Michael Kiwanuka (No 1,029)

There's nothing original about this British retro-soul man – but when you sound like Bill Withers, Van Morrison and the Temptations maybe that's not such a bad thingHometown: London.The lineup: Michael Kiwanuka (vocals, guitar).The background: Do we really need any more new musicians doing this old soul stuff? Last year, we were decidedly iffy about this kind of British retro-soul man when we featured Liam Bailey in a NBOTD column. Yet with Kiwanuka, we're strangely more upbeat about his prosp...

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