Smokey's Round‑Up brings Western Swing to Brooklyn with live shows every week
More music and video of Smokey's collaboration with the Senegalese singer/guitarist here
After playing on 5 previous Beck albums (Mutations, Midnight Vultures, Sea Change, Guero, and Morning Phase) Smokey joins Beck on the Pharrell-produced 2020 release
In–depth interview with Smokey talking about his work with the Blasters, Lee Allen, Beck, Rick Rubin and Johnny Cash, his love of Brazilian music, and his early days in Los Angeles. Part of the Liner Note Legends video series profiling veteran session musicians.
Smokey Hormel and his stellar New York band resurrect classic '50s African dance music with electric guitar, tuba, trombone, clarinet, percussion and more. Nine songs released in 2009.
Smokey Hormel and Cibo Matto singer Miho Hatori celebrate '60s Bossa Nova king Baden Powell with a full perscussion ensemble. Ten songs released in 2003. Vinyl reissue in 2017.