Linton Kwesi Johnson

Linton Kwesi Johnson
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Styles: Dub Poetry, Political Reggae
Biography: Although he has only released one album of new material in the last ten years, and has virtually retired from the live stage after his 1985 tour, Linton Kwesi Johnson remains a towering figure in reggae music. Born in Kingston, Jamaica and raised in the Brixton section of London, Johnson invented dub ...Read full biography
Dread Beat an' Blood
Released: 1978
Label: Frontline
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The title pretty much says it all. This is a stunning debut and an indication of the great things that were to come. Johnson's debut is longer on spoken-word pieces than it is on poetry and music, but ...Read full review
Straight to Inglan's Head
Released: 2003
Label: Universal International
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This single-disc, 13-song compilation is taken from Linton Kwesi Johnson's four 1979-1984 Island albums -- the same body of material, as it happens, that was the foundation of the far more extensive two-CD ...Read full review
More Linton Kwesi Johnson albums: Main Albums (13), Compilations (3), DVD/Video (1)
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