Melanie C and Parade perform at The Lexington tonight!!

Melanie C + Parade                       

‘Scala‘

275-277 Pentonville Road

Kings Cross

London, N1 9NL

0207 833 2022

How much: £16.50 (advance tickets)

 

Melanie C, former ‘Spice Girls‘ member and most active member since the group officially broke up in 2000 is performing tonight at Scala. Although pre-judged for her chavvy appearance in the all girl band throughout the 90′s, since going solo Mel C has proven that she has the soulfulness of a modern day popstar and the talent to turn her songs into versatile music that everyone can enjoy!

Since leaving the ‘Spice Girls’ Mel C’s been lucky enough to release a number of albums, giving her the chance to get in touch with her own genre of music, in 1999 she released ‘Northern Star’ which sold and outstanding 4 million copies worldwide!- Sadly after releasing that album Melanie battled an eating disorder whilst having depression it took her a while but she made a come back in 2003 with her album ‘Reason’, two years later she revealed her third album ‘Beautiful Intentions’ which became her second most successful album commercially, in 2007 she released her fourth studio album ‘This Time’ with a new indie sound. Shortly after this, Melanie C confirmed she’d join the rest of the girl band ‘Spice Girls’ for their ‘Return of the Spice Girls’ World Tour. After the tour ended she announced she was pregnant with her first child and gave birth in February 2009, She then landed herself a role in the West End production of Blood Brothers. She has now just released her fifth album ‘The Sea’ in September 2011.

Melanie C- Never Be the Same Again

Melanie C- Here it comes Again

Melanie C- Rock me

 

Also performing with Melanie C at Scala tonight is new girl band ‘Parade‘ who  made their breakthrough earlier this year, their debut single ‘louder’ reached number 10 in the Official Charts, making it a top 10 hit. This was followed by ‘Perfume’ which reached the top 40 in the Official Chart. Their self-titled album ‘Parade’ was released on November 14th 2011, and their predicted to go far next year!

Parade- Louder

 

Make sure you catch them it should be a good show!

Islets playing at The Lexington tomorrow night!

‘Islets’                                                   

Wednesday 16th November

19:00- 23:00

The Lexington, 96- 98 Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, N1 9JB

Live Music, Indie.

How much: £7.50 (advance tickets)

Cardiff based experimental indie kids, with some really sweet voices. Islet play a very, very intimate show at The Lexington tomorrow night, courtesy of those very lovely folk at ATP.

Review of Islets.

The world islet refers to a very small island with minimal vegetation and no wildlife. The band Islet is certainly none of these things, being as far away from the word small as you could possibly imagine. Their sound is huge, and it challenges you with something new around every corner, the only problem being that there isn’t much you can say to actually describe Islet’s sound.

Many of the Islet descriptions around the web all seem to head in a similar direction, proclaiming things like “Islet shuns the web” and “They don’t even have a Myspace” and that “They evade all description possible”. While all of these things may or may not be true, it doesn’t necessarily seem to be hurting Islet much at all. Islet hails from Cardiff in the UK, and chances are their music is going to catch you so off guard you won’t know what the hell hit you.

The six track ‘mini-album’ clocks in at just under a half-hour long, and it’s bursting with energy from end to end. The opening track ‘We Shall Visit’ starts off sounding like you’re in the middle of a jungle somewhere participating in a ritualistic ceremony, being huddled around the fire while summoning the gods above you. In other words, it sounds like the music you would hear in a tribal gathering. The use of the tom toms and the click-clack of the rim hits work wonders for that primitive sound, not to mention all the subtle little chants and yelps you can hear in the background. There are even some crazy whistling sound effects that bring the song to an end.

Immediately you’re throw into the next track, the ground shaking ‘Iris’. This track features some noisy guitar work, and strangely enough, they actually manage to work a sort of ‘solo’ into the madness. I’m not sure if that’s what you’d want to call it, but the bass and guitar go at it together and bring the noise full force, all on top of the relentless crash of the cymbal.

The following track ‘One of These Worlds’ is dominated by a pulsating bass line throughout, and it all transforms into this huge, otherworldly jam session at the end, as everybody in the band would probably be going ape-shit on their instruments at this point in the song. The next track ‘Jasmine’ could arguably be one of the more accessible songs on the album. They challenge you to get up out of your seat on this one and dance along to the beat. The singers howl over the mix like a frantic wolf in heat, as they never quite sing in this one. It’s mostly just howls and yelps. Towards the end the tom-toms get a nice beating, making that primal element of their sound come through once again.

