Michael Kiwanuka

British musician Michael Kiwanuka introduced and ingratiated himself with his acclaimed debut album, Home Again. A talented, unassuming young man of Ugandan heritage and honeyed voice, Michael was busy making some of the sweetest contemporary soul music of recent years.

With a BRIT Award to his name before arguably finding his own distinct space, Michael took a decidedly left turn for the Love & Hate LP. Produced alongside Danger Mouse, the record flew to number 1 in the UK, with its otherworldly soundscapes sounding utterly both singular and sprawling, an opus by anyone’s definition. Notably, the haunting “Cold Little Heart” featured as the title music to HBO’s Big Little Lies, introducing Michael’s music to a whole new and appreciative audience (counting the likes of Barack Obama, Adele, and Tyler The Creator amongst them).

With the benefit of hindsight, Love & Hate almost acted as a blueprint for 2019’s KIWANUKA, Michael’s third and most definitive release to date, with Danger Mouse and British producer Inflo back behind the glass. A complex but deeply listenable and expansive expression of self-worth, KIWANUKA reaped Michael the distinguished Mercury Prize in 2020, his fourth and fifth BRIT nominations (British Male Solo Artist and British Album), and his first Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Album. All three records have been certified gold status in the UK alone.

Quite how an artist begins to follow up one of “the greatest albums of the decade” (The Guardian), we will surely soon find out, but Michael’s been keeping himself in good company as a regular contributor and confidante of the acclaimed SAULT collective, both on and off stage.

As we welcome him back to festival stages this Summer (where he excels, helping to sell out Green Man in 2022 on his name’s headliner reveal alone), what Michael delivers for his fourth act will be hotly anticipated. An artist in its truest, purest sense.

Past Shows


Oct
6
th
2024
Palace Theatre
Oct
6
th
2024
Palace Theatre
Feb
3
rd
2020
Palace Theatre
Feb
3
rd
2020
Palace Theatre

Michael Kiwanuka

with Sammy Brue
May
26
th
2017
Mainroom
May
26
th
2017
Mainroom

Michael Kiwanuka

with Cloves
Dec
4
th
2016
The Cedar Cultural Center
Dec
4
th
2016
The Cedar Cultural Center

Michael Kiwanuka

with Cloves
Jun
15
th
2013
Mainroom
Jun
15
th
2013
Mainroom

Michael Kiwanuka

ROCK THE GARDEN AFTERPARTY
with Chastity Brown and DJ Jake Rudh
Sep
28
th
2012
Fine Line
Sep
28
th
2012
Fine Line

Michael Kiwanuka

with Bahamas and Yuna

More Shows

Dec
20
th
7th St Entry

RIFFLORD

with MURF
May
29
th
The Fitzgerald Theater

Sesame Street Live — Say Hello

Feb
19
th
First Avenue

A R I Z O N A

Dec
14
th
Fine Line

Heart to Gold

with Gully Boys, Gramma and Scrunchies