The Way the Wind Blows

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The Way the Wind Blows
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ReleasedOctober 10, 2006
Label The Leaf Label
A Hawk and a Hacksaw chronology
Darkness at Noon
(2005)
The Way the Wind Blows
(2006)
A Hawk and a Hacksaw and the Hun Hangár Ensemble
(2007)
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The Way the Wind Blows is the third studio album by A Hawk and a Hacksaw, released in 2006 on The Leaf Label.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "In the River"
  2. "The Way the Wind Blows"
  3. "Song for Joseph"
  4. "Fernando's Giampari"
  5. "God Bless the Ottoman Empire"
  6. "Waltz for Strings and Tuba"
  7. "Oporto"
  8. "Gadje Sirba"
  9. "The Sparrow"
  10. "Salt Water"
  11. "There Is a River in Galisteo"

Personnel

External sources

Leaf Label site

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