‘Holly’ is definitely an intense one, but then again, they all are. A short bit past the halfway mark and you’ll hear some quick tom-toms rolls filled in with the rim shots again. Then the lead singer starts singing “Holly’s in your head, head, Holly’s in your mind,” all why the drumming goes seemingly perfect over the vocals. This is sure to keep you head swaying along with the beat. Last but not least comes ‘Rowan’, in which they actually take a step back on the madness. This one is a bit more laid back and easy going as they finally give you a chance to catch your breath.

From May 28th 2010. indiescreet.com.

Islets- Ringerz

 

Islets- We shall Visit

 

Don’t miss them, they’re sure to take off soon!

 

 

‘His Teeth’ at the Only Connect Theatre Review- Exclusive interview with Ben Musgrave!

Ben Musgrave has written a new play  ’His Teeth‘ which is currently being performed at the ‘Only Connect‘ Theatre. Only Connect is a creative arts company for ex-convicts, ex-offenders and at-risk youth. Their vision is that ex-offenders, using their experiences of crime and punishment can help the next generation to avoid the mistakes they made- helping young people to have a better future, whilst redeeming their own lost years and making London safer for everyone by educating people on life, real life, our own!

 

Ben Musgrave has been involved in writing play’s for them for some time, he has now written ‘His Teeth’ which was inspired by the stories of a member of Only Connect ‘Ralph Ojutu’. Here’s what Ben had to say about his new play.

Interview with Ben Musgrave..

I was then able to go and watch it yesterday for myself! Greeted so well by at-risk youth (some of which I’ve grown up with and believed to be in prison) it was plain to see that Only Connect had really matured and helped out those in need of more attention in today’s society.

After being so well greeted I got quite a shock when entering the theatre, the actors were performing in some kind off transparent projection room based in the middle of the audience. At first I found it a bit distracting and got annoyed when I couldn’t see an actor’s face, due to them turning to a different side of the audience, but then, as the play progressed I realized it had a hell of a lot of impact and really helped to tell the story.

There’s six actors in the play, as well as having London tonight’s Sharon Thomas as a journalist, all of which were so fascinating. Kareem Dauda who plays ‘Eric Adegeye’ was extremely believable. He plays an illegal immigrant who’s come to London from Nigeria, and as soon as he arrives he’s thrown into a land where culture and morals are taken over by greed, money and utter madness. Whilst trying to make his way in England, Eric is dependent on the help of Roger (Dymond Allen) who sees Eric’s vulnerability an uses it to his own advantage. In doing so Eric meets Derek (Junior ‘Mila’ Miller) a confused but scary man who’s powerful in the London scene at the time, his girlfriend, the drug addict and big dreamer Sarah (fantastically played by Eleanor Wyld) takes a shine to Eric, and together they dream of running away from everything and everyone, for Sarah it’s just dreaming, but for Eric, well, he hasn’t stopped running! And when police officer Neil (Harry Rafferty) is looking for him obsessively, for such a terrible crime, he’d better run!

I really loved this play, the acting and writing was realistic and you couldn’t help but wonder about the people beneath the characters, I think that made a huge impact! The African accents were brilliant and sounded so real. I particularly liked the actor Moses Gomes-Santos, who played numerous characters and made every one his own and again really believable, the changes in accents he had to do must of been hard but he completely nailed it and his characters were some of my favourite. Again the projection around the performance helped to tell the story and was used to portray rain, CCTV and overall effects for the play, I’d never seen anything like this used throughout a whole performance in theatre before but it was unique and worked really nicely.

The only thing I could fault about it was the fact you couldn’t eat or drink during the whole of the performance, I was literally dying for strawberry ribena on the way out! But apart from that I really can’t fault it, it was exciting, worrying, hard to watch, hilarious, the list of good things could go on forever. . but to know anything more about it your gonna have to watch it yourself! I really would!

Go to http://www.onlyconnectuk.org/theatre for more details!!

The Bloomsbury Festival- What a success!!

After previously writing a post on the Bloomsbury Festival, I am now writing a follow up to declare how much of a success it was!

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend on Friday but a local resident sent in a photo of the ‘Lantern Parade’ that took place in Russell Square on Friday 6.30pm-8pm, it looks great and everyone who went said it was! Gutted I missed it, but check it out!

