SMALL AXE “If you are a big tree we are the small axe sharpened to cut you down, ready to cut you down” Bob Marley The Small Axe here of course being a beat up quarter size acoustic guitar picked up for a few (English) pounds at a car boot sale that all these songs are played on. All the tracks are simple sketch like recordings, guitar, vocal and harmonica mostly first takes recorded live in the studio. In a time where modern technology and big production play such an important part of music you might think it foolish to attempt such a David and Goliath task but in true troubadour fashion singer/songwriter Mark Handley stands up proud, and with a big heart, quickness of wit and a sharpness in his songs he's sure to cut deep into the heart of any listener... Indeed, to some it may sound like a breath of fresh air to hear something so natural and real, and almost as if he were in the room singing to them alone.