***** Linton Kwesi Johnson, Tings an’ Times (Shanachie): This is the first studio album from Linton Kwesi Johnson in six years. It’s only seven songs – but what songs. Johnson’s thoughtful ...

Linton Kwesi Johnson: Reggae's Premier Poet WXPN. February 1, 2007 • Often hailed as the world's first reggae poet, Johnson started releasing albums of his own poetry in 1978. He went on to ...

No one makes rage sound so eloquent or deceptively calm as Linton Kwesi Johnson. His melodic intonation of dub poetry over a simmering reggae beat is mesmerizing, and its unvarying patois monotone ...

Often hailed as the world's first reggae poet, Linton Kwesi Johnson was born in Jamaica in 1952, but moved to London in the '60s to study writing and poetry. He started releasing albums of his own ...

Linton Kwesi Johnson, supreme dub and reggae artist, one of only two living poets ever to appear in the Penguin Modern Classics series, is one of the star turns at Lee "Scratch" Perry's Meltdown ...

Linton Kwesi Johnson travelled to Britain from Jamaica as a boy in 1963. He came to join his mother in South London, who had emigrated as part of the Windrush Generation, named after the ship that ...

Poet Linton Kwesi Johnson been awarded an honorary doctorate degree in literature from Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. Johnson — a highly regarded poet, reggae artiste and p ...

Linton Kwesi Johnson is sharing his major literary prize with a fellow poet believed to be in a maximum security prison. The writer and musician won the PEN Pinter Prize 2020 in memory of playwright ...

Monkey Cage Linton Kwesi Johnson, ‘Fite Dem Back’: The Week In One Song. An appalling attack on the U.S. Capitol by enemies of democracy.

Linton Kwesi Johnson is sharing his major literary prize with a fellow poet believed to be in a maximum security prison. The writer and musician won the PEN Pinter Prize 2020 in memory of ...

Linton Kwesi Johnson is sharing his major literary prize with a fellow poet believed to be in a maximum security prison.The writer and musician won the PEN Pinter Prize 2020 in memory of ...