http://www.tackhead.com/ News about Tackhead and all the usual suspects like Keith, Doug, Skip, Adrian, Mark and Bernard en http://www.tackhead.com/typo3conf/ext/tt_news/ext_icon.gif http://www.tackhead.com/ 18 16 News about Tackhead and all the usual suspects like Keith, Doug, Skip, Adrian, Mark and Bernard TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:17:00 +0200 http://www.tackhead.com//news/article/268/ Angus Finlayson of The Quietus talks to drummer Keith LeBlanc about hip hop culture in Chicago,... Keith Leblanc Adrian Sherwood Skip McDonald Doug Wimbish TACK>>HEAD Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:17:00 +0200 http://www.tackhead.com//news/article/267/ The new Little Axe album Bought For A Dollar, Sold For A dime will is out NOW on Real World Records... Bought For A Dollar, Sold For A Dime... Addictive rhythms. Soulful vocals. Pinches of dub and funk, reggae and gospel. Oh-so-subtle samples and innovative electronics. And underpinning it all, Skip McDonald's shimmering blues guitar licks, conjuring a space where the dirt roads of the Deep South meet the shiny lanes of the Information Superhighway.

Little Axe played Plan B in Brixton on Friday 21st May, with a live mix by On-U Sound label founder and Little Axe producer, Adrian Sherwood, to celebrate the launch of the 2010 album. ]]> Little Axe Skip McDonald Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.tackhead.com//news/article/266/ AGMP presents LITTLE AXE feat. Skip McDonald Live Mix from Adrian Sherwood PLAN B, Brixton Road, London, SW9

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LITTLE AXE - New Album
"BOUGHT FOR A DOLLAR, SOLD FOR A DIME" ( Real World )
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Skip McDonald will release his sixth Little Axe album in June 2010. He just finished mastering the record (which is called Bought For a Dollar, Sold For a Dime) at Real World Studios.

McDonald recorded the album live at Real World's state-of-the-art facilities. With of course the usual suspects Doug Wimbish, Keith LeBlanc, Bernard Fowler and Adrian Sherwood, but also with the help of Saranella Bell, Kevin Gibbs, Alan Glenn, The Crispy Horns, Ken Booth and Cyril Atef.

“We played as if we were doing a gig with an audience,” McDonald explains. The colours, the feeling, the rhythm - everything matched. I always say there are only two kinds of music. The music you like and the music you don’t like. I only make music I love.”

LITTLE AXE - THE HISTORY
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Born in Dayton, Ohio in 1949, Skip McDonald learnt the guitar from an early age. He went on to form the house band for pioneering rap label SUGARHILL RECORDS with Keith Le Blanc, Doug Wimbish out of the ashes of the WOOD, BRASS & STEEL band, where they provided the backing music for GRANDMASTER FLASH, THE SUGARHILL GANG, AFRIKA BAMABAATAA and more.

From there they worked as TACKHEAD with Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound label throughout the 1980's. The band split in the early nineties when the LITTLE AXE project was born.

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. 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.

It's 2010 now and Skip McDonald just finished Bought For a Dollar, Sold For a Dime, an album with covers his extended carreer, 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.”]]> Little Axe Skip McDonald Adrian Sherwood Sun, 11 Apr 2010 01:31:00 +0200 http://www.tackhead.com//news/article/265/ Skip McDonald will release his sixth Little Axe album in May 2010. He just finished mastering the... Bought For a Dollar, Sold For a Dime, a live album Little Axe style, hints at God-given greatness, nonetheless. McDonald might not have sold his soul at the crossroads, but he’s looked both ways – down the road of the old blues, up the highway of the future – before proceeding. McDonald recorded the album live at Real World's state-of-the-art facilities. With of course the usual suspects Doug Wimbish, Keith LeBlanc, Bernard Fowler and Adrian Sherwood, but also with the help of Saranella Ball, Kevin Gibbs, Alan Glenn, The Crispy Horns, Ken Booth and Cyril Atef. “We played as if we were doing a gig with an audience,” McDonald explains. The colours, the feeling, the rhythm - everything matched. I always say there are only two kinds of music. The music you like and the music you don’t like. I only make music I love.” Before starting work on Bought For a Dollar… he listened to a lot of his favourites. “I always do my research. I go through everyone from Beethoven, Skip James and Charlie Parker to Janis Joplin, Howling Wolf and Son House. In terms of feeling and emotion there’s nothing that’s said now that hasn’t been said before.” He pauses, smiles. “A lot of times I think people try and create the wheel again when you just have to do enough research. It’s better to work hard than wait for divine inspiration.” “I see myself as a time traveller,” Skip McDonald 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.”

