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From Mento to Lovers' Rock - Episode 9

Linton Kwesi Johnson continues his ten-part history of Jamaican music. In part nine, he considers aspects of the lyrical tradition including some of the dominant themes in popular Jamaican music: slavery, rebellion, redemption and repatriation.

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Thu 4 Sep 202501:00
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Music Played

  • The Kingstonians

    SINGER MAN

    • HISTORY OF TROJAN RECORDS 1968-1971.
    • TROJAN.
    • CDTAL-100.

  • Horace Smith

    Rougher Rough

  • Bunny Wailer

    Fighting Against Conviction

    • Blackheart Man.
    • Mango.
    • CID9415.

  • The Prophets

    Warn The Nation

    • VINYL SINGLE.
    • Prophet.
    • none.

  • Desmond Dekker

    Pretty Africa

  • The Ethiopians

    Open The Gate

    • FULL UP: BEST OF STUDIO ONE VOL. 2.
    • HEARTBEAT.
    • CDHB-14.

  • Fred Locks

    BLACK STAR LINERS

    • BLACKSTAR LINER TRUE RASTMAN.
    • VISTA SOUNDS.
    • VSLP-4007.

  • Burning Spear

    Red, Gold & Green

    • Marcus Garvey.
    • Island Records.
    • ILPS 9377.

  • Toots & The Maytals

    REDEMPTION SONG

    • BEST OF.
    • TROJAN.
    • TRLS-171.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    REDEMPTION SONG

    • UPRISING.
    • TUFF GONG.
    • TGLCD-9.

  • Lord Bryner & The Shieks

    Congo War

    • VINYL SINGLE.
    • Island Records.
    • WI-266.

  • The Heptones

    Suffering Soul

    • Arise Rootsman.
    • Trojan.
    • TJDDD-118.

  • Peter Tosh

    You Can't Blame The Youth

    • The Best of Peter Tosh: Arise B2.
    • Music Club.
    • xxxx.

  • Bob Andy

    FIRE BURNING

    • PIED PIPER THE BEST OF BOB AND MARCIA.
    • TROJAN.
    • TJACD-44.

  • Pablo Moses

    Revolutionary Dream

    • Revolutionary Dream.
    • Tropical Sound Tracs.
    • TSL 1002.

  • Junior Byles

    BEAT DOWN BABYLON

    • JUNIOR BYLES AND FRIENDS.
    • BLOOD & FIRE.
    • BAFCD = 023.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    BURNIN AND LOOTIN

    • BURNIN.
    • ISLAND.
    • 0602498-233375.

  • Big Youth

    Not Long Ago

  • Bingy Bunny & MR Bungo Herman

    Ration

    • VINYL SINGLE.
    • Smash.
    • SMA.2331.

  • The Ethiopians

    Everything Crash

  • The In Crowd

    WE PLAY REGGAE

    • HIS MAJEST IS COMING.
    • TROJAN.
    • TJDDD-257.

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