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With Michael Kiwanuka

Michael Kiwanuka makes a welcome return to the 6 Music Live Room. His third album KIWANUKA is due for release on 25th October through Polydor Records.

Michael Kiwanuka makes a welcome return to the 6 Music Live Room. His third album KIWANUKA, due for release on 25th October through Polydor Records.

Michael worked with producers Danger Mouse and Inflo on the new album, the same team that combined on Love & Hate, his 2016 Mercury nominated album, which reached number 1. Having heard the album's lead single, 'You Ain't The Problem' and 'Money', the collaborative standalone single with Tom Misch, we can't wait to hear what the rest of the record has in store for us.

What we do know is that KIWANUKA album explores themes of confusion and questioning of his own identity, but also of hope and power. Michael says of the album: 鈥淭he last album came from an introspective place, and felt like therapy I guess. This one is more about feeling comfortable in who I am and asking what I want to say. Like, how could I be bold and challenge myself and the listener? It is about self-acceptance in a more triumphant rather than melancholy way. It鈥檚 an album that explores what it means to be a human being today.鈥

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Tue 17 Sep 2019 10:30

Music Played

  • John Grant

    He's Got His Mother's Hips

    • Bella Union.
  • Cate Le Bon

    Mother's Mother's Magazines

    • Mexican Summer.
  • Miles Davis

    Rubber Band Of Life (feat. Ledisi)

  • Anna Meredith

    Paramour

    • Moshi Moshi.
  • Bright Eyes

    Gold Mine Gutted

    • Saddle Creek.
  • Anna Calvi

    Indies Or Paradise

    • Domino Record Co.
  • Donna Summer

    I Feel Love

    • Mercury.
  • Hot Chip

    Spell

    • Domino.
  • FKA twigs

    Holy Terrain (feat. Future Radio)

    • Magdalene.
    • Young Turks.
  • Saul Williams

    Think Like They Book Say

    • Fader Label/Caroline International.
  • Common

    Good Morning Love (feat. Samora Pinderhughes)

  • Teenage Fanclub

    What You Do To Me

  • Hole

    Malibu

    • DGC.
  • Prince Buster

    One Step Beyond

    • Virgin.
  • Bombay Bicycle Club

    Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing But You)

    • Mmm...Records via Caroline International/Island.
  • Charlotte Day Wilson

    Mountains

  • Aphex Twin

    Windowlicker

    • WARP RECORDS.
  • Craven Faults

    Intakes (Pye Corner Audio Rework)

  • First Aid Kit

    My Silver Lining

    • Stay Gold.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.
  • Gruff Rhys

    Pang!

    • Rough Trade Records.
  • Tami Lynn

    I'm Gonna Run Away From You

    • At The Club (Various Artists).
    • Kent.
    • 5.
  • Michael Kiwanuka

    You Ain't The Problem (6 Music Session, 17 Sept 2019)

  • Jimi Hendrix

    Little Wing

    • Polydor.
  • Sampa the Great

    Freedom

    • Ninja Tune.
  • Big Brother & the Holding Company

    Piece Of My Heart

    Singer: Janis Joplin.
    • CBS.
  • Brittany Howard

    Stay High

    • Columbia Records.
  • Belle and Sebastian

    Wait And See What The Day Holds

    • Days Of The Bagnold Summer.
    • Matador.
  • Simian Mobile Disco

    Cruel Intentions (feat. Beth Ditto)

    • CD SINGLE.
    • WICHITA RECORDINGS.
    • 1.
  • South London Ordnance

    Corporation

    • Use of Weapons.
    • Aery Metals.
  • JOHN

    High Digger

    • Pets Care Records.
  • The Undertones

    My Perfect Cousin

    • VIRGIN.

Broadcast

  • Tue 17 Sep 2019 10:30