MICHAEL KIWANUKA - SUMMER CLOTHES

At the end of July 2025, Michael Kiwanuka was back home with his 2024 album "Small Changes" been critically acclaimed and the rise to the top unavoidable.And then at the age of just 38, he’d had a haemorrhagic stroke that recently revealed in an interview making his next album as himself disappear from the face of music.He underwent emergency surgery and was then in intensive care for months to support his breathing. Kiwanuka has no memory of this. Once he was well enough to breathe on his own, he left the ICU and spent five further months in hospital before moving into a rehabilitation centre in Hampshire. In that time, he has not once been able to return home, and the trajectory of his rehabilitation remains uncertain.Kiwanuka is now releasing his before the stroke recorded album "Fudge" in October and first single is "Summer Clothes" with his eccentric, genre-busting mix of psychedelic rock, prog soul, blues and gospel that had marked him as a real one-off all over it.He decided to release this now cause he doesn't know how long it will take until he can release another record.Get well soon Michael, welcome back and make it soon on your feet cause the world needs your talent.Rat...