The Star and Shadow Cinema is absolutely thrilled to present A Hawk and a Hacksaw, as part of their latest US/European tour with new album Cervantine.

Basically, we've been digging these guys for many years now, not just because of their awesome music but because of the whole ethos. The new album is released on the band's own label, which was created as a way to bring the folk traditions of Eastern and Southern Europe direct to the ears of a more Anglo-American clientele, and anyone else whose life was missing Hungarian drinking songs, gypsy melodies, Greek folk songs and Serbian brass.

But they don't just ship that stuff straight over:  Hawk and a Hacksaw's music re-interprets Eastern European influences through the prism of small-town New Mexico, creating a soundtrack for roadtrips, bar stomps and late-night drinking and dancing.

Whilst A Hawk and a Hacksaw are bringing the fruits of other traditions to our shores, they're important to our own recent musical traditions too. The band started out as a solo project of Jeremy Barnes, at that time better known as the accordianist/drummer from the legendary Neutral Milk Hotel, and it's down to him and the other A Hawk and a Hacksaw members that you've heard Beirut.

A Hawk and a Hacksaw soundtracked Zizek!, and they've toured alongside Portishead, Calexico, Wilko, Of Montreal and others.

Basically folks, it's gonna be an honour. We really don't want you to miss it, and there'll be more than enough good vibes to go round.. 

Listen to their music here:
http://www.myspace.com/ahawkandahacksaw

 "Dan Haywood’s New Hawks are a collection of songs, and also a band, whose epic scope marries transatlantic cosmic roots music with a deeply poetic English folk soul. A rambling, rolling band whose crazed stage presence, with band members swapping instruments and psychic powers amongst themselves and with the audience, has ensured them cult status. " - Qu Junktions

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Moa (Little Lamp Records) plays carefully crafted creature folk, swinging between the sweet and the scary with his intricate folk tales. He was raised in the wilds of Northumberland, so this is almost a 'homecoming' kind of show...

Tickets £12, soon available in the cinema, or now from here.