 

 

 

 

I was able to attend on Saturday and was really impressed with everything I saw!

After reading the programme I decided I was going to watch the screening of ‘Mind the Gap’ by Abi Bown, a Y Touring production that was absolutely fantastic! I arrived at the Birkbeck Cinema on Gordon Square, a tiny cinema that was perfectly suited to the closed in performance of ‘Mind the Gap’, a play about three strangers stranded on an underground platform that was filmed in the theatre to be shown in cinemas . The characters were intriguing and humorous, a young boy, disturbed by seeing someone close die, who wants to forget events in his past, an elderly lady with Alzheimer’s who can’t remember if she was meeting someone, that wishes she could remember things and a nosy underground shop-keeper who thinks of himself as some kind of psychologist! From beginning to end your hammered with a series of questions that leaves you thinking and questioning the science of our brains and the way in which scientists and engineers deal with our individual needs and problems. Staying on the platform the whole time made me as an audience member feel really involved with the characters and there issues and I found myself silently debating with them. One of the actual best things about the screening was the debate that went on after, with two leading neuroscientists there to take any questions, all that watched, questioned and debated the facts and concerns that appeared in the performance.

Overall I really enjoyed it and think it would be educational and beneficial for anyone to see, an exciting yet informative performance amazingly transformed into a film for cinema!

After watching that I made my way to Russell Square. There was loads of people there and everyone was joining in with the activities and action. As soon as I walked in to Russell square I was greeted by a enormous patchwork tree.. I started taking pictures as soon as I saw it..

Close up of the Patchwork Tree!- I loved the idea of this, people were literally queuing up to add there very own patch, displayed on a huge tree, the colours and messages looked magnificent and made a lovely picture!

 

 

 

People having a look at what other people had written on the Patchwork Tree!

 

 

 

 

A woman adding her own Patch!

 

 

 

After seeing that I then discovered Poet’s Path, where loads of people had stuck cut out strips of paper with words on to the wooden arched path way.. this is how it looked..

 

Looking through Poets Path! It was incredible, you could add your own message from various made messages they had on the side. Everyone was getting involved and reading what others had chosen to put up, as you can see it looks incredible and from what I saw people really enjoyed it!

 

 

Word’s ‘This Town’ on Poets Path!

 

 

 

 

People embracing the words!

 

 

 

 

The whole path’s covered in writing!

 

 

 

I was then able to catch a performance on the SOAS world music stage from ‘Shavnabada’, resurrecting Monastery and Folk music that had all but disappeared from Georgian culture during Soviet times. The members of the choir come from all over Georgia and have been singing together since the age of twelve. Georgian Polyphony is an ancient oral tradition with its own unique musical scales handed down through generations and learned by ear. They were incredible!

Shavnabada performing on the SOAS world music stage! I had never heard anything like this and it was truly impressive, hitting notes and making sounds I never knew existed, I felt privileged to watch, those around me either stood fascinated or speachless!

 

 

 

Shavnabada!

 

 

 

And here’s just a few things I saw around Russell Square..

 

He travelled here from the past to fix this rubik cube! I followed him around for ages trying to get a picture, he was pacing on his victorian bicycle quite fast! A definite attraction at Russell Square, children and adults seemed to love this guy! You can see why!

 

This colourful bicycle carrier was absolutely beautiful! The colours as you can see stood out and the design was excellent! I can definitely see myself getting around in one of those!

 

 

A group of friends enjoy themselves and their music at the Bloomsbury Festival, Russell Square!

 

 

 

I believe the festival was a complete success, loads of people turned up, the activities, events and entertainment all looked wonderful and the weather was nice all weekend!

What more could you ask for!!

THE BLOOMSBURY FESTIVAL 2011 IS HERE!!!

Bloomsbury Festival 2011             

Central London, Bloomsbury.

STARTS TONIGHT!

21st- 23rd October 2011.

Bloomsbury Festival is an entirely free multi-cultral festival that takes place in the heart of London, Central London! It has a massive variety of things to do from looking around the British museum to watching a football match at Coram’s Fields. It’s a fantastic festival that fortunately was able to return in 2010 after taking some time off in 2007. An overwhelming experience with something to see at every turn, if your in London this weekend, this is the place to be! And it start tonight at 6.30pm!

