Michael Smith
Although Linton Kwesi Johnson invented dub poetry and remains the most influential of its practitioners, Michael Smith was another incredibly talented, politically ferocious dub poet who, tragically, lived long enough to release only one record. Born in a rough section of Kingston, Smith grew up in a reggae culture immersed in the toasting riddims of I-Roy and U-Roy, the heavy dub that Lee Perry and King Tubby were churning out, and the political stance of Bob Marley. Smith, who began his career (much like Johnson) as a poet, raged against a Jamaican political machine (be it left or right wing) that seemed to fail the majority of its people. He was also consumed by racism and its impact in the Caribbean and on West Indian emigres. Smith's poetry reached the ears of Linton Kwesi Johnson and, with help from Dennis Bovell, he brought Smith to England to record an album of dub poetry backed by a fine band that included members of Bovell's Dub Band and the excellent Afro-Brit reggae group Aswad. Produced by Bovell and LKJ, Smith's debut, Mi Cyaan Believe It, was a scintillating piece of work, a signal that along with Johnson and Mutabaruka, dub poetry was entering an incredibly fertile period. Smith returned to Jamaica in 1982 only to be gunned down under mysterious circumstances by members of the Jamaican Labour Party. It was alleged that Smith had attacked them, but given the nation's volatile political history, no one was buying that explanation, and the politically motivated murder of Michael Smith robbed reggae of one of its most eloquent voices of protest.
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Mi Cyaan Believe It
Reggae - Released by UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) on 1 jan. 1982
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Magnificat & Nunc dimittis, Vol. 8
The Choir of Llandaff Cathedral, Michael Hoeg, Michael Smith
Klassiek - Released by Priory Records on 11 aug. 1996
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Michael Smith / Love Stories
Folk - Released by Rounder Records on 1 jan. 1986
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2021 Midwest Clinic: Perrysburg High School Select Strings (Live)
Perrysburg High School Select Strings, Michael Smith
Klassiek - Released by Mark Records on 21 okt. 2022
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The Exchange (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Michael Smith, Christoph Bauschinger
Originele soundtracks - Released by Music.Film on 30 jul. 2021
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Bossa Kitsch
Wereldmuziek - Released by Juice Music On Demand on 1 jun. 2020
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Great Cathedral Anthems, Vol. 6
The Choir of Llandaff Cathedral, Michael Hoeg, Michael Smith, Unknown Artist
Klassiek - Released by Priory Records on 28 aug. 2020
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Lost Feelings, Vol. 1
Pop - Released by Michael Smith on 16 apr. 2021
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Take Control (Original Mix)
Divers - Released by Mangled Wreck Chords on 12 aug. 2012
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Underexposed
Moderne jazz - Released by Music Link Studio on 30 nov. 2015
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They Dont Know
Soul - Released by Star Player Entertainment on 5 feb. 2024
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Love Me Still (feat. T Que & G.A. Tha Mysfit)
Pop - Released by Star Player Entertainment on 11 feb. 2024
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