Zane Lowe announced this morning on BBC Radio 1 that Michael Kiwanuka had won the Sound of 2012 poll. The London born soul singer is set to play The Sugar Club, Dublin on Saturday 11 February and Cyprus Avenue, Cork on Sunday 12 February.
Joining him as guests for both gigs will be folk trio, The Staves.
Tickets €14.50 incl. booking fee and on sale now from Ticketmaster.
{Press release}
With Michael Kiwanuka, it’s all about the voice. A voice that he describes as “hitting straight through to the core” with direct, emotional songs about love, yearning, comfort and belonging. It’s a voice that built him a following via MySpace and small London gigs, and led Paul Butler from The Bees to invite him to the band’s Isle of Wight studio to lay down these introductory tracks. Which makes it all the more strange, really, that what Kiwanuka originally set out to be was a session guitarist who maybe wrote the odd song for other people. London born soul musician Kiwanuka released his debut EP, ‘Tell Me A Tale’ on Communion Records in June to critical acclaim.
