival to having their first 7” single sell for upwards or £150 on ebay.

The band’s current album Eccentric Audio is currently making the rounds and was hotly tipped as the big soul album of 2010 by DJ’s, Critics and Fans alike. ‘Slow Down’ reached Number One in the iTunes Soul Chart as well as being a breakaway success across European National Radio Stations. The second single ‘Hard Work’ has been playlisted across the UK and Europe.

Smoove & Turrell supported globetrotting disco megastars Chic featuring original guitarist Nile Rodgers at The Magic Loungeabout Festival.

The rest of 2012 sees the band back in the studio laying down album number three, scheduled for release 2013 on Jalapeno Records so we delighted they are taking time out to come and bring some Funk & Soul to Birmingham!

SUPPORT COMES FROM THE WONDERFUL JESS ROBERTS BAND!

We will also be joined by DJ Cheese Dip from the legendary ‘Sweat’ Funk Club!

Stick round after Smoove & Turrell leave the stage for a funk & soul party!

You can pick up advance tickets right here

To mark this momentous occasion, we’ll offering 2 free tickets to anyone who can answer the following question..

Q). Where are Smoove and Turrell from ?

Please send answers to Matt@leftfootvenues.co.uk and we’ll pick the winner on Thursday night!