Tour: A Hawk and a Hacksaw rescore "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors"

[e3sa934]

I think this may be of interest ... just got my tickets for the Sheffield performance


Sat 3 MARCH SHEFFIELD, ST GEORGE'S CHURCH
Sun 4 EDINBURGH, FILMHOUSE CINEMA
Mon 5 LEEDS, HYDE PARK PICTUREHOUSE
Thu 8 CARDIFF, CHAPTER
Tue 6 READING, SOUTH STREET
Wed 7 COLCHESTER, ARTS CENTRE
Fri 9-Sat 10 MINEHEAD, ATP
Sun 11 BERLIN, HEBBEL AM UFER 1
Tue 13 TJORN, SAGA BION
Wed 14 MALMO, INKONST
Thu 15 GOTHENBURG, KOLONI @ BIO ROY
Fri 16 GERLESBORG, HAMBURGSUND
Sat 17 COPENHAGEN, GLOBAL
Sun 18 AARHUS, VOXHALL

New Mexico's widescreen roving folk duo A Hawk and A Hacksaw (accordionist/drummer Jeremy Barnes and violinist Heather Trost) present a brand new rescore of Soviet director Sergio Paradjanov's classic film "Shadows Of Forgotten Ancestors". Set high up in the Carpathian mountains, the film tells the age old tale of a peasant's love and loss in a pre- industrial age where magic and ritual are as much a part of existence as back-breaking work and violent family feuds. The colour, grandeur and gut-wrenching romance of A Hawk and A Hacksaw’s music is the perfect counterpoint to Paradjanov’s visionary blend of folklore, sorcery and religious symbolism.

A Hawk and A Hacksaw:

Started as a solo project in 2000 by accordionist and drummer Jeremy Barnes (former member of indie rock legends Neutral Milk Hotel) and named after a line in Cervantes' Don Quixote, AHAAH became a duo in 2004 when Barnes met violinist Heather Trost. The pair began an adventure that took them to Budapest, Hungary where they lived for two years and met/toured with some of the country’s finest folk musicians, as well as countless US & European tours both on their own and with big names including Portishead, Calexico and fellow New Mexico resident Beirut (whose Gulag Orkestar album they performed on and helped bring to wider attention). Joined by an ever expanding and contracting line-up of musicians, A Hawk and A Hacksaw seeks to create and document an ecstatic sound much like the village bands of old, with the communal aspect of folk tradition and musicianship the key factor.

http://ahawkandahacksaw.blogspot.com/

[themightyac]

Hi - how was this? Will probably go to the Reading show tonight

[e3sa934]

Hi - how was this? Will probably go to the Reading show tonight

It was ace: just the two of them, playing a multitude of instruments: the 90 minutes flew by, wished it could have been longer.

[themightyac]

glad I went along to this - the film itself is beautiful if a bit incomprehensible to those of us not versed in the symbolism of carpathian folklore and he music was ace. Would recommend anyone near Chapter in Cardiff (or other venues) pops along.

What was St George's like as a venue? the last time I was in there was for a criminal law lecture in 1994/95 ...

[e3sa934]

What was St George's like as a venue? the last time I was in there was for a criminal law lecture in 1994/95 ...

I should imagine it's very much the same now as it was then: configured as a lecture theatre with the front half seating level, and the back half banked. Acoustics were good from where I was sitting - halfway up the banked area. At some point, the roofs at the sides of the space have been 'lowered'. The main space still has the full size height.