We're not sure if it's the smoky humility to Michael Kiwanuka's voice or the lessons-we-wish-we-could-learn-already that fill his lyrics, but there is something irresistibly human to his music. The British/Ugandan soul crooner (who won BBC Sound of 2012) has launched an interactive video with wireWax for his song “Tell Me a Tale" that has a competition built in – find the star logo and you might win a signed Guitar.
>>>Watch the video (H/T wireWax)
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