Two tracks by Soul/Folk sensation Michael Kiwanuka tonight, recorded at Perth Concert Hall on October 18, 2017.
With so much new music and new artists coming on the scene, largely due to the dark days of Pandemic Lockdowns over and the music community getting back on its pre-COVID feet, the flood is pretty intense and some artists are running the risk of getting lost in the tsunami.
Michael Kiwanuka is astonishing and he’s been getting a lot of notice in recent years, which is great. I ran across these two tracks, recorded at the Perth Concert Hall in October of 2017 and the second track, Any Day Will Do Fine is a standout and hasn’t, as far as I can, been recorded in concert all that much, save for this performance and one from Austin City Limits, but I wanted to include this one despite it being an audience recording and a little shaky in spots. The intensity of the performance is the key element here and certain blemishes can be overlooked where Michael Kiwanuka’s haunting artistry are concerned.
Michael Kiwanuka (born 3 May 1987) is a British singer-songwriter and record producer who is signed with Polydor Records. His 2012 debut album, Home Again, went gold in the United Kingdom and his second album, Love & Hate, debuted in 2016 at number one. He has been nominated for numerous honors, including the Brit Awards, MTV Europe Music Awards, BBC Music Awards, and The Grammy Awards. In January 2012, he won the BBC’s Sound of 2012; and, in September 2020, he won the Mercury Prize.
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