I spoke to Rachel Fisher who’s been working and helping to organise the Bloomsbury Festival for the last two months, I asked her some questions about the festival and she very kindly answered, here’s what she had to say about it…

How will the festival this year be different to past Bloomsbury Fetsival’s? 

The Festival this year has had a lot more funding so it’s bigger and better basically! It’s still a cultural event but there’s just a lot more events to see this time.

What are some of the highlights to look out for this year?

Navigating in the dark at the Crypt Gallery should be a lot of fun, we also have a ‘Lantern Parade’ that’s starting off the festival Today between 6.30pm-8pm, in Russell Square, there will be over 200 children with lanterns and the sound of samba and taste of mulled wine can be enjoyed by all!

How was it setting up and getting ready for the Bloomsbury Festival this year?

I think everything went really well this year, obviously i’ve been involved for 2 months now, and while I have been involved i’ve seen and heard everyone happy with the general outcome. We’ve had a lot of people volunteering this year and a lot of businesses, company’s and charities wanting to get involved so that’s been successful. The last week getting ready was probably the busiest but now were just waiting for everyone to enjoy what we’ve helped create!

Was there any last minute nightmares?

Not really, everyone’s been really on the ball to keep things running smooth this year, it’s good because everyone involved wants to make it a success!

What does the Bloomsbury Festival offer for young people this year?

We’ve got quite a lot on offer for young people this year. We’ve got the ‘Youth Programme at Coram’s Field’ which is a football tournament at Coram’s Field’s on Saturday at 12:00-16:00. We’ve also got a screening of Y Touring’s ‘Mind The Gap’ at the Birkbeck Cinema on Saturday at 14:00- 15:45, which should be fantastic! And we have ‘Pan Intercultural Arts at OneKX’ which is at OneKX on Saturday, 14:00-16:00, and lots more!

Is there something for everyone to enjoy?

Yes! I can’t say it enough but that’s one of the greatest things about it, there is literally something for everyone, it is really something all of the family can enjoy. Whether your in to art or music or history you’ll find a range of different things to do, all day. You could never say this isn’t for me, because it is for everyone!

What do people like about the Bloomsbury Festival?

I think they like that there’s such a wide variety of things to do at the festival, and so much, we’ve got 150 events over the weekend. I think the thing they like most about it, is that it’s free, which is amazing, and really gives people a chance to see things they wouldn’t usually risk paying to see, and actually finding out they have a passion or like for it.

On your website it says you can reserve a space for events in advance, has there been a particular event people have reserved for?

There hasn’t been a particular event no, but that’s because we have such a diverse crowd that everyone wants to see different things. It has turned out really positive though, we had loads of bookings and people can’t reserve any more due to that, luckily we only made it possible to reserve half of the places to events so people are still able to just drop in and see what they want, because that’s the whole idea of the festival!

What do you think has made the Bloomsbury Festival so successful over the years?

The support from the local community and businesses helps a lot. They have so much to do with making the festival a success and have been really helpful and loyal. Everyone does there part to ensure all goes well. I think it’s also successful because it promotes the area to others, and is at the heart of London so there’s already so much to see. Again there’s something for everyone, you get a chance to see artists and events for free and everyone involved has continuos feedback.

Rachel Fisher, Hidden Cities, Bloomsbury Festival.

Now here’s some information on the Bloomsbury Festival,

Hidden Cities presents:

The Bloomsbury Festival A weekend of over 150 free arts and cultural events

Friday 21 – Sunday 23 October, 2011

Five years after the first ever Bloomsbury Festival, this annual celebration of one of London’s most culturally rich neighbourhoods returns with an eclectic programme of over 150 events, including live music, theatre, dance, walks, talks and food, all of which will be free to attend. Bringing together locally based organisations such as the British Museum, Wellcome Collection, The Place, The Foundling Museum and Faber & Faber with community groups and businesses, the Bloomsbury Festival transforms the streets and parks of the area, inviting visitors to enjoy all that makes Bloomsbury unique.

