Michael Kiwanuka - Tell Me A Tale // The Crypt Sessions

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  • Опубликовано: 17 июн 2011
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    Michael Kiwanuka performs 'Tell Me A Tale' for The Crypt Sessions
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    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.
    Now 23, growing up in North London Michael struggled at times to see where he fitted in. An avid England and Spurs fan, he found it hard to imagine a day when a name like Kiwanuka could sit comfortably on the back of a football shirt here. Nonetheless, when his parents took him and his brother back to the Uganda to visit family, he and his brother were immediately recognised as English tourists. Like most of his schoolmates, he liked bands like Nirvana and Blur, but it was only when he discovered that Jimi Hendrix was black that he was able to imagine himself picking up a guitar.
    In his teens, two other icons helped him find his voice. A friend gave him a Bob Dylan box set, and Michael was bowled over by the power of a well-crafted song, delivered with just urgent vocals and an acoustic guitar. Later, he was playing the free CD that came with a music magazine and heard an out-take of 'Sitting on the Dock of the Bay' in which Otis Redding was talking to the studio engineer. It made the soul icon seem more human, more accessible, and though there were later to be other influences from Bill Withers and Terry Callier to John Martyn and Laura Marling, it was Dylan and Redding who laid the foundations for Michael's own rootsy, folk-inflected modern soul.
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Комментарии • 56

  • @miles-178
    @miles-178 11 лет назад +3

    after 40 years, since the woodstock , santana, jefferson airplane, hendrix, ottis redding, marvin gaye, sam cooke, jackson 5 and the other singers/bands gone ... music is alive again ... thanks to mike kiwanuka from london!

  • @sammyjacksonofhollywood1245
    @sammyjacksonofhollywood1245 4 года назад

    Good job my brother!(from USA ) this African spirit that makes everyone mouve!

  • @rod2coo1
    @rod2coo1 11 лет назад

    This song can turn a rainy day to a brite and sunny day on the lake

  • @mazzyb3107
    @mazzyb3107 12 лет назад

    Its been a while since i heard some nice music thank you Michael For you music

  • @TheCryptStudio
    @TheCryptStudio  10 лет назад +1

    That is some huge praise right there.

  • @nikkisization
    @nikkisization 12 лет назад

    -lord i need lovin good good lovin- i hear ya...i feel ya...n im lovin it!!!!

  • @Dhintheman
    @Dhintheman 12 лет назад

    Such a cool song, this one is a classic in the making..

  • @bombonfabian
    @bombonfabian 11 лет назад

    Felt like... home. Amazing.

  • @jcaruso617
    @jcaruso617 12 лет назад +1

    I hear a lot of van Morrison. im liking this guys sound. keep it up man!

  • @harryhippy22
    @harryhippy22 11 лет назад

    Just viewed you on Late night with Jimmy Fallow and your all that made me a fan,peace be with you and keep on keeping on,God bless

  • @ConradHeiligCover
    @ConradHeiligCover 12 лет назад

    THAT IS SOUL!

  • @Lapenoz
    @Lapenoz 12 лет назад

    His album is a real dope !!!

  • @TheOLAMOur
    @TheOLAMOur 12 лет назад

    It's stuff like this that blows the likes of Ed Sheeran out of the water. True soul in the voice here, loved it.

  • @jasminkraemer88
    @jasminkraemer88 11 лет назад

    Traumschön!!!

  • @Leviwosc
    @Leviwosc 12 лет назад

    He was performing on the North Sea Jazz festival. Unfortunately I have missed his performance. He seems to be very promising!

  • @denyo_rasmi
    @denyo_rasmi 12 лет назад

    you inspire me a lot Michael

  • @ClisheMC
    @ClisheMC 11 лет назад

    i´ve searched so long for this song.. now it´s just beautiful!!

  • @Neema2159
    @Neema2159 12 лет назад

    oh boy!! am head over heels in love with this music!!

  • @andrewhyogo
    @andrewhyogo 11 лет назад

    Me like him a lot, he make some great songs and always singing in tune.

