Linton Kwesi Johnson “Live in Paris” DVD and CD

I must be showing my age.  Every decade, I’m sure, has its defining music, songs that will stand the test of time.  But, the more I listen to most of today’s music, the more I I’m convinced that the late 1970’s was a great era for new music.  For a while there, between about 1978 and 1980, there was such an embarrassment of riches that every week seemed to bring about a new masterpiece, a new record to challenge all that had gone before.  For me, most of the best music of this time came from England.   The Clash, The Jam, The Buzzcocks, all the two tone music, and even those first few albums from the Police and Dire Straits had something magic and special about them.  I was a teenager and what was on my record player defined and articulated all that I was feeling.  Lots of people have this experience.  Music is powerful and has the ability to evoke through word and emotion experiences that otherwise elude expression. So, in reviewing Linton Kwesi Johnson’s new CD and DVD “Live in Paris”, I can’t even pretend to be objective. Of all the music of the late 1970’s British renaissance, no performer affected me more than Linton Kwesi Johnson. The first time I heard him, the way I listened to music was changed forever. 

 
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