EP.108 - MICHAEL KIWANUKA
THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST
Adam Buxton
4.8 • 21.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2019
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Adam talks to British musician Michael Kiwanuka about musical influences, school days and shameful memories. Michael also plays 2 songs from his album Kiwanuka (You Ain't The Problem and Light).
Thanks to Ronnie Scotts for letting us record at the club, to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and to Matt Lamont for additional editing.
RELATED LINKS
MICHAEL KIWANUKA - YOU AIN'T THE PROBLEM (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
MICHAEL KIWANUKA - BLACK MAN IN A WHITE WORLD (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
MICHAEL KIWANUKA - COLD LITTLE HEART (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
MARIE CURIE - TALKABOUT (DEATH AND DYING)
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| 0:00.0 | This is a paid advertisement for BetterHelp Therapy Online. |
| 0:03.3 | Thought I'd bring my guitar along for the walk today was yes I noticed. Can I play you a song I just wrote? |
| 0:10.9 | Yeah great. |
| 0:12.9 | Sometimes I feel in the worst person in the world selfish and boring and everybody knows it. |
| 0:20.9 | I'm sick and tired of living in my head it's like a stinky ear from sewer and I really want to dance it. |
| 0:28.9 | Yeah I liked party pom pom. Why don't you do another one like that? |
| 0:32.9 | I'm bearing my soul. |
| 0:34.9 | Well that's very vulnerable of you but if that's really the way you feel about yourself. |
| 0:39.9 | Can I suggest you talk to someone? Are you being serious? Yeah I am. This is an advert for BetterHelp Therapy Online. |
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| 1:01.9 | And not even writing a brilliant song and playing it to your dog friend helps. |
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| 1:12.9 | Oh yes they do do. At betterhelp.com slash Bucston. |
| 1:17.9 | Alright thanks Rosie. Let's get back on the road. Alright Mr Hendrix. |
| 1:36.9 | I took my microphone and found some human folk. Then I recorded all the noises while we spoke. |
| 1:45.9 | My name is Adam Bucston. I'm a man. I want you to enjoy this. That's the plan. |
| 1:57.9 | Hey how you doing podcats? Adam Bucston here. |
| 2:02.9 | It is rather an overcast day here in the Northfoot countryside. |
| 2:08.9 | A little bit like one of those days from the road by Cork Mac McCarthy. |
| 2:14.9 | You know a little bit apocalyptic. Having said that literally within the last 30 seconds a gap in the cloud over to the west has opened up. |
| 2:27.9 | It's the evening of the day as I speak. And the sun is now poking through. |
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