Linton Kwesi Johnson

  • Listeners

    163.2K

  • Scrobbles

    1.7M

  • Listeners

    163.2K

  • Scrobbles

    1.7M

  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this artist

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Born
24 August 1952 (age 73)
Born In
Chapelton, Clarendon, Jamaica
Linton Kwesi Johnson (aka LKJ) (born 24 August 1952, in Chapelton, Jamaica) is a British-based . He became only the second living poet to be published in the Penguin series. His poetry involves the recitation of his own verse in Jamaican over , usually written in collaboration with renowned British reggae producer/artist Dennis Bovell . Most of Johnson's poetry is , dealing mainly with the experiences of being an in Britain. However, he has also shown himself more than capable of writing about other issues, such as British for… read more
Linton Kwesi Johnson (aka LKJ) (born 24 August 1952, in Chapelton, Jamaica) is a British-based . He became only the second living poet to be published in the Penguin series. His poetry involves the recitation of his own verse in Jamaican over , usually written in coll… read more
Linton Kwesi Johnson (aka LKJ) (born 24 August 1952, in Chapelton, Jamaica) is a British-based . He became only the second living poet to be published in the Penguin series. His poetry involves the recitation of his own verse in Jamaican over , usually written in collaboration with renowned British reggae producer/artist Dennis Bovell . M… read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Similar To

  1. Avatar for Burning Spear

  2. Avatar for Horace Andy

  3. Avatar for Aswad
View all artists

Top Tracks

Rank Play Album Loved Track name Buy Options Listeners
1 Play track Bass Culture Inglan Is A Bitch
  • Loading
 159 listeners
2 Play track Iron Bar - Dub Iron Bar - Dub
  • Loading
 77 listeners
3 Play track Forces Of Victory Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem)
  • Loading
 64 listeners
4 Play track Forces Of Victory Fite Dem Back
  • Loading
 53 listeners
5 Play track Forces Of Victory Want Fi Goh Rave
  • Loading
 48 listeners
6 Play track Bass Culture Loraine
  • Loading
 42 listeners
7 Play track Bass Culture Street 66
  • Loading
 36 listeners
8 Play track Forces Of Victory It Noh Funny
  • Loading
 31 listeners
9 Play track Bass Culture Reggae Fi Peach
  • Loading
 30 listeners
10 Play track Bass Culture Reggae Sounds
  • Loading
 28 listeners

View all tracks

Albums

  1. 52,928 listeners

    1 Jan 1980 · 8 tracks

    Bass Culture
    • Loading

  2. 39,352 listeners

    1 Jan 1979 · 8 tracks

    Forces Of Victory
    • Loading

  3. 18,736 listeners

    1 Jan 1980 · 8 tracks

    LKJ In Dub
    • Loading

  4. 12,009 listeners

    1978 · 8 tracks

    Dread Beat An' Blood
    • Loading

View all albums

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
74
68
84
107
93
113
105
92
99
87
100
72
95
73
110
96
89
92
87
112
93
89
89
101
98
89
100
121
83
88
95
79
96
74
95
91
90
82
74
106
107
82
106
82
101
109
97
97
100
99
89
77
89
103
97
109
102
100
87
119
98
96
82
91
74
90
96
99
82
90
100
86
106
96
118
95
105
96
92
117
99
75
84
102
100
93
101
105
113
116
90
98
80
106
89
100
118
111
103
101
85
83
108
88
97
78
116
124
119
83
91
82
96
87
96
100
100
106
106
90
114
111
121
109
107
96
102
92
92
87
93
101
90
86
93
104
97
98
93
95
87
87
88
89
87
88
101
82
109
97
91
96
107
85
94
95
87
77
91
95
81
84
69
100
75
65
86
87
93
97
95
113
86
95
91
88
75
86
74
85
90

Upcoming Events

We don’t have any upcoming events for this artist right now.

Add event View all events

Photos

External Links

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

Similar Artists

  1. 530,641 listeners

    Avatar for Burning Spear

  2. 332,356 listeners

    Avatar for Horace Andy

  3. 290,762 listeners

    Avatar for Aswad

  4. 155,650 listeners

    Avatar for U-Roy

  5. 517,552 listeners

    Avatar for Black Uhuru

  6. 346,008 listeners

    Avatar for The Upsetters

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss