Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Small Axe Reggae 'Zine

If you are interested in reading about reggae, it doesn't take too long before you run into quotes from an early reggae 'zine called Small Axe. Edited by Ray Hurford it was published between 1978 and 1989, and again during the 1990's. This publication has some fantastic interviews and information that goes much more in-depth that what you normally expect from a zine. It appears that some of the articles were collected and reprinted in several books, but I didn't have much luck finding copies for sale online. What I DID find online was a selection of articles on a site called Small Axe - The Annex. Since I found the site a few weeks ago, it has been updated, so obviously new material is being written... And it looks like they have a band as well called Small Axe People.

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