Artist
Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka is a soul artist from Newton Abbot, England formed in 2011. 23 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · Newton Abbot, England · Best soul albums
- 23
- Releases
- 2012–2024
- Active years
- 2011
- Formed
Artist
Michael Kiwanuka is a soul artist from Newton Abbot, England formed in 2011. 23 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · Newton Abbot, England · Best soul albums
Most popular
Love & Hate
2016 · 10 tracks
Money
Single · 2019
Lowdown
Single · 2024
Floating Parade
Single · 2024
The Rest Of Me (Edit)
Single · 2024
The Rest Of Me
Single · 2024
Rebel Soul
Single · 2024
Beautiful Life
Single · 2021
Light (Edit)
Single · 2020
Final Days (Bonobo Remix)
Single · 2020
Solid Ground (Virgil Abloh Remix)
Single · 2020
Cold Little Heart (Acoustic)
Single · 2019
You Ain't The Problem (Claptone Remix)
Single · 2019
You Ain't The Problem (Radio Edit)
Single · 2019
Cold Little Heart (Tom Misch Remix)
Single · 2017
Cold Little Heart (Radio Edit)
Single · 2017
One More Night (SG Lewis Remix)
Single · 2016
Love & Hate (Alternative Radio Mix)
Single · 2016
Love & Hate (Leon Vynehall Love Rework)
Single · 2016
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.
