Linton Kwesi Johnson

Born: 1952-08-24


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Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers

as Self
Released: 2017-04-29

Documentary about reggae music and culture in London in 1977. Filmed in Super 8 camera by Don...

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Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

as uncredited
Released: 2003-04-14

Gil Scott-Heron was one of the most influential musicians and poets of the last 50 years. In Don...

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Punk and New Wave Years with Annie Nightingale

as uncredited
Released: 2020-11-06

The programme includes The Damned’s set-smashing performance on The Old Grey Whistle Test and...

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Upon Westminster Bridge

as Himself
Released: 1982-11-23

Considered one of the best ‘dub’ poets of his time, Mikey Smith is internationally renown for...

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Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt

as Self
Released: 1984-03-10

A portrait of Salford-born poet, storyteller and comic, John Cooper-Clarke. His poems, a...

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Dread Beat an' Blood

as uncredited
Released: 1979-09-01

Follows dub poet master Linton Kwesi Johnson out of the recording studio onto the Brixton streets.

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Hitmusik: Konsten att sätta rytm till revolt

as Self
Released: 2006-12-10

Documentary about feminism in music and the challenges it has faced through the years from the...

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Linton Kwesi Johnson: Live in Paris

as Self - vocals
Released: 2004-01-01

In his first-ever video concert, reggae poet Linton Kwesi Johnson bares his soul to a packed...

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Popular Voices at the BBC

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 2017-11-17

Companion programme to Gregory Porter's Popular Voices (2017) in which Gregory Porter introduces...

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