Paste Magazine: The 10 Best New Voices in Music

2. Michael Kiwanuka
He may have been named the BBC’s Sound of 2012, but Kiwanuka’s voice, warm and weathered but never overly rough, leads to associations with artists of previous generations, the soul of the ’60s and ’70s—Otis Redding, Van Morrison. “Soul music is just so linked to genuine human expression and emotion that if you get it right, people can relate to it,” he says.—Lindsey Eanet

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