History Music / AHawkAndAHacksaw

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Although if you're not already familiar with the styles in question, they blend together and just sound "foreign".

* FairyTale: "Vasilisa Carries a Flaming Skull Through the Forest" is a scene taken directly from the Russian fairy tale VasilisaTheBeautiful.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: The band name references Aksak (a meter common in Balkan and Turkish music) and the phrase "a hawk and a handsaw" (which originates from ''{{Hamlet}}'', but came to Jeremy Barnes by way of one particular translation of ''Literature/DonQuixote'').

* BookEnds: On ''The Way the Wind Blows'', the closing track "There is a River in Galisteo" is a shortened reprise of the opening track "In the River".

* MultipleReferencePun: The band name references Aksak (a meter common in Balkan and Turkish music) and the phrase "a hawk and a handsaw" (which originates from ''{{Hamlet}}'', but came to Jeremy Barnes by way of one particular translation of ''Literature/DonQuixote'').

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The self-titled album had a stronger American folk influence, and prominent tape-stutter noises.

* IAmTheBand: Jeremy Barnes was initially the sole member of the band, and he played all the instruments on the first album.

* {{Sampling}}: ''You Have Already Gone to the Other World'' uses clips from the film (and on one track, "an unknown Hungarian 78 [rpm record]"). Mostly they're snippets of dialogue, but a few feature singing and AHAAH simply provides backing music for them.

* ''You Have Already Gone to the Other World: Music Inspired by Paradjanov’s Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors'' (scheduled for April 2013)

* PopStarComposer: Okay, maybe it's a bit of a stretch to call Barnes a pop star. Anyway, the self-titled album was used as a soundtrack for the documentary film ''Zizek!'', and starting in 2011, the band would perform original live music to accompany screenings of ''Film/ShadowsOfForgottenAncestors''.
* MultipleReferencePun: The name A Hawk and a Hacksaw references Aksak (a meter common in Balkan and Turkish music) and the phrase "a hawk and a handsaw" (which originates from ''{{Hamlet}}'', but came to Jeremy Barnes by way of one particular translation of ''Literature/DonQuixote'').

* StudioChatter: Some non-English chatter in ''The Way the Wind Blows''. At the end of “Song for Joseph”, then between “Oporto” and “Song for Joseph”.
* TakeThat: Slavoj Zizek (the subject of the aforementioned documentary, ''Zizek!'') is a philosopher who believes that love is evil. AHAAH wrote a song, "For Slavoj", whose only lyrics are the repeated stanza "I love you".

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly

* StudioChatter: Some non-English chatter in The Way the Wind Blows. At the end of “Song for Joseph”, then between “Oporto” and “Song for Joseph”.

A Hawk and a Hacksaw is a folk music ensemble. Though based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, their music mixes and matches from a variety of traditions, including Balkan, Turkish, Romani, Klezmer, and Mariachi. Most of their songs are{{instrumentals}}.

* EpicRocking: The 8-minute "No Rest for the Wicked".

A Hawk and a Hacksaw is a folk music ensemble. Though based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, their music mixes and matches from a variety of traditions, including Balkan, Turkish, Romani, Klezmer, and Mariachi. Most of their songs are Music/{{instrumentals}}.

* {{LARP}}: The "Cervantine" music video depicts an [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome epic]] LARP battle.

* MultipleReferencePun: The name A Hawk and a Hacksaw references Aksak (a meter common in Balkan and Turkish music) and the phrase "a hawk and a handsaw" (which originates from ''{{Hamlet}}'', but came to Jeremy Barnes by way of one particular translation of ''DonQuixote'').

A Hawk and a Hacksaw is a folk music ensemble. Though based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, their music mixes and matches from a variety of traditions, including Balkan, Turkish, Romani, Klezmer, and Mariachi. Most of their songs are {{instrumentals}}.

A Hawk and a Hacksaw is a folk music ensemble. Though based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, their music mixes and matches from a variety of traditions, including Balkan, Turkish, Romani, Klezmer, and Mariachi. Most of their songs are instrumentals.

* InTheStyleOf: They recorded "Foni Tu Argyle"--a traditional Rembetika song (i.e. performed by a Greek string band)--with a brass band.

* PopStarComposer: Okay, maybe it's a bit of a stretch to call Barnes a pop star. Anyway, the self-titled album was written as a soundtrack for the documentary film ''Zizek!'', and in 2012, the band will be performing original live music to accompany screenings of ''Film/ShadowsOfForgottenAncestors''.

* ''The Way the Wind Blows'' (2006) Recorded with the Romani brass band Fanfare Ciocarlia.

A Hawk and a Hacksaw is a folk music ensemble. Though based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, their music mixes and matches from a variety of traditions, including Balkan, Turkish, Romani, Klezmer, and Mariachi.