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Interview: Linton Kwesi Johnson

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| Will Hermes: New Music + Old Music
I spoke w/ the poet, activist + reggae legend about retirement, resistance, the West African renaissance, the newly-restored 1979 doc "DREAD BEAT AN BLOOD" + the wordless solo album he just finished. New Music + Old Music is reader-supported. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber. A still from DREAD BEAT AN BLOOD (1979) Last fall, the powerful 1979 documentary DREAD BEAT AN BLOOD, newly-restored by the British Film Institute, premiered in the U.S. at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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Writing about old songs

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By Will Hermes Verified
| Will Hermes: New Music + Old Music
Music history can tether us to the present. Thoughts on the (English) Beat's "Whine and Grine/Stand Down Margaret" and Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" Although the title of this newsletter is New + Old Music, I prioritize new stuff, as most of you know.
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Music festivals as sacred spaces

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| Will Hermes: New Music + Old Music
Taja Cheek aka: L’Rain, at Solid Sound, Friday June 26, 2026. 📸: Will Hermes I was raised in the Catholic church — or more accurately, down the block from one: Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, at the corner of 73rd Avenue and the so-called Utopia Parkway, on the faintly suburban southeastern edge of Flushing, Queens. That congregation wasn’t big on music. We got basic organ interludes.
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