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Michael Kiwanuka
Daniel Caesar performs a Tiny Desk Concert on April 30, 2018. Morgan Noelle Smith/NPR hide caption
Linda Diaz, winner of the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest, performed one of NPR Music's favorite Tiny Desk (home) concerts of the year. Kara Frame, Tsering Bista/NPR hide caption
Michael Kiwanuka plays a Tiny Desk (Home) Concert. NPR hide caption
Michael Kiwanuka went to music school, but he thinks technical knowledge is less important than passion and free expression. Olivia Rose/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Michael Kiwanuka On World Cafe
Brittany Howard made NPR Music's No.1 album of 2019 with Jaime. She's on our playlist of best songs of the year, too. Brantley Guttierez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Michael Kiwanuka's KIWANUKA is one of NPR Music's top 10 albums of the month. Olivia Rose/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Guru and DJ Premier of the hip-hop group Gang Starr, pictured together in 1991. The duo's first new album in 16 years is One of the Best Yet. Gie Knaeps/Getty Images hide caption
"I felt like I toed the line of nowhere," Michael Kiwanuka says of his upbringing as the child of Ugandan refugees in England. Phil Sharp/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Michael Kiwanuka, "Black Man In A White World" YouTube hide caption
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Michael Kiwanuka, Live In Concert
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World Cafe: David Dye's 10 Favorite Songs Of 2012
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