Highlights include the return of SOAS’s hugely popular world music stage, bringing rhythms from across the globe to the crowds in Russell Square, guerilla dancers from the Place popping up throughout the area, and parks transformed with new artistic works from local architecture and sculpture students. There will be a local food market to explore, secret gigs in unusual locations, poetry performances, a magical children’s lantern procession, street parties and light and ceramic installations suspended in the area’s beautiful and historic trees. Because all events and activities are free to attend, visitors are encouraged to take a risk on new creative experiences: perhaps delving into the darkness of St Pancras Crypt Gallery for Kalliopi Lemos’ eerie art installation, Navigating in the Dark, joining in a riotous night of literary cabaret at the iconic St Pancras Hotel, join a tea party as part of an unusual living art work by Central St Martin’s students or participating in a guided exploration of the Garden Squares of Bloomsbury. Other events include the sharing of a new work by Darshan Singh called Caravaggio: Exile and Death, and an immersive theatre performance by students of RADA, inspired by the Bloomsbury Set.

Families will be well catered for with a host of activities for children. Grant’s Museum of Zoology opens its doors for Dino’s Dodos and Dugongs, a tactile exploration of extinct animals; learn how to cartoon with comic artists Steve Marchant and Sally Kindberg at the Cartoon Museum, or be take your teddy bear to be transported to another time via green screen technology at the British Museum.

Bloomsbury is one of London’s most culturally rich corners, with thirteen of the world’s leading museums and galleries situated along ‘Museum Mile’ which runs through the heart of the area, including The Brunei Gallery, the Charles Dickens Museum and the Foundling Museum. Bloomsbury is also London’s academic hub, with many universities and schools situated here, including leading creative education establishments such as Central St Martins, The Place and RADA.

Make sure you don’t miss Y TOURING’S screening of ‘MIND THE GAP’ by Abi Bown, at the Birkbeck Cinema on Saturday, 14:00-15:45. A wonderful theatre performance, filmed, and now able to be shown everywhere. The highly acclaimed Theatre of Debate production will be shown, then following will be a Q&A session with two leading neuroscientists. 

Go to http://www.bloomsburyfestival.org.uk/  to see what else is on! See you there! 

A Photographic Journey Through an Inner City Mosque in London’s Kings Cross

By Rahul Miah.

Imam Redwan Ahmed granted us permission to photograph the inside of the Kings Cross Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre

This vibrant centre on Cromer Street is well attended by many members of the community. The mosque is open seven days a week and is open for all of the five daily prayers to be prayed in congregation. The mosque, or masjid was recently refurbished which allowed the extention of the traditional ablution area and also the prayer space – which can now accomodate upto 300 or more worshippers.

Cromer Street Plaque

 

Although most mosques have domes, this Mosque doesn’t - the only things indicating from the outside that ‘this is a Mosque’ to anyone; is the plaque on the gate (pictured above) and directions from locals. Despite this, the inside of the mosque is as good as any in Central London.

The colour theme of the Mosque is white and cream, a combination which gives off the vibe of cleanliness and peace; which of course are important considering you are in a place of prayer.

 

Main Prayer Hall

The mosque emptied after the evening prayers allowing me access to the Main prayer hall without the risk of disturbing anyones prayer.

  

The pictures above are just a few I took while progressing through the mosque. The first picture (left) shows where the Imam leads the prayer from. The microphones attached from the ceiling allow his voice to be heard through out the Mosque and mainly benefits the people at the back.

The second picture (center) shows the point of view from the front of the Mosque. From this view the Imam is in eyesight of everyone in the main prayer hall. Taking this picture I remembered the times when I have seen the Imam on this spot speaking to the whole Mosque, I felt nervous even though there was no-one else in the room!

The third picture is of Imam Redwan Ahmed in his office. The office is used for meetings and counseling for when anyone wants to speak to him about anything. The room is mainly used by the Imam for retention of the Qur’an.

Twisted licks presents Skip ‘little axe’ Mcdonald at the new-The Star of Kings!

Twisted lick presents.. Skip ‘little axe’ Mcdonald      

7.30pm- 12am, Tuesday 4th October 2011

FREE ENTRY!!!

The star of kings

126 York Way, Kings Cross, London, N1 0AX

Telephone: 020 7278 9708

info@starofkings.co.uk

FREE ENTRY!!!

Providing guitars, bass, keyboards, and vocals, Little Axe is the return to the blues that Skip grew up with and learned from his father. Born Bernard Alexander on 1 September 1949, Dayton, Ohio in the USA. Skip McDonald learned to play the blues on his father’s guitar from the age of 8, although by the time he was 12 years old he had opted to perform doo-wop.

