4/18/2007 Echo Chamber

Tonight the Echo Chamber presented the annual Word Beat I Powa dub poetry, beat poetry, and spoken word special. Of course, it was dub poetry that set the foundation of the show. Among the dub poets featured were Oku Onoura, Mutabaruka, Royal African Soldiers, Jean Binta Breeze, Benjamin Zephaniah, and of course, the incomparable Linton Kwesi Johnson. Also, a special appearance by KFAI's own poet laureate, e.g.bailey...