Jamaican poet to rock with green riddim

Jamaican-born, and raised in London, Johnson (66) is one of the most acclaimed chroniclers in the UK of the immigrant experience.

In advance of his reading in Cork, dub poet and reggae superstar Linton Kwesi Johnson tells Ed Power about the links between the Irish and the Jamaicans.

Coming to Ireland to perform his radical dub poetry will be like going home, says Linton Kwesi Johnson.