Linton Kwesi Johnson

Linton Kwesi Johnson
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 poetry, a type of toasting descended from the DJ stylings of URoy and IRoy. But whereas toasting tended to be hyperkinetic and given to fits of braggadocio, Johnson's poetry (which is what it was ...
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Linton Kwesi Johnson In Concert with the Dub Band
By: Linton Kwesi Johnson
Credited Role:Main Performer
Song List: Listen to Songs by Johnson, Linton Kwesi Five Nights of Bleeding, Dread Beat An' Blood, Intro.
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Linton Kwesi Johnson Bass Culture
By: Linton Kwesi Johnson
Credited Role:Main Performer
Song List: Listen to Songs by Johnson, Linton Kwesi Bass Culture, Street 66, Reggae Fi Peach
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