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Michael Kiwanuka

Michael Kiwanuka

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Michael Kiwanuka: Shepherd's Bush Empire, London

Live Review by Ian Gittins, The Guardian, 12 October 2016

MICHAEL KIWANUKA is a mass of contradictions and all the better for it. He's a self-doubting soul man whose second album, Love & Hate, recently ...

Michael Kiwanuka: Move on Up

Profile and Interview by Stevie Chick, MOJO, November 2016

Two years ago, in crisis, doubting his worth and dismissed by his own label. Then he started to sing about that uncertainty, and everything changed. ...

Michael Kiwanuka's music is medicine for the soul

Interview by Paul Moody, AnOther Magazine, 31 October 2019

The softly-spoken singer opens up to Paul Moody about the 70s, self-expression and his self-titled new album, which comes out tomorrow ...

Michael Kiwanuka: Kiwanuka

Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 1 November 2019

The soulful singer's third LP is timeless and contemporary at the same time, with shades of everything from What's Going On to Screamadelica. ...

Michael Kiwanuka: O2 Academy, Birmingham

Live Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 2 March 2020

The two-time Brit nominee rejects a brash victory lap in favour of a deep dive into his socially conscious hit album ...

Michael Kiwanuka: O2 Academy, Glasgow

Live Review by Lisa Verrico, The Times, 9 May 2022

MICHAEL KIWANUKA began this tour two years and two months ago. Just three dates in, acute laryngitis forced him off stage in Bournemouth before Covid ...

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