Linton Kwesi Johnson, Forces of Victory (1979)
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I won’t repeat the story of how I came to Linton Kwesi Johnson’s writing and music - I’ll just link to it. But this album is certainly a special one for me because the very first piece of his that really resonated with me, the first thing I heard that made me go wow was Sonny’s Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem). In fac…
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