Linton Kwesi Johnson

Hey Bozo, come to America!

Hard to find any news. Golden PEN award "[url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/dec/03/linton-kwesi-johnson-golden-pen-award]for a lifetime's distinguished service to literatur[/url]e", a few concerts here and there plus an [url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/linton-kwesi-johnson/margaret-thatcher-inner-city-riots_b_3081167.html]article about Thatcher/Brixton in the 80s[/url] and [url=http://organisedyouth.tumblr.com/post/57701998614/an-oral-history-interview-with-linton-kwesi]an interview[/url]...

he hasn't used his blog for 2 years... come back linton!!

might be worth checking his blog http://www.lintonkwesijohnson.com/lkj-blog/

Like the song which talks about George Lindo in England. Good one and always a joy to listen to.

what a man... really significant artist for reggae music.

... massive wisdom and style ...

If I waz a tap natch poet

оёй чекнуть!

'showsialism is a wise old shepard' - di good life

A poet who simply knew great music.

really starting to warm up to this guy

Forces Of Victory is a great intro record for those who normally have little interest in reggie/dub.

inglan is a bitch!

FUCK Exodus, Exhumed, Meshuggah and Decapitated, next year I want LKJ on Ieperfest, He may not play Punk at least he IS Punk. @ least LKJ has depth, soul, spirit, poetry, a heart, compassion, rythm, political lyrics. This Grandmaster does not have to know one single HC band, not even CONFLICT or CRASS to be more HardCore than all the bands around today together! LKJ on Ieperfest next year!!!!!!!

Where Hardcore and Reggae meet Linton is on di beat!

I wish he was playing more shows than jus the Latitude fest. I wanna see him perform live so bad!

Really like his music and words,

Really need to search through my LP's... got some Linton between them I know it.... Love!

LKJ reminds me of Leonard Cohen with a better beat

boom boom boom

Bazz

bass culture

Wan Fi Goh Rave

Fite Dem Back

I like "Making History".

Inglan is a bitch, there is no escaping it.

I saw LJK perform once - a magical thing

hehe i thought it was my profile lol ppl jah jah bless the weeeds lololol

"The poems contain graphic accounts of the often racist police brutality occurring at the time." "The poems contain graphic accounts of the alleged racist police brutality occurring at the time." Funny...first quote is from here, second is from wikipedia... Anyway, LKJ rules! ;-)

Carol, you either feel the beat or you don' t, Good you can appreciate the acapella versions anyway. You do. however, miss out on the fact that LKJ' s music is one of the best examples of contemporary British dub-music. As opposed to Jamaican. LKJ is also NOT a rastafarian, he' s a militant. If you' re from the US, in New York there used to be a label called Clappers Records. If anything, LKJ is comparable to their militant and socialist attitude.

ich hörte ihn 1980 zum ersten mall reggae interesierte mich nur am rande aber der mann ist für mich ein super star einfach ganz grosse klasse diese musik und der stil uah heute bekommen sie mit pc denn sound nicht so hin wie er ohne einfach eine ganz grosse nummer eben ein Mann denn man nicht vergessen wird Politisch wie Musikalisch .

I like reggae not that much, but i love LKJ!!!!!

Wow... just wow.

LKJ in dub is amazing

i've been an lkj fan for a while and already liked a few of his albums but i am listening to bass culture right now for the first time and i'm already pretty sure this will be my favourite, this album is great. "loraine," oh my god is that slick.

LKJ - ever since i heard him about in beginning of the 80s i know what reggae culture is really about. through his deep and dark poetry's which speak the truth - underlined with these heavy atmospheric dub beats, in witch the breaks come in always just on time to make a point, you can see the world the way it really is. but still, somehow he manages to create a little light on the end of the tunnel no matter how dark it gets. . . . LKJ is a true genius of words and sound.

Kiss mi batty.

cheesy you need an ear doctor carol_s

revolutionary

so much better acapella, without the cheesy beats

Just found out of him and I love it!

Viva LKJ!!

a living legend

Amazing concert on Reggaeland...

For me as a white overaged Dutch guy, LKJ is the first modern poet I heard of in the 80's. Don't know who can get even with him in lyrics and rythm.

Anyone who likes this should try [artist]Kode9 & the Spaceape[/artist], if they haven't already.

the sound was music mellow steady flow . the best dark rasta vocals ever ....

One of the best modern British poets, if not the best. His words coupled with the heavy dub rhythms is a match made in heaven. I heard Forces of Victory for the first time today and I'm glad to be enjoying my Jamaican honeymoon.

I had a chance to see Linton two days ago performing his poetry in Philadelphia. He started with Five Nights of Bleeding, and ended with If I Was a Top Notch Poet. He is truly one of the great living poets, but it would be a bonus to see Dennis Bovell's dub band in the backround.