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Amryl Johnson

Contains 3 performances.

Amryl Johnson's work trying to articulate the sometimes painful movement between cultures that affects many migrants to Britain. Her premature death at age 56 saw a Guardian obituary   which said ' she had a very powerful presence on stage, but was also able to engage and enthuse an audience, to involve them in the event that was her performance. No one who ever saw her perform what she called her poem-song, Far and High, was left unchallenged or unmoved.'

  • Amryl Johnson, Levi Tafari, Mark Miwurdz, Some Like It Hot

    Amryl Johnson, Levi Tafari, Mark Miwurdz, Some Like It Hot

    22 September 1984 at 
    Captain’s Cabin (27)
  • Maggie Nicols & Shirli Hall, Lioness Chant, Amryl Johnson, Carol Lee

    Maggie Nicols & Shirli Hall, Lioness Chant, Amryl Johnson, Carol Lee

    30 November 1985 at 
    Horseshoe (London - Islington) (52)
  • New World Colour Tour

    New World Colour Tour

    18 November 1991 & 19 November 1991 at 
    Sammy Dows (Glasgow) (1)
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