Last we heard from A Hawk And A Hacksaw, they were talking up their new album on The Leaf Label, Dlivrance. Now the duo is taking the news one step further and have announced a North American tour in support of the new record, which was released on August 25, and is described by me as "very good and entertaining and if you like Beirut or Eastern Europe you should listen to it." The band also re...
Former Neutral Milk Hotel drummer and current leader of A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Jeremy Barnes compiles a list of 20 examples of his favorite Romanian music for FACT magazine: Musicians in Romania and Hungary have given much of the...
Fresh from the release of their new album Deliverance (which we loved, SG Review HERE) the band have gone and created a bunch of videos for the respective tracks off of the LP. Filmed entirely in their home state of New Mexico by friend and director John Longmire, the videos are just plain awesome in every sense of the word and recommended to each and every one of you, regardless of your stance...
You may be familiar with Jeremy Barnes, but indirectly. Think Beirut and Neutral Milk Hotel. Several years ago he moved to Europe to record as A Hawk and a Hacksaw with Heather Trost. Barnes is a phenomenal accordian and Trost plays the violin beautifully.Housle is an intriguing short film featuring A Hawk and a Hacksaw, released today [...]
Aside from touring their absolute asses off and releasing an album in the thick of it - their new album 'Deliverance' is due in just ten days times (May 18th; click HERE for more info) - the band have decided to add even more dates onto the UK leg of their mammoth tour.
Délivrance is no Gogol Bordello Balkan pastiche, nor does it deserve to get lumped into the category of 'world music'. Rather, it's a remarkable fusion, the sound of a band living and breathing a musical culture far removed from their own.
The Gypsy Girl"Come, try your skill, kind gentlemen,A penny for three tries!"Some threw and lost, some threw and wonA ten-a-penny prize.She was a tawny gypsy girl,A girl of twenty years,I liked her for the lumps of goldThat jingled from her ears;I liked the flaring yellow scarfBound loose around her throat,I liked her showy purple gownAnd flashy velvet coat.A man came up, too loose of tongue,An...
Délivrance is no Gogol Bordello Balkan pastiche, nor does it deserve to get lumped into the category of 'world music'. Rather, it's a remarkable fusion, the sound of a band living and breathing a musical culture far removed from their own.
Fresh from the release of their new album Deliverance (which we loved, SG Review HERE) the band have gone and created a bunch of videos for the respective tracks off of the LP. Filmed entirely in their home state of New Mexico by friend and director John Longmire, the videos are just plain awesome in every sense of the word and recommended to each and every one of you, regardless of your stance...