“I understand the blues better now that I’m older,” he continues. “But doing this album…” He flashes a grin. “This album has made me feel young again.”]]> Skip McDonald Little Axe Doug Wimbish Keith Leblanc Adrian Sherwood Bernard Fowler TACK>>HEAD Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:14:00 +0100 http://www.tackhead.com//news/article/264/ Tackhead and Mark Stewart will be doing double bill concerts in Europe in October and November 2010. Paperclip Agency.]]> TACK>>HEAD Keith Leblanc Doug Wimbish Skip McDonald Mark Stewart And The Mafia Adrian Sherwood Bernard Fowler Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:57:00 +0100 http://www.tackhead.com//news/article/263/ Adrian Sherwood will be at the controls at Lee 'Scratch' Perry's 75th birthday party in Gent,... The Mighty Upsetter (2008) will be at the mixing desk. The dub version of their colaboration (called Dubsetter) is yet to be released.]]> Adrian Sherwood Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:34:00 +0100 http://www.tackhead.com//news/article/262/ Bernard Fowler hits of his European Tour with IMF (the International Mother Fuckers) in Dortmund,... TOUR DATES

• January 29, 2010: Musiktheater Piano, Dortmund, Germany
• January 30, 2010: Outback, Bad Arolsen, Germany

• February 02, 2010: Spirit of 66, Verviers, Belgium
• February 03, 2010: Colossaal, Aschaffenburg, Germany
• February 04, 2010: Cultuurpodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
• February 05, 2010: Kubana, Siegburg , Germany 
• February 06, 2010: Limelight, Cologne, Germany (WDR Rockpalast)
• February 10, 2010: Zion Rock Club, Conegliano, Italy
• February 11, 2010: Lapsus, Torino, Italy
• February 12, 2010: Sugar Reef, Capoliveri, Italy
• February 13, 2010: Kememeo, Argelato, Italy February
• February 14, 2010: Italy (to be announced)
• February 15, 2010: Scene Wien, Vienna , Austria 
• February 18, 2010: 7er Club, Mannheim , Germany
• February 19, 2010: Die Halle, Reichenbach , Germany
• February 20, 2010: Bluesiana, Velden, Austria
• February 25, 2010: Zeche Karl, Essen, Germany 
• February 26, 2010: Bluesgarage, Hannover , Germany
• February 27, 2010: Garbaty im Exil, Berlin, Germany
• February 28, 2010: Stary Dom, Opole, Poland
  

• March 03, 2010: Moonwalker, Aarburg, Switzerland
• March 04, 2010: private event, Sankt Moritz, Switerland

]]> Bernard Fowler Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:07:00 +0100 http://www.tackhead.com//news/article/261/ Skip 'Little Axe' McDonald will be doing a string of gigs in the United Kingdom, the next couple of... Stone Cold Ohio, to be released on Peter Gabriel's Real World label some time this year. The first of the gigs is January 29 at The Royal Festival Hall in London. Skip also joins folk singer Ian King on his UK Tour, that starts of at the Roundhouse in London on January 22, where King and his band play at the festival Roots at the Roundhouse. There will be several more gigs in February. Ian King's debut album Panic Grass & Fever Few will be released January 24 by Fledg'ling Records. The album is produced by Adrian Sherwood and Skip McDonald is playing guitar on the record.  UK gigs (solo)

• January 29, 2010: The Clore Ballroom at The Royal Festival Hall, London
  
  
• February 5, 2010: Croydon Clocktower, Croydon
  
  
• March 12, 2010: Brewery Arts Centre, Kendall
• March 13, 2010: Band On The Wall, Manchester 
• March 19, 2010: Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich 
• May 15, 2010:  The Forge @ The Anvil, Basingstoke
  
  
• July 16, 2010: Larmer Tree Festival, Salisbury (solo guitar)
• July 24 - 31, 2010: Summer School, Cheltenham

UK Tour with Ian King

• January 22, 2010: Roots at The Roundhouse, Roundhouse, London
  
  
• February 08, 2010: Band on the Wall, Manchester
• February 10, 2010: Portland Arms, Cambridge
• February 11, 2010: Glee Club, Birmingham
• February 12, 2010: Korks Wine Bar, Otley
• February 13, 2010: The Borderline, London
• February 15, 2010: The Prince Albert, Brighton
• February 17, 2010: Moles, Bath
• February 19, 2010: The Boiler Room, Guildford
• February 20, 2010: Folk House, Bristol

As always: please check with local venues.]]> Little Axe Skip McDonald Adrian Sherwood Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:12:00 +0100 http://www.tackhead.com//news/article/260/ The new album is due for the fall, and in the meantime Little Axe will tour Europe, starting April... Little Axe Keith Leblanc Doug Wimbish Skip McDonald Bernard Fowler Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:57:00 +0200 http://www.tackhead.com//news/article/256/ The Tackhead crew has been in the studio again to record more tracks for the Sharehead album. The... Stealing (being somewhat of an anthem to the Sharehead project). The track was reworked (or should we say arrested?) by Skip 'Little Axe' McDonald, giving a whole new sound to this Tackhead classic. Check it out here, and have a listen to the other freebees in the media player while you're at it. You're not a Sharehead holder yet? It's not too late to join (yet). Please check out the special Sharehead page and get your shares NOW. Sharehead seems to be a better, safer investment than most other options currently available! ]]> TACK>>HEAD Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:54:00 +0100