Michael Kiwanuka at Celebrate Brooklyn (06/14/12)
Photo: D. Caplan
British soul singer Michael Kiwanuka‘s excellent debut, Home Again, has been shortlisted for the 2012 Barclayard Mercury Prize. Having recently opened for Laura Marling at Celebrate Brooklyn!, Michael will be back in NYC next week with headlining shows at Webster Hall on Sep 18 (Buy Tickets) and MHOW (Buy Tickets) on Sep 21. “Bones,” the latest single off Home Again, drops on Sep 23, you can watch the new video for it right now on Vevo.
Full 2012 Mercury Prize Shortlist, Michael Kiwanuka tour dates and more pictures from Celebrate Brooklyn after the jump.
2012 Mercury Prize Shortlist
Alt-J – An Awesome Wave
Ben Howard – Every Kingdom
Django Django – Django Django
Field Music – Plumb
Richard Hawley – Standing at the Sky’s Edge
Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again
Lianne La Havas – Is Your Love Big Enough?
Sam Lee – Ground of its Own
The Maccabees – Given To The Wild
Plan B – ill Manors
Roller Trio – Roller Trio
Jessie Ware – Devotion
Michael Kiwanuka 2012 Tour Dates
09/18/12 New York, NY Webster Hall
09/19/12 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
09/20/12 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero Theatre
09/21/12 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall Of Williamsburg
09/23/12 Ferndale, MI The Magic Bag
09/25/12 Indianapolis, IN Deluxe
09/26/12 Chicago, IL Park West
09/28/12 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cafe
09/30/12 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre
10/01/12 Salt Lake City, UT The State Room
10/04/12 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
10/05/12 Seattle, WA Showbox At The Market
10/06/12 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
10/07/12 San Francisco, CA The Independent
10/09/12 Los Angeles, CA John Anson Ford Theater
10/13/12 Austin, TX Zilker Park
11/10/12 Paris, France La Cigale
12/03/12 Cologne, Germany Live Music Hall
Michael Kiwanuka at Celebrate Brooklyn!
