Sunday May 6 2007

A HAWK AND A HACKSAW WITH THE THE HUN HANGÁR ENSEMBLE, BENJAMIN WETHERILL @ norwich arts centre (£10, concs £8)

Doors 8pm.

A HAWK AND A HACKSAW

Voted band of NPUC 2006.

For this very tour, Jeremy and Heather have recruited a group of four adventurous musicians from Hungary and one from the UK to present their music at its most ambitious and intricate best, featuring bagpipes, clarinet, saxophone, taragoto, throat singing, trumpet, drums, accordion, upright bass, viola and violin. The show will include stunning new music, re-workings of traditional Hungarian and Balkan folk songs, and material from AHAAH's back catalogue.

AHAAH's incandescent third album, The Way The Wind Blows, was largely recorded in a remote Romanian village with members of the Balkan folk group Fanfare Ciocârlia. Its release last year to critical acclaim boosted an already feverish word of mouth reputation, further enhanced by a headline slot at The Green Man festival and a recent tour with close allies Beirut and Calexico.

www.ahawkandahacksaw.co.uk