Dennis "Blackbeard" Bovell

Dennis Bovell became a key figure of London's reggae scene in the late '70s and early '80s, working as both a solo artist, musician, and producer for a wide range of artists. Bovell's résumé is one of the most wide-ranging of his peers, including work as guitarist for the reggae band Matumbi, solo dub excursions of his own under his Blackbeard pseudonym, collaborations with dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, production for post-punk acts like the Pop Group and the Slits, and work as a songwriter for other artists and a composer for film and television scores. Bovell continued putt...