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...
| Artist | Title | Album | Label | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Jean Binta Breeze
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Aid Travels With a Bomb
|
Word Sound 'Ave Power
|
Heartbeat
|
0
|
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Linton Kwesi Johnson
|
Reality Poem + Reality Dub
|
Independant Intravenshen
|
Island
|
0
|
|
Oliver Smith
|
Signs of the Times
|
Word Sound 'Ave Pow
|
Heartbeat
|
0
|
|
Oku Onoura
|
Cumin Dub
|
Dubbin' Away
|
ROIR
|
0
|
|
Royal African Soldiers
|
Jamaican Food
|
Run Away Slaves
|
self-produced
|
0
|
|
Tomlin Ellis
|
Drop It
|
Word Sound 'Ave Power
|
Heartbeat
|
0
|
|
Glenville Bryan
|
Blood Shout
|
Word Sound 'Ave Power
|
Heartbeat
|
0
|
|
Back to Base (w/ Benjamin Zephaniah)
|
The President Is Dead Again
|
Heading For the Door
|
MPRecords
|
0
|
|
Malachi Smith
|
Cussing the President
|
Word Sound 'Ave Power
|
Heartbeat
|
0
|
|
Linton Kwesi Johnson
|
Iron Bar Dub
|
Independant Intravenshen
|
Island
|
0
|
|
Tomlin Ellis
|
Illusion
|
Word Sound 'Ave Power
|
Heartbeat
|
0
|
|
Dr. Echo Solange St. Croix
|
Our Relationship
|
Echo Evahlastin'
|
Annica
|
0
|
|
Cool Hipnoise (w/ Last Poets)
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C'mon Family
|
Trust.Belief.Love.Respect
|
Echo Beach
|
0
|
|
Jack Kerouac (w/ Zoot Sims)
|
The Last Hotel + Some Dharma
|
Blues and Haikus
|
Rhino/WordBeat.
|
0
|
|
King Stitt the Insteps
|
The Goat
|
Eleven Steps to Power
|
Stubborn
|
0
|
|
e.g. bailey
|
Osiris (poem)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
0
|
|
Automaton
|
Asiyah Dub [background for poem above]
|
Dub Terror Exhaust
|
Strata
|
0
|
|
Mutabaruka
|
Dubbing Yu Memory + Blacks in Dub
|
Muta In Dub
|
Blackheart
|
0
|
|
The Fire This TIme (w/ Assata Shakur)
|
Reluctant Warrior
|
Still Dancing On John Wayne's Head
|
Extreme Dub
|
0
|
|
Roots Control (w/ Lillian Allen)
|
Poetry
|
Wordsound I Powa - Live from Planet Crooklyn
|
Wordsound
|
0
|
|
Brooklyn Funk Essentials (w/ Everton Sylvester)
|
Dilly Dally
|
Cool And Steady And Easy
|
Dorado
|
0
|
|
Solar Moon/JEN
|
Inside Out
|
Guestbook
|
CKP Records
|
0
|
|
Jah Wobble (w/ Ronnie Drew)
|
London Rain
|
Celtic Poets
|
30 Hertz
|
0
|
|
e.g. bailey
|
Afrika (poem)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
0
|
|
Automaton
|
The Terran Invasion Of Alpha Centauri Year 2794 [background for poem above]
|
Dub Terror Exhaust
|
Strata
|
0
|
|
e.g. bailey
|
Never Here (poem)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
0
|
|
Abassi All Stars
|
Black Red Dub
|
Dub Showcase [background for poem above]
|
Universal Egg
|
0
|
|
Linton Kwesi Johnson
|
Sonny's Lettah (poem)
|
N/A
|
LKJ
|
0
|
|
Automaton
|
The Terran Invasion Of Alpha Centauri Year 2794 [background for poem above]
|
Dub Terror Exhaust
|
Strata
|
0
|
|
Maya Angelou
|
Black Pearls (poem)
|
Black Pearls: the Poetry of Maya Angelou
|
Rhino/WordBeat
|
0
|
|
Up, Bustle, Out
|
Rainbow Town
|
City Breakers
|
Collision Cause Of Chapter 3
|
0
|
|
Luciano
|
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
|
Is It Rolling Bob? Dub Versions
|
RAS
|
0
|
|
Madtone
|
NC-ND + Message from Madtone
|
N/A
|
Blossoms Kitchen
|
0
|
|
Mutant Frogs
|
Skankworks in Orbit + Parallel Timestream Seepage
|
Warts 'n' All
|
IMT-Skankworks
|
0
|
|
Karl Walker
|
But Officer
|
Trojan Battlefield: King Pioneer Ska Productions!
|
Trojan
|
0
|
|
Dream Warriors
|
Ludi
|
And Now, The Legacy Begins
|
Island
|
0
|
|
Prince Buster
|
Ghost Dance
|
FABulous Greatest Hits
|
FAB/Sequel
|
0
|
|
Lucas
|
Lucas With The Lid Off
|
Lucacentric
|
Atlantic
|
0
|
|
Parliament
|
Mr. Wiggles
|
Motor Booty Affair
|
Island
|
0
|
|
Ken Nordine
|
A Thousand Bing Bangs
|
A Transparent Mask
|
Asphodel
|
0
|
|
Owen Gray / King Stitt
|
On the Beach
|
Dance Hall '63
|
Studio One
|
0
|
|
Paragons/ U-Roy
|
On the Beach
|
Version Galore
|
Trojan
|
0
|
|
I-Roy
|
This Is a Scorcher
|
Deejay a-Menace Babylon
|
Burning Bush/Fuel 2000
|
0
|
|
The Special AKA (w/ Rhoda Dakar)
|
Can't Get a Break
|
The Compact 2 Tone Story
|
2 Tone / Chrysalis
|
0
|
|
Jean Binta Breeze
|
Lovin' Wasn Easy
|
LKJ Presents
|
LKJ Records
|
0
|
|
Royal African Soldiers
|
Slave Ship
|
Run Away Slaves
|
self-produced
|
0
|
|
Linton Kwesi Johnson
|
Forces of Victory + Victory Dub
|
Independant Intravenshen
|
Island
|
0
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