John Jacob Niles, the Boone Tolliver Recordings

    "Really, it’s the perfect setting for Niles’ music; his falsetto voice cuts like the wind and howls like a banshee, given extra urgency by the intimacy of his surroundings. Niles whips through Mattie Groves, inhabiting its narrative voices like a terrified Sybil.  - Record Collector

      "In their stark intimacy, the songs — just Niles’s voice — impart the same sensation: They transcend time and place." -The Boston Globe

   "I was startled anew when I put on a terrific new reissue of Niles recordings called The Boone-Tollliver Recordings, released by L-M Dupli-cation… My ears are still adjusting to Niles's voice."    

 -Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader

   "Recording at home obviously suited him, for the performances are deeply involved. And suddenly you realise just how hugely influential he was, especially repertoire-wise, on the course of things. Here, years ahead of the many more famous versions, are Black Is The Colour Of My True Love's Hair,  Matty Groves, Mary Hamilton, Barbary Ellen, The Cuckoo, The Gypsy Laddie, Oh Waly Waly and many more . often collected by others, of course, but when you hear Niles' versions

you can hear where they gelled for rebirth."  FolkRoots (UK)

     "It's a startling sound." -The Independent (UK)

     "The voice—reedy, urgent, ethereal and strong—summons centuries of memory and suspends time in the space of a song. Love, jealousy, longing, fear and remorse take on an almost physical presence, and fabled characters first conjured in song ages ago, in hovels choked with peat smoke, crowd the imagination."  -The Alibi

     "Visionary lo-fi folk Recordings, recorded 60 years ago!"- Les Inrockuptibles (France)

     "The songs of the "old weird America" never sounded quite as weird as they did when voiced by John Jacob Niles."  Uncut (UK)

Happy New Ear from AHAAH/L.M. Dupli-cation

Hello friends of the band and label:

We thank you for your valued support and wish you a wonderful 2012, filled with good feeling and success in your endeavours.

2011 was a big year for us, in that, on top of touring/recording, we began to release our own music. "Cervantine" the 5th AHAAH record, continues to keep us busy into 2012, but we have more releases on the horizon.

First off, in March/April, we are exceedingly pleased to be reissuing '50's recordings by the great John Jacob Niles on vinyl, CD and digital download. Niles, an Appalachian folk balladeer, whose influence on Dylan and the American folk scene of the '60's is undeniable, recorded a pair of EPs in his living room and released them on his own label, Boone Tolliver. These recordings have never been reissued, and give a much more intimate portrait of the artist compared to the studio albums he recorded later in life. The reissue comes with liner notes by Niles' biographer and director of the John Jacob Niles Center for American Music- Dr. Ron Pen. The release will be manufactured on vintage printing presses from the 1940's, and printed on recycled cardboard. Author Henry Miller said of Niles, in his book Plexus: "Over coffee and liqueurs we would sometimes listen to John Jacob Niles' recordings. Our favorite was 'I Wonder As I Wander,' sung in a clear, high-pitched voice with a quaver and a modality all his own. The metallic clang of his dulcimer never failed to produce ecstasy. He had a voice which summoned memories of Arthur, Merlin, Guinevere. There was something of the Druid in him. Like a psalmodist, he intoned his verses in an ethereal chant which the angels carried aloft to the Glory seat. When he sang of Jesus, Mary and Joseph they became living presences. A sweep of the hand and the dulcimer gave forth magical sounds which caused the stars to gleam more brightly, which peopled the hills and meadows with silvery figures and made the brooks to babble like infants. We would sit there long after his voice had faded out, talking of Kentucky where he was born, talking of the Blue Ridge mountains and the folk from Arkansas... "For a clip of Niles from Scorcese's film on Dylan, please proceed to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpaAeqBhwrMThe album, called John Jacob Niles:The Boone-Tolliver Recordings, will be distributed throughout the world by Revolver.

Meanwhile, A Hawk and A Hacksaw have just finished recording their soundtrack to the classic 1964 Soviet film "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" directed by Sergei Paradjanov. The album was produced by John Dieterich, of Deerhoof. It will be released in late Spring/early Summer. The duo will be performing the live soundtrack to the film on tour this year, starting in March at the following venues:

Sat 3 MARCH SHEFFIELD, ST GEORGE'S CHURCH (SENSORIA & DROWNED IN SOUND PRESENT)

SUN 4 EDINBURGH, FILMHOUSE CINEMA

Mon 5 LEEDS, HYDE PARK PICTUREHOUSE

Thu 8 CARDIFF, CHAPTER

Tue 6 READING, SOUTH STREET

Wed 7 COLCHESTER, ARTS CENTRE

Fri 9-Sat 10 MINEHEAD, ATP

Sun 11 BERLIN, HEBBEL AM UFER 1

Tue 13 TJORN, SAGA BION

Wed 14 MALMO, INKONST

Thu 15 GOTHENBURG, KOLONI @ BIO ROY

Fri 16 GERLESBORG, HAMBURGSUND

Sat 17 COPENHAGEN, GLOBAL

Sun 18 AARHUS, VOXHALL

All the best to you in the New Year and we hope to see you soon.

