Michael Kiwanuka

▼

The 2013 Line-up

DJs

OtR

Playing

Saturday Jul 27 2:00 PM on DREAMING CREEK MAIN STAGE
Saturday Jul 27 6:00 PM on VA FOLKLORE WORKSHOP PORCH

Custom Schedule (Create One)

317 FloydFest fans added this band.

+ Add Band

Few records make such an instant impression as Home Again, the debut album by Michael Kiwanuka. Immersing the listener in a sound that is both modern and at the same time as familiar as the classics, it manages to strike the balance between being contemporary and somehow utterly timeless.
“I just wanted to make a record that, when someone puts it on, it takes them to a certain place,” says the 24-year-old north Londoner. “I wanted it to have the lush-sounding instrumentation and feel of older records, to be warm and peaceful and put the listener in this little world, which is rich with vibes and sounds and colours.”
For Kiwanuka, key musical touchstones include Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Shuggie Otis, Roberta Flack’s First Take, Bill Withers’ Live At Carnegie Hall and D’Angelo’s modern soul landmark Voodoo. Citing the latter album in particular as Exhibit A in refuting suggestions that his listening tastes are rooted exclusively in the 1970s, Kiwanuka calmly shrugs off any “retro” accusations that might be levelled at his music.

Video

Comments

You must login to comment.

Use Facebook

FloydFest Radio

Tweets