A Hawk and a Hacksaw

We talk to New Mexico-based musical and linguistic polymath Jordan Wax about his Yiddish recording debut, ט​ײ​ַ​ט​ש [The Heart Deciphers]. Co-produced with Jeremy Barnes, the album melds deep klezmer instrumentation with larger indie rock arrangements.

A Hawk And A Hacksaw’s music is all about making connections between cultures, and in that respect, their latest release is one of the widest-ranging and most daring yet.

With Balkan music more accessible then ever thanks to bands such as A Hawk and a Hacksaw and Beirut why not give this one a go featuring recordings from 1930s​-​80s. Plus watch a short film on A Hawk and a Hacksaw which documents two years of travelling and performing throughout Europe and the United States.

On the latest Simple Folk Radio show Dillon features, amongst some FRUK regulars, a brilliant concept EP from Adam Gnade that was released with little to no fanfare a couple of years ago.

The BBC Concert Orchestra are working with – A Hawk and A Hacksaw and Firefly Burning – for an evening of folk-inspired music at QEH. You can take part in writing a folk song for the event.

In our final part of the Best Albums of 2013 we include the full list of all 92 Albums we chose along with the final few including: The Gentle Good, Blowzabella, RM Hubbert, Kathryn Williams & more.

Neutral Milk Hotel’s world tour has got to be one of the greatest bits of news for many indie fans. They arrive in the UK & Ireland in May 2014.

Bradford-based psychedelic-folk-rock group The Family Elan are to collaborate with South Asian musicians from Bradford and Pakistan, featuring Hameed Brothers Qawwal & Party, Tazeem Khan, and Sagir Ali Khan.

A Hawk and a Hacksaw do not disappoint on their latest release You Have Already Gone To The Other World. The opener is like a portal and once you cross it you’re in another world. A magical album!

Josephine Foster’s new album ‘Blood Rushing’ makes for some pretty additive folk-rock-pop melodies with top-notch musical performances all round. Led by one of the freshest front woman of our time.

Listen to and download Josephine Foster’s new track ‘Child of God’ which is taken from her forthcoming album ‘Blood Rushing’ due for release on 17th September on Fire Records.

The Big Eyes Family Players newest album, Family Favourites, is a collection of reworked old songs alongside new material, a “best-of,” if you will, or perhaps a retrospective…

New Mexico’s widescreen roving folk duo A Hawk and A Hacksaw present a brand new rescore of Soviet director Sergio Paradjanov’s classic film Shadows Of Forgotten Ancestors.

Welcome back to the Friday Folk Music Club. This week we have videos from: Jason Steel, James Yorkston & Big Eyes Family Players, Sharon Shannon, Townes Van Zandt, Julie Fowlis, Nathaniel Rateliff, John Martyn , A Hawk And A Hacksaw and Nancy Elizabeth! Plus audio tracks from The Owl Service and downloads from Spiers and Boden, David Gibb, Cathal Clohessy and Eamonn Costello, Martin Carthy with Dave Swarbrick and The …

Dan Haywood’s New Hawks set comprised of songs which flitted between folky laments, coupled with intricate Celtic fiddle from two onstage violinists, to more bizarre and lightly psychedelic flirtations which would see Haywood stand nicely (though perhaps uneasily) beside David Thomas Broughton’s spontaneous, alternative folk performances.

Following a series of albums exploring Eastern European folk music influence that have thrilled indie and world audiences alike, Albuquerque, New Mexico’s A Hawk and A Hacksaw present Cervantine, their first release on their own new label.