-L.M. Dupli-cation

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

AHAAH will be performing a live music score to Sergei Paradjanov's classic 1964 film "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors." The idea is not to accompany a silent film but to work with the existing dialogue and score to create a new blend of live music and prerecorded sound that accompanies, comments on, and sometimes overtakes the original soundtrack and dialogue. The border between live instrumentation and film score becomes blurred, just as Paradjanov's film masks the boundaries between realism and magic.

30/11/11 Norwich UK Norwich Arts Centre

12/01/11 London UK Barbican

12/03/11 Bristol UK Watershed

12/06/11 Lisbon, PT Teatro Maria Matos

12/07/11 Zug, CH Chollerhalle

12/08/11 Bern, CH Dachstock

12/09/11 Ravenna, IT Mosaico Film Festival

12/10/11 Rome, IT C(h)orde at Chiesa Evangleica Metodista

Brilliant Corners (of Popular Amusements) Festival in Chicago

AHAAH will be playing on Sat. Sept 17 at 8:00pm at the Brilliant Corners (of Popular Amusements) Festival in Eckhart Park in Chicago, Ill. Dark Dark Dark and School of Seven Bells are also on the bill. There will be a craft fair and farmer's market.

A HAWK AND A HACKSAW WILL BE PERFORMING A LIVE MUSIC SCORE TO SERGEY PARADJANOV'S CLASSIC 1964 FILM "SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS" AT THE FOLLOWING VENUES IN DECEMBER:

Thu 1 LONDON, BARBICAN CENTRE
Fri 2-Sun 4 MINEHEAD, ALL TOMORROWS PARTIES
Tue 6 LISBON, TEATRO MARIA MATOS

UPCOMING SHOWS

07/21/2011, Thu Sante Fe, NM		Sante Fe Sol, 37 Fire Place Tix: $12, Doors Open: 6 pm, Show: 7:30 pm Ph: 505.424.3333
07/22/2011, Fri Phoenix, AZ		The Musical Instrument Museum, 4725 Easy Mayo Blvd. Tix: $25, Show: 7 pm Ph: 480.478.6000
08/28/2011, Sun Albany, NY		Restoration Festival at St. Joseph's Church, 38 Ten Broeck St. Tix: $20 full weekend, $15 for single day,
09/16/2011, Fri Madison, WI		The Sett @ University of Wisconsin-Madison,1308 W. Dayton St. Ph: 608.890.3000
09/18/2011, Sun St. Louis, MO		Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave **With Dark Dark Dark and Pillars & Tongues** Ph:314.773.3363
09/19/2011, Mon Bloomington, IN		The Bishop, 123 S. Walnut St. **With Dark Dark Dark and Pillars & Tongues** Ph:812.333.4700
09/21/2011, Wed Columbus, OH		Wexner Center for the Arts @ Ohio St., 1871 N High St **With Dark Dark Dark and Pillars & Tongues** Ph:614.292.0330
09/22/2011, Thu Toronto, ON Canada		The Rivoli, 334 Queen St. W **With Dark Dark Dark and Pillars & Tongues** Ph:416.596.1908
09/24/2011, Sat Northampton, MA		Iron Horse, 20 Center St. **With Dark Dark Dark and Pillars & Tongues** Ph:413.586.8686
09/25/2011, Sun South Burlington, VT		Higher Ground, 1214 Williston Rd **With Dark Dark Dark and Pillars & Tongues** Ph:802.652.0777
09/26/2011, Mon Portland, ME		Space Gallery, 538 Congress St **With Dark Dark Dark and Pillars & Tongues** Ph:207.828.5600
09/27/2011, Tue Baltimore, MD		2640 Space, 2540 St. Paul St. Doors Open: 6 pm, Show: 7:30 pm SOLD OUT, *With Jeff Mangum* Ph:410.230.0450
09/28/2011, Wed Brooklyn, NY		The Bell House, 149 7th St. Tix: $13 advance, $15 day of show, Show: 8 pm **With Dark Dark Dark and Pillars & Tongues** Ph:718.643.6510
09/29/2011, Thu New York, NY		Drom, 85 Avenue A **With Dark Dark Dark and Pillars & Tongues** Ph:212.777.1157
09/30/2011, Fri Asbury Park, NJ		All Tomorrow's Parties Festival - I'll Be Your Mirror Tix: $80 - $249, Doors Open: 12 pm, Show: 8 pm **With Jeff Mangum**
10/01/2011, Sat Pawtucket, RI		The Met, 1005 Main Street **With Dark Dark Dark and Pillars & Tongues** Ph:401.729.1005
10/03/2011, Mon Asbury Park, NJ		The Paramount Theatre, 1300 Ocean Avenue Show: 7 pm SOLD OUT, **With Jeff Mangum** Ph:732.897.6500
10/04/2011, Tue Washington, DC		Red Palace, 1212 H Street NE **With Dark Dark Dark and Pillars & Tongues** Ph:202.399.3201
10/05/2011, Wed Durham, NC		The Pinhook, 117 Main Street **With Dark Dark Dark and Pillars & Tongues** Ph:919.667.1100
10/06/2011, Thu Knoxville, TN		Pilot Light, 106 E. Jackson Ave **With Dark Dark Dark and Pillars & Tongues** Ph:865.524.8188
10/07/2011, Fri Atlanta, GA		The E.A.R.L., 488 Flat Schools Ave. Tix: $10, Show: 9 pm **With Dark Dark Dark and Pillars & Tongues**
10/08/2011, Sat Birmingham, AL		The Bottletree, 3719 3rd Avenue S. Tix: $8, Doors Open: 8 pm, Show: 9 pm **With Dark Dark Dark and Pillars & Tongues** Ph: 205.533.6288, Ages 18+
10/09/2011, Sun New Orleans, LA		Allways Theatre, 2240 Saint Claude Avenue Show: 10 pm **With Dark Dark Dark and Pillars & Tongues** Ph: 504.218.5778
10/10/2011, Mon Houston, TX		Warehouse Live Tix: $10 adv/$13 door, Show: 9:55 pm with Dark Dark Dark with Pillars & Tongues. Ph: 713.225.5483
10/11/2011, Tue Denton, TX		Dan's Silverleaf, 103 Industrial Street Tix: $10 advance, $12 day of show, Show: 9 pm **With Dark Dark Dark and Pillars & Tongues** Ph: 940.320.2000, Ages 18+
10/12/2011, Wed Austin, TX		Mohawk, 912 Red River Street **With Dark Dark Dark and Pillars & Tongues** Ph: 512.482.8404
12/02/2011, Fri Minehead, UK England		All Tomorrow's Parties, Butlins Holiday Centre

