I thought Marvin Gaye was incredible but I never took my voice seriously, says Michael Kiwanuka ahead of new album

IT has taken four albums, but it was only while making new record Small Changes, that Michael Kiwanuka finally felt confident about his voice.

The singer, who won the Mercury Prize in 2020 for his last album Kiwanuka, says: “I used to listen to great singing voices like classic Marvin Gaye and think ‘Wow, their voice is incredible and they would do this way better’.