NIHAL SILVA
Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka | Established. Jan 01, 2014
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Still working on that hot first release.
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SAMANALAYO WERE THE FIRST HARMONIZING TRIO TO RECORD 4 SONGS ON AN EP IN I967,THEY WERE UNDER CONTRACT TO THE LOTTERIES CORPORATION OF SRI LANKA TO PERFORM FOR ALL LOTTERIES DRAWS THAT WERE HELD EVERY THURSDAY,FOLLOWED BY AN OPEN AIR CONCERT WITH LIVE BANDS AND PERFORMERS. NIHAL SILVA WAS A FOUNDER MEMBER OF THIS BAND. HE NOW LIVES IN BRAMPTON,ONTARIO CANADA. IN 2017,THE SAMANALAYO CELEBRATED THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN TORONTO CANADA BY RECORDING A CD IN METALWORKS STUDIO,OF EIGHT SONGS OUT OF WHICH TWO SONGS WERE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH.1) TORONTO-2) NIAGARA.DRUMMER BOY WAS RECORDED BY NIHAL SILVA AS AN INDIVIDUAL EFFORT.THE SAMANALAYO WERE THE VERY FIRST GROUP IN SRI LANKA TO HAVE A SINHALA NAME.THE FIRST GROUP TO HAVE THEIR SONG ''NELAWENA MAWU UKULE '' BROADCAST IN THE ENGLISH BEAM
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