Linton Kwesi Johnson
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Linton Kwesi Johnson
Been listening to plenty of this man recently, and his live poetry reading is baaaaaad for samples. I've only been aware of lkj since recently, can anyone tell me more dub poets like him?
Just read something in another thread that implies you know more about reggae than I do, so you've probably heard Burning Spear already, so ignore this bit.Auan wrote:Burning Spear I guess is a bit more 'sing-y', but his lyrics are righteous.
Oh and LKJ's Bass Culture is easily my favourite reggae album ever.
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i hate myself for having missed him when he played in belgium last year
check
http://www.discogs.com/release/526243
the "song of blood" is one of my favourites
check
http://www.discogs.com/release/526243
the "song of blood" is one of my favourites
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He's fucking awesome live, definately see if you ever get the chance.£10 Bag wrote:thanks very much marty for the suggestions, i am on the lookout for those artists you suggested (already familiar with prince far i though, excellent music!). i'd love to see lkj live, the man is obviously very intelligent and needless to say his music is shit hot
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Re: Linton Kwesi Johnson
You NEED to check out Saul Williams.£10 Bag wrote:can anyone tell me more dub poets like him?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_williams
He's released 3 superb albums (first was NY Times album of the year in 2001), written 4 amazing poetry books and starred and co-wrote the awesome 1998 Sundance Film Festival winner "Slam".
For an example of the man's poetry/music check out the song "Pedagogue Of Young Gods" on his myspace below.....
http://www.myspace.com/saulwilliams
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holik wrote:somewhat more nu-school but lucky dube from south africa had good stuff.
r.i.p.
I was lucky enough to catch Lucky Dube live in Cairns, Australia around 2000-2001. Awesome show. So sad to lose him in such a senseless way. Whay do all these Reggae legends (Peter Tosh, King Tubby, Lucky Dube and many more) meet such violent ends????
Re: Linton Kwesi Johnson
I found this guy a year or so ago, really enjoyed the first two albums i managed to get from him. Makes a welcome change to alot of reggae music i was listening to at the time.
I would reccomend Jack Kerouac poems put to Jazz music though, Poetry For The Beat Generation, is the CD i have. I think you can listen here:
http://www.last.fm/music/Jack+Kerouac
Saul is more related to Hip Hop, or just general Spoken Word is he not? I admit i don't know alot about the genre/scene though.Godflesh Fiend wrote:You NEED to check out Saul Williams.£10 Bag wrote:can anyone tell me more dub poets like him?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_williams
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I would reccomend Jack Kerouac poems put to Jazz music though, Poetry For The Beat Generation, is the CD i have. I think you can listen here:
http://www.last.fm/music/Jack+Kerouac
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Re: Linton Kwesi Johnson
Sounds great. Now I want to hear some William Burroughs over some heavy Dubstep!Thomas wrote:I found this guy a year or so ago, really enjoyed the first two albums i managed to get from him. Makes a welcome change to alot of reggae music i was listening to at the time.
Saul is more related to Hip Hop, or just general Spoken Word is he not? I admit i don't know alot about the genre/scene though.Godflesh Fiend wrote:You NEED to check out Saul Williams.£10 Bag wrote:can anyone tell me more dub poets like him?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_williams
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I would reccomend Jack Kerouac poems put to Jazz music though, Poetry For The Beat Generation, is the CD i have. I think you can listen here:
http://www.last.fm/music/Jack+Kerouac
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