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6 Music StoriesEpisodes

  1. Wednesday01:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music

    From Mento To Lovers' Rock - Episode 5

    Linton Kwesi Johnson continues his history of Jamaican music. First broadcast in 1983.(R)

  2. Wednesday02:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music

    From Mento to Lovers' Rock - Episode 6

    Linton Kwesi Johnson considers rocksteady and social unrest in Jamaica in the 60s.(R)

  3. Next Thursday01:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music

    Blood & Fire: Roots, Reggae and Rastafari

    Don Letts looks at the Rastafari movement and its influence on Jamaican music.(R)

  4. Wed 26 Aug 202601:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music

    From Mento to Lovers' Rock - Episode 7

    Linton Kwesi Johnson turns his attention to the emergence of reggae.(R)

  5. Wed 26 Aug 202602:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music

    From Mento to Lovers' Rock - Episode 8

    Linton Kwesi Johnson continues his history of Jamaican music with a look at dub and DJs.(R)

  6. Thu 27 Aug 202601:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music

    Gideon Coe - A Tribute to The Upsetter

    Two hours of records in tribute to the late Lee 'Scratch' Perry.(R)