In these performances, recorded in 2017, #MichaelKiwanuka sounds lonely, a quiet #singersongwriter who might just be playing in his bedroom for himself. Back-up vocalists join him during the studio version of "Cold Little Heart," but here, he's on his own. He normally uses electric guitar in "The Final Frame," but as he sways through it at The Current, it's all #acoustic. His album is "dense and full," he says, and he's right -- but these recordings strip the songs down to their bones.

SONGS
00:00 Love & Hate
04:41 The Final Frame
08:45 Cold Little Heart

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All songs from Michael Kiwanuka's 2016 release, Love & Hate, available via Interscope Records.

CREDITS
Production: Derrick Stevens
Audio: Michael DeMark and Matt Lentz
Video: by Nate Ryan

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