  • @nikkisization
    @nikkisization 12 лет назад

    @murkage92 thanks !!!!!!! I'm feeling a reggae feel w Liam Bailey ....lovin it !!!!! so glad i stumbled on to one great find to be graciously lead to yet another =D

  • @Manaritzis88
    @Manaritzis88 12 лет назад

    nice song very nice! great music!

  • @paulajordan8113
    @paulajordan8113 8 лет назад +1

    full orchestra arrange is awsome x

  • @marker011
    @marker011 12 лет назад

    Amazing. Also check out the in-studio performance at KCRW. He has the gift. Like John Lee used to say, "It's in him and it has to get out."

  • @TheParanoidAndroid1
    @TheParanoidAndroid1 12 лет назад

    Gorgeous stuff.

  • @benjadictivo
    @benjadictivo 12 лет назад

    Tell Me A Tale of michael kiwanuka

  • @minoo01
    @minoo01 12 лет назад

    great voice!

  • @CannibalRon
    @CannibalRon 11 лет назад

    Sooooo GOOD

  • @70Clan
    @70Clan 12 лет назад

    like at 30s ! great voice

  • @DUDEMIKE8
    @DUDEMIKE8 12 лет назад

    So sick!

  • @Mi4ntonio
    @Mi4ntonio 12 лет назад

    He got me!!! I'm one of his newest fan. :)

  • @bernardocapile6256
    @bernardocapile6256 11 лет назад

    amazing

  • @MrAududu
    @MrAududu 12 лет назад

    clap clap clap clap

  • @BarbaraRSILVA
    @BarbaraRSILVA 8 лет назад

    LINDA CANÇÃO .AMEIIIIIIIII.

  • @deackonmozz
    @deackonmozz 12 лет назад

    will send me here

  • @Mcfly1964
    @Mcfly1964 11 лет назад

    Amazing song!

  • @andrewjoseffcovers
    @andrewjoseffcovers 10 лет назад

    Amazing performance!

  • @bernardocapile6256
    @bernardocapile6256 11 лет назад

    muito bom

  • @knuckleteeth1
    @knuckleteeth1 9 лет назад +1

    Good stuff!

  • @rakes1947
    @rakes1947 11 лет назад

    peace

  • @marcelovsantos71
    @marcelovsantos71 11 лет назад

    wow, this really sounds good, thanks Bro!!!

  • @MChaarspalter
    @MChaarspalter 12 лет назад

    dope ;)

  • @JBM092
    @JBM092 12 лет назад

    Nice

  • @tavarinho123
    @tavarinho123 11 лет назад

    This song remind me Seu Jorge, a brazilian singer..

  • @chrislomas1
    @chrislomas1 12 лет назад

    Reminds me a little of terry callier

  • @olivergrimball3893
    @olivergrimball3893 10 лет назад

    Modern Van Morrison Circe 1968 Astral Weeks

  • @quietri0t
    @quietri0t 11 лет назад

    IM1 brought me here.

  • @ClisheMC
    @ClisheMC 11 лет назад

    1:10

  • @facebookGiirl99
    @facebookGiirl99 12 лет назад

    BIN ICH DIE EINZIGE DEUTSCHE HIER ?! :D

  • @spamtelevision
    @spamtelevision 12 лет назад

    @facebookGiirl99 Ja

  • @tampachill24
    @tampachill24 12 лет назад

    NPR was right, this guy is original..Reminds me a little bit of john mayer

  • @Crowa1392
    @Crowa1392 12 лет назад

    Modern Bill Withers?

  • @jmorph44
    @jmorph44 11 лет назад

    Richie Havens meets Jack Johnson?? so much potential but missing the lyrical content. hopefully this will evolve into a true singer-songwriter musician

  • @YOURTUBEISBROKEN
    @YOURTUBEISBROKEN 11 лет назад

    Mr. Jimmy Fallon brought me here.

  • @ronsen1976
    @ronsen1976 12 лет назад

    @facebookGiirl99 nein das stimmt nicht;-)

  • @murkage92
    @murkage92 12 лет назад

    wtf he sounds uncannily like liam bailey. If you michael youll like liam bailey