see you in Bucharest! (European dates)

Sat 19 BRUSSELS, BOTANIQUE

Sun 20 AMSTERDAM, PARADISO

Mon 21 KOELN, KING GEORG

Wed 23 BERLIN, HBC

Thu 24 DRESDEN, DREIKONIGSKIRCHE

Fri 25 BIELEFELD, BUNKER ULMENWALL

Sat 26 HAMBURG, KAMPNAGEL

Sun 27 FRANKFURT, BROTFABRIK

Mon 28 MUNICH, KRANHALLE

Wed 30 MILANO LO-FI

THURS 31 GENOVA, TEATRO LA CLAQUE

APRIL 2011

SAT 2 CAVRIAGO CALAMITASUN

3 TRIESTE TETRIS

TUES 5 ROMA, INIT

FRI 8 BUCAREST, ROMANIA, GODOT!

Wed 13 BRISTOL, POLISH CLUB

Thu 14 MANCHESTER, ISLINGTON MILL

Fri 15 DUBLIN, WORKMAN'S CLUB

Sat 16 BELFAST, AUNTIE ANNIES

Sun 17 EDINBURGH, THE CAVES

Mon 18 NEWCASTLE, STAR & SHADOW

Tue 19 LEEDS, BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB

Wed 20 LONDON, XOYO

Thu 21 BRIGHTON, BRIGHTON BALLROOM

Fri 22 OXFORD, BULLINGDON ARMS

Sun 24 ISTANBUL, GHETTO!

"Cervantine" is a Rough Trade Album of the Week

West Coast 2011 Tour Dates

March 2011

Tues 1 TUCSON, SOLAR CULTURE

Wed 2 LOS ANGELES, SATELLITE

Thurs 3 SAN FRANCISCO, CAFE DU NORD

Sat 5 PORTLAND, MISSISSIPPI STUDIOS

Sun 6 SEATTLE, TRACTOR TAVERN

Tues 8 SALT LAKE CITY, URBAN LOUNGE

Wed 9 HI-DIVE, DENVER

Thurs 10 EL RITO (NM), EL RITO LIBRARY

Fri 11 ALBUQUERQUE, OUTPOST

Sat 12 ALBUQUERQUE, OUTPOST

Cervantine is shipped to Distributors!

Hello friends, our first batch of "Cervantine" albums have been mailed to distributors. They can be ordered at Midheaven Mailorder (midheaven.com).

Klaus is packing boxes while listening to his "Very Best of the Cadillacs" record.

Heather is working the phones

Our neighbor is doing crystal meth while burning weeds in the street.

Everything is set to go.