Dennis "Blackbeard" Bovell

Dennis Bovell is a key figure of U.K. reggae, first becoming part of the London 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, work as a songwriter for other artists, and as a composer for film and television sc...