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Stone Cold Ohio

Little Axe

Little Axe is what you get when you take the Blues and subject them to the 21st century. The deep Blues, channelled through time, dubbed, tweaked, sampled, processed - courtesy of the legendary guitar genius, bluesman and Sugarhill Gang/Tackhead mainstay Skip 'Little Axe' McDonald.

Little Axes's fifth album is 'Stone Cold Ohio' - 15 tracks of future blues - dubbed-out, dark, and smokey. It includes covers of songs by Skip James, Allen Toussaint, and Mos Def man Will Calhoun. 'Ohio' traces a line from African chants, Afro-American field songs, blues, gospel, soul, funk and dub, and takes it on into the 21st Century. 'Stone Cold Ohio' features Skip's ex-Sugarhill Gang and Tackhead colleagues Doug Wimbish and Keith LeBlanc, and a cast of characters like upcoming reggae star Ghetto Priest and is produced by Adrian Sherwood.

  • imageAdd To Basketmore info£9.82Stone Cold Ohio - CD
    playIf I Had My WayLittle Axe4m 9s
    playJive TalkLittle Axe1m 42s
    playSame PeopleLittle Axe3m 53s
    playRockin' ShoesLittle Axe3m 48s
    playPrayLittle Axe2m 55s
    playPrisonerLittle Axe1m 10s
    playVictimsLittle Axe4m 39s
    playLet Me RideLittle Axe3m 17s
    playTrouble In MindLittle Axe3m 21s
    playBlueneck DubLittle Axe3m 33s
    playHard TimesLittle Axe4m 21s
    playAlmightyLittle Axe3m 41s
    playNo BottomLittle Axe3m 45s
    playSheLittle Axe1m 53s
    playNo More MourningLittle Axe1m 15s