Sep 01, 1979
45 min
Full-HD

Dread Beat and Blood (1979)

Follows dub poet master Linton Kwesi Johnson out of the recording studio onto the Brixton streets.

Category

Documentary Music

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

Arts Council of Great Britain

Linton Kwesi Johnson

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