Artist.......: Michael Kiwanuka
Album........: Festival Les Inrockuptibles
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Soul
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2013-04-13
Str.date.....: 2012-11-10
Quality......: 216kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://michaelkiwanuka.com/
track title time
1. Festival Les Inrockuptibles 44:16
* I'll Get Along
* Tell Me A Tale
* Worry Walks Beside Me
* Bones
* May This Be Love
* I'm Getting Ready
* Rest
* Home Again
Runtime 44:16
Size 68.61
Release Notes:
With his acoustic blues-folk sound and timeless soulful voice, singer/songwriter
Michael Kiwanuka has been favorably compared with the likes of Curtis Mayfield,
Terry Callier, and Van Morrison. Born in Muswell Hill, London in 1987, to
Ugandan parents who had fled Idi Amin's regime in the '70s, he initially
developed a love of rock music, in particular Radiohead and Nirvana, performing
in various covers bands and temporarily studying jazz at the Royal Academy of
Music and pop music at Westminster University, until an outtake recording of
Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" inspired him to take a more
stripped-back direction. After performing as a session musician for former Bill
Withers drummer James Gadson and Tinie Tempah producer Labrinth, he began
performing across the capital's live circuit, where he was discovered by the
Bees' Paul Butler, who invited him to record material at his Isle of Wight
studio. After signing to Mumford & Sons' Communion label in 2011, he released
two EPs, Tell Me a Tale and I'm Getting Ready, before supporting Adele on her
U.K. tour and finishing third behind Emeli SandΘ and Maverick Sabre on the Brits
Critics Choice short list. A year later, he followed in the footsteps of Jessie
J, Florence + the Machine, and Ellie Goulding when he was announced as the
winner of the prestigious BBC Sound of 2012 poll and shortly thereafter released
his debut single and album, both titled Home Again.