Albums by Linton Kwesi Johnson
ALBUMMore TimeLinton Kwesi Johnson
ALBUMAcapella LiveLinton Kwesi Johnson
ALBUMLKJ In Dub, Vol. 2Linton Kwesi Johnson
ALBUMLKJ In Dub, Vol. 3Linton Kwesi Johnson
ALBUMTings An' TimesLinton Kwesi Johnson
ALBUMBass CultureLinton Kwesi Johnson
ALBUMLKJ In DubLinton Kwesi Johnson
ALBUMForces of VictoryLinton Kwesi Johnson
ALBUMDread Beat and BloodLinton Kwesi Johnson
Artist Biography
A poet and chronicler of the social and political conditions of blacks in Britain during the late '70s (and into the '80s), Linton Kwesi Johnson was an originator of the "dub poetry" form popular among UK punk audiences at that time. The style involved the reciting of poems over a dub-inflected instrumental backdrop. Johnson's musical compatriot Dennis Bovell mixed a pair of dub albums from LKJ's early recordings, which are prime examples of early UK dub science.
Hometown
Chapelton, British Jamaica
Genre
Reggae