I was hipped to Michael Kiwanuka in Paris a couple of weeks back with only the caveat of “you’re going to fucking love this.” It’s true, I do. I’ll spare you the laundry list of influences only to say that it’s about time someone picked up the torch from Terry Callier and Bill Withers. Highly recommended.
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WOW! Some voice. I didn’t believe it was coming from him until I just checked out his Black Cab session and was even more amazed. I don’t know what I would do without this site sometimes.
1 | J.J. May 11th, 2011 at 11:22 pmwhat is the album called?
2 | richard May 11th, 2011 at 11:47 pm@richard – at present you can find the Tell Me A Tale stream (EP out in June) and the sessions he did.
3 | Satisfied '75 May 11th, 2011 at 11:59 pmawesome voice!
and even if berlin is hip at the moment it’s still weird to so my neighborhood in a music video.
4 | MrOhHi May 12th, 2011 at 2:53 am[...] For a second there, I wondered when Giants defensive end Matthias Kiwanuka became a musician. I know that the NFL lockout has left guys with some extra time, but you [...]
5 | Buzzgrinder.com » Morning Buzz: Ryan Rado, Rodeo Ruby Love, Lil Wayne May 12th, 2011 at 5:02 amThis sounds really good. Your right someone does need to pick up the “torch” of Bill Withers/ Terry Callier, I hope to hear more of him in the future
6 | m.s. May 12th, 2011 at 6:14 ambeautiful. as always, thank you.
katie
7 | TheyCallThisBliss May 12th, 2011 at 3:05 pmReminds me of that Willie Wright reissue on Numero. Great stuff, as always.
8 | starkonline May 12th, 2011 at 7:56 pmHe’s great! Will play him on my show tomorrow for sure. Such great soul singers breaking the scene at the minute. Thanks for the post
9 | BondiBen May 13th, 2011 at 6:09 amIt would be great if I could legally purchase his music. I’m in the US and can’t seem to get around the draconian restrictions from amazon/iTunes. Would love to support this artist, but can’t…and I’m pissed about it.
10 | HermanTurnip May 14th, 2011 at 11:03 pmmost excellent
11 | mandrew May 19th, 2011 at 1:32 amDoes anyone know how us in the US might be able to purchase his music?
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