Lankum

Lankum have released a devastating, otherworldly cover of The Specials’ ‘Ghost Town’. The single is accompanied by a stunning video directed by the renowned Leonn Ward and shot on location in County Wicklow, with cinematography by Oscar-nominee Robbie Ryan. It’s a haunting piece of visual art, reminiscent of Andrei Tarkovsky—the perfect match to the track’s unsettling intensity.

The nominations for the 7th RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards have been announced, including Róis, Lemoncello, Joshua Burnside, Lankum, Christy Moore, Ríoghnach Connolly, Landless, John Spillane, Niamh Bury and more.

Lankum’s music is vital, and ‘Live in Dublin’ is nothing if not heartfelt. It descends into a session, along with its deeper and more pressing elements—people, communities, and our cultural and historical underpinnings. It’s a band at the peak of their powers.

Rough Trade announce ‘Lankum—Live in Dublin’, recorded across three sold-out nights at Dublin’s Vicar Street, and share ‘Rocky Road to Dublin’, which has never been officially released until now.

Lankum share a live video from their recent performance at London’s iconic Roundhouse and announce their biggest indoor gig to date at London’s Eventim Apollo in October. If this doesn’t make you want to see them live, I don’t know what will.

Lankum did us proud at last night’s Mercury Prize for which their fourth album, False Lankum, was nominated. Watch them performing ‘Go Dig My Grave’. Radie Peat learned the song from the singing of Jean Ritchie, who recorded it in 1963.

Lankum’s fourth release, False Lankum, has been nominated for ‘Album of the Year’ in this year’s Mercury Music Prize. It’s been a long road but so well-deserved. Talking to BBC 6 Music they said “It’s pretty crazy, considering where we started off twenty years ago…”

ØXN, a new band featuring Radie Peat (Lankum), John ‘Spud’ Murphy and Eleanor Myler (Percolator), and Katie Kim share the video for ‘Love Henry’, their debut single – a lovely dose of Folk Horror.

Claddagh Records have announced their first signing in 18 Years of ØXN featuring Radie Peat (Lankum), John ‘Spud’ Murphy and Eleanor Myler (Percolator) and Katie Kim. Their first single, Love Henry, will be released next month.

Irish quartet Lankum release their new single, ‘Newcastle’, taken from their forthcoming album False Lankum, their most uncompromising album to date. The tune was first published in ‘The English Dancing Master’ (1651) where it is simply entitled ‘Newcastle’.

False Lankum is Lankum’s most uncompromising album to date which highlights their highly individual approach to music-making: a discourse between band and listener that is challenging, raw, brutally honest and always rewarding.

Taken from Lankum’s fourth album, watch the visualiser video for their new single ‘The New York Trader’, a ‘Jonah Ballad’ that they learned from Ringsend native Luke Cheevers.