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Radio 6 Music,19 Apr 2011,60 mins

From Mento to Lovers' Rock - Episode 6

6 Music Stories

Available for 29 days

Linton Kwesi Johnson continues his 10-part history of Jamaican music. In part six, he considers the social unrest on the island in the sixties and the emergence of the new rocksteady style.

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    Artist
  2. 1.
    TRAIN TO SKAVILLE
    TRAIN TO SKAVILLE
    The Ethiopians
  3. 2.
    Johnny Dark
    Johnny Dark
    The Skatalites
  4. 3.
    Rasta Shook Them Up
    Rasta Shook Them Up
    Peter Tosh