But from picking up a guitar as a child, and returning to his roots with Little Axe, there has been a long twisting road. McDonald, along with bassplayer Doug Wimbish and drummer Keith LeBlanc formed the house band for the pioneering rap label Sugar Hill, providing the music for some of the most seminal records of the era by Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaata, Force M.D.’s and others. From there he worked closely with Adrian Sherwood on many of projects for the On-U Sound label, as well as spearheading the band Tackhead and working with Living Colour.

But first, back to Dayton, Ohio.

Having completed his high school education Skip left Dayton with a band called the Ohio Hustlers, which broke up not long after relocating to New York City. His first professional work as a musician began when he formed the Entertainers who toured the east coast through to the mid-70s.

He moved on to Hartford, Connecticut, and there’s when he met Doug Wimbish, who played in a band called Wood, Brass & Steel. Wood, Brass & Steel recorded a selftitled album for All Platinum Records, the label of Sylvia and Joe Robinson, in 1976. Skip and Doug played a lot of music together, in clubs and colleges around New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

In 1979, three years after the Wood, Brass & Steel album, Skip and Doug teamed up with drummer Keith LeBlanc and they became the house band for Sugarhill Records, the Robinson’s new label. The trio played on some of the earliest rap hits such as The Message and White Lines (Don’t Do It) with Grandmaster Flash.

While they worked at Sugar Hill, LeBlanc also freelanced at Tommy Boy Records where he first met Adrian Sherwood. LeBlanc introduced his colleagues to Sherwood and the trio were persuaded to relocate in London. Upon their entry into the On-U Sound fold, the group formed a production team and, again, a house band, this time for On-U. The three participated in dozens of records on Sherwood’s label.

The partnership developed and metamorphosed into a fully-fledged band, Tackhead. Though good working relationships remain to this day, the dispersion of Tackhead in the early 1990s saw Keith and Doug pursue more of their own projects and play less often together.

For Skip the time since has seen him work ever more closely with Sherwood, both on his own projects and as a musician or guest vocalist on many other of Adrian’s On-U Sound productions – such as by Junior Delgado, Bim Sherman, Dub Syndicate and African Head Charge, sometimes along side Keith and /or Doug.

Skip has been the prime mover behind Little Axe since around 1992. Under a name inspired by Bob Marley’s Small Axe and gospel singer Willmer ‘Little Ax’ Broadnax, the debut album Wolf That House Built was a personal take on blues and dub, and was released to critical acclaim in 1994. This had followed a partial release in Japan compiled in a slightly different form and with a different title (Never Turn Back) the previous year. The second Little Axe album, Slow Fuse, was also well received. Both albums featured tabla player Talvin Singh, for Slow Fuse the gifted voices of Kevin Gibbs and Sas Bell were added.

Then it remained silent for far too long. In 2002 Skip’s third Little Axe album Hard Grind became the first release for four years on Sherwood’s revived and re-launched On-U Sound label with a mixture of raw blues and reggae. While Hard Grind no doubt will also draw comparisons to Moby’s Play, it was Skip who pioneered the fusion of blues and electronic music with Little Axe.

In 2006 Skip McDonald released the fifth Little Axe album, Stone Cold Ohio, after Champagne and Grits (2004), the second record released on Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records. This time the emphasis was on the gospel, another of Skip’s old loves. The production and mixing was done Adrian Sherwood; ‘gospel dub’ like you never heard before.

Call My Name (2009) was a side project with Mauritanian singer Daby Touré. McDonald and Touré, who met at the Real World facilities and immediately felt a strong connection, went back to their African roots and recorded cover versions of their own songs, resulting in a critical acclaimed mini album.

In 2010 Skip McDonald just finished Bought For a Dollar, Sold For a Dime, an album with covers his extended career, with new versions of old tracks. “I see myself as a time traveller,” he says. “I started out live and went into studio culture. I’ve gone all the way back and come full circle, though this time I’ve got the advantage of technology as well. Hey, I’m even doing covers of my own songs. It’s all part of the same puzzle.”

Incase you haven’t heard any Little axe, here’s a few tracks. Enjoy!

Little axe- Down to the valley

Little axe- Grinning in your face

Little axe- Storm is rising (The Herbaliser ‘For a few dollars more’) remix

Personally i’d only ever heard ‘Down to the valley’ but after looking up some songs, I really like Skip McDonald! I think his music is a great twist on the modern technology we now have to make music and the brilliant old school blues played entirely by instruments, skill and soul! I’ll be listening to him a lot more, hopefully with some of you tonight!

Make sure your there!