Posts Tagged Linton Kwesi Johnson

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June 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Reggae Knights: Ten Important Reggae Albums In My Life

I started this thing a while ago where I made lists of the top albums that I considered important – it’s a personal list; the albums that introduced me to a genre and have become firm favourites and/or pointed the way. The idea being that I list out my ten favourites – my ten important […]

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January 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Kate Tempest (January 14, Wgtn)

Kate Tempest Bodega Thursday, January 14 Kate Tempest is a British poet, playwright, storyteller, rapper and force of nature. She is all at once Linton Kwesi Johnson, Ani DiFranco and Bob Dylan – and as likely to have been deeply influenced by all of them, or to have sprung up on her own, loving words […]

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September 20, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1278

Linton Kwesi Johnson, Forces of Victory (1979) I won’t repeat the story of how I came to Linton Kwesi Johnson’s writing and music – I’ll just link to it. But this album is certainly a special one for me because the very first piece of his that really resonated with me, the first thing I […]