A Hawk And A Hacksaw

A Hawk and a Hacksaw is a folk project drawing on Eastern European music, presented in London at MOTH Club. The concert brings the band's stringed and percussive folk sound to a venue that mainly programmes pop, rock and indie.

A Hawk and a Hacksaw is a folk project built around the violin and accordion of Heather Trost and the drums of Jeremy Barnes, who had previously played with Neutral Milk Hotel. Their music draws on Hungarian, Balkan and wider Eastern European folk traditions, which the group reworks through original compositions.

MOTH Club is located at Old Trades Hall on Valette Street in London, and it mainly hosts concerts with a focus on pop, rock and indie music. This visit to London places a band rooted in folk traditions in a programme otherwise weighted towards contemporary guitar-based acts.

The evening suits listeners interested in folk-based and world-influenced music, and those who follow Barnes's work from his time in Neutral Milk Hotel. Anyone curious about how traditional Eastern European melodies can be adapted within a modern band format will find the project's approach a useful reference point.