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Origin
Newton Abbot, England
Genre
Soul
Style
Urban/R&B
Mood
Gentle
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1 MaleOrigin
Newton Abbot, EnglandGenre
SoulStyle
Urban/R&BMood
GentleBorn
1987
2011 to Present...
Most Loved Tracks5 users
Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again4 users
Michael Kiwanuka - Tell Me a Tale4 users
Michael Kiwanuka - I'm Getting Ready4 users
Michael Kiwanuka - I'll Get Along3 users
Michael Kiwanuka - Bones
Music Video Links I'm Getting Ready |  Tell Me a Tale |  Home Again |
 I'll Get Along |
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Michael Kiwanuka is a British soul musician who is signed to Communion Records. He has been compared to Bill Withers, Randy Newman, and Otis Redding, as well as Van Morrison and the Temptations. In January 2012 he won the BBC's Sound of 2012 poll.
Kiwanuka grew up in Muswell Hill, North London, the son of Ugandan parents who had escaped the Amin regime. He attended Fortismere School, leaving there in 2005 after completing his A-Levels. He was regarded as a very friendly and modest student with a huge circle of friends and a great appreciation for all different genres of music. He could regularly be seen in school concerts and recitals playing bass guitar and jazz guitar. He then went on to study at the School of Media, Arts and Design at the University of Westminster.
Kiwanuka has acknowledged influences from musicians such as Bill Withers, Otis Redding,Jack Johnson, Pops Staples, The Band, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Eric Bibb, Tommy Sims, Richie Havens, and has played with James Gadson, who drummed for Bill Withers.
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