Poor Creature is the new project from Ruth Clinton of Landless and Cormac MacDiarmada of Lankum. While taking inspiration from the Irish tradition, their approach is experimental, edgy and refreshingly original.
Compiled by Lankum’s Ian Lynch, Fire Draw Near is an essential and worthy anthology for anyone with an interest in traditional music and song, it’s also a thoroughly enjoyable, irresistible and inspiring set of songs and tunes.
River Lea announces Fire Draw Near – an album of Irish traditional songs and music from the archives, compiled by Ian Lynch of Dublin band Lankum which will be released on October 8th, 2021.
Broadside Hacks release new single and video, a re-imagining of ‘The Burning of Auchindoun’, featuring Dargah Lynch of Lankum and Edinburgh-based artist Rosa Zajac. Taken from “Songs Without Authors Vol.1”, to be released in September 2021.
Delve into Rebel Matters, a bi-monthly podcast for and with activists, artists, and scallywags – on their latest episