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Linton Kwesi Johnson

Linton Kwesi Johnson is a person from the UK, active since 1952.

Person GB since 1952 dub poetry soul and reggae roots
TOTAL PLAYS
410
SONGS PLAYED
78
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-19 14:07 · 6 Music — "Want Fi Goh Rave"
LAST PLAYED
1 week ago · 6 Music — "Reality Poem"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
30 23 15 8 0
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 399 97%
1Xtra 7 2%
Radio 1 2 0%
Radio 2 2 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 22:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Want Fi Goh Rave 88 2025-12-22
2 Reality Poem 57 2026-05-09
3 Forces Of Victory 12 2025-10-04
4 Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem) 11 2025-09-28
5 Sonny's Lettah 10 2022-01-30
6 Reality Poem (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 3 Oct 1981) 7 2025-12-03
7 Loraine 7 2025-08-26
8 Independent Intavenshan - BBC Session 03/10/1981 7 2014-07-24
9 Reality Poem - BBC Session 03/10/1981 7 2013-12-05
10 Dread Beat An' Blood 6 2022-02-06
11 Want Fi Goh Rave - Paris Theatre 1979 6 2016-11-13
12 Independent Intavenshan 6 2015-02-18
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-09 06:26 Reality Poem 6 Music
2025-12-22 03:24 Want Fi Goh Rave 6 Music
2025-12-21 16:39 Dread Beat & Blood 6 Music
2025-12-18 04:24 Want Fi Goh Rave 6 Music
2025-12-16 13:55 Want Fi Goh Rave 6 Music
2025-12-03 02:57 Doun Di Road (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 1 May 1979) 6 Music
2025-12-03 02:54 Reality Poem (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 3 Oct 1981) 6 Music
2025-12-03 02:49 It Dread Inna Inglan - Paris Theatre 1979 6 Music
2025-12-03 02:47 Independant Intavenshan (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 3 Oct 1981) 6 Music
2025-12-03 02:43 Want Fi Goh Rave 6 Music
2025-10-22 05:22 Reality Poem 6 Music
2025-10-09 22:40 Want Fi Goh Rave 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

78 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
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All Wi Doin' Is Defendin' — 1 ▶
All Wi Doin' is Defendin' (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 3 Oct 1981) — 2 ▶
All Wi' Don't Is Defendin (Radio 1 Session, 3 Oct 1981) — 2 ▶
All Wi' Don't Is Defendin (Radio 1 Session, 3rd Oct, 1981) — 1 ▶
All Wi' Don't Is Defendin - BBC Session 03/10/1981 — 6 ▶
Bass Culture — 5 ▶
Brain Smashing — 1 ▶
Come Wi Goh Dung Deh — 1 ▶
Di Great Insohreckshan — 5 ▶
Doun Di Road (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 1 May 1979) — 1 ▶
Down Di Road - BBC Session — 3 ▶
Down Di Road - BBC Session 01/05/1979 — 3 ▶
Dread Beat & Blood — 1 ▶
Dread Beat An' Blood — 6 ▶
Dread Beat and Blood — 1 ▶
Five Nights Of Bleeding — 2 ▶
Five Nights of Bleeding — 4 ▶
Five Nights of Bleeding (Radio 1 In Concert, 9 Jun 1979) — 1 ▶
Five Nights Of Bleeding - Paris Theatre 1979 — 4 ▶
Forces Of Victory — 12 ▶
Forces of Victory Dub — 1 ▶
Forces Of Viktry — 5 ▶
If I Woz A Tap Natch Poet — 2 ▶
Indenpendent Intavenshan - Paris Theatre 1979 — 5 ▶
Independant Intavenshan — 2 ▶
Independant Intavenshan (Radio 1 In Concert, 9 Jun 1979) — 4 ▶
Independant Intavenshan (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 3 Oct 1981) — 4 ▶
Independent Intavenshan — 6 ▶
Independent Intavenshan (Radio 1 Session, 3 Oct 1981) — 2 ▶
Independent Intavenshan (Radio 1 Session, 3rd Oct, 1981) — 1 ▶
Independent Intavenshan - BBC Session 03/10/1981 — 7 ▶
Independent Intavenshan - Paris Theatre 1979 — 3 ▶
Inglan — 2 ▶
Inglan Is A Bitch — 4 ▶
Iron Bar (Dub) — 1 ▶
It Dread Inna Inglan — 4 ▶
It Dread Inna Inglan (Radio 1 In Concert, 9 Jun 1979) — 1 ▶
It Dread Inna Inglan - BBC Session 01/05/1979 — 3 ▶
It Dread Inna Inglan - Paris Tehatre 1979 — 4 ▶
It Dread Inna Inglan - Paris Theatre 1979 — 5 ▶
It Noh Funny — 6 ▶
It Noh Funny (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 1 May 1979) — 4 ▶
It Noh Funny - Paris Theatre 1979 — 6 ▶
Loraine — 7 ▶
Man Free — 5 ▶
Man Free (for Darcus Howe) — 1 ▶
Peach Dub — 2 ▶
Reality Dub — 1 ▶
Reality Poem — 57 ▶
Reality Poem - BBC Session 1979 — 1 ▶
Reality Poem (BBC session) — 5 ▶
Reality Poem (Radio 1 In Concert, 9 Jun 1979) — 2 ▶
Reality Poem (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 3 Oct 1981) — 7 ▶
Reality Poem (Radio 1 Session, 3 Oct 1981) — 2 ▶
Reality Poem (Radio 1 Session, 3rd Oct, 1981) — 1 ▶
Reality Poem - BBC Session 01/05/1979 — 4 ▶
Reality Poem - BBC Session 03/10/1981 — 7 ▶
Reality Poem - Paris Theatre 1979 — 6 ▶
Reggae Fi Peach (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 3 Oct 1981) — 4 ▶
Reggae Fi'peach (Radio 1 Session, 3 Oct 1981) — 2 ▶
Reggae Fi'peach (Radio 1 Session, 3rd Oct, 1981) — 1 ▶
Reggae Fi'peach - BBC Session 03/10/1981 — 5 ▶
Shocking Dub — 4 ▶
Sonny's Lettah — 10 ▶
Sonny's Lettah (Anti Sus Poem) — 1 ▶
Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem) — 11 ▶
Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem) (Radio 1 In Concert, 9 Jun 1979) — 2 ▶
Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem) (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 1 May 1979) — 1 ▶
Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem) - Paris Theatre 1979 — 5 ▶
Sonny's Lettah - BBC Session 01/05/1979 — 3 ▶
Street 66 — 2 ▶
Time Come — 1 ▶
Victorious Dub — 2 ▶
Want fi go Rave — 3 ▶
Want Fi Goh Rave — 88 ▶
Want Fi Goh Rave (BBC session) — 4 ▶
Want Fi Goh Rave (Radio 1 In Concert, 9 Jun 1979) — 3 ▶
Want Fi Goh Rave - Paris Theatre 1979 — 6 ▶