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Michael Kiwanuka

Alternative rock
Alternative rockHouseRhythm and blues

Michael Kiwanuka is a Alternative rock and House act. Their catalogue also touches Rhythm and blues. Their sound grew out of Neil Diamond, Eric Clapton, Brittany Howard, How I'm Feeling Now and Sault. Those roots explain a lot about how Michael Kiwanuka arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Curtis Harding, Leon Bridges, Son Little, Sault and Jordan Rakei, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nathaniel Rateliff, Sam Fender and Black Thought, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 56 connections around Michael Kiwanuka, reaching back through Neil Diamond and forward to Nathaniel Rateliff. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Michael KiwanukaNeil DiamondEric ClaptonBrittany HowardHow I'm Feeling NowSaultNathaniel Rateliff &…BedouineBonoboNathaniel RateliffSam FenderBlack ThoughtCurtis HardingLeon BridgesSon LittleSaultJordan RakeiThe Teskey BrothersGabrielsBenjamin Clementine

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Michael Kiwanuka grew out of Neil Diamond, Eric Clapton, Brittany Howard and How I'm Feeling Now, shares an orbit with Curtis Harding, Leon Bridges, Son Little and Sault, went on to shape Nathaniel Rateliff, Sam Fender and Black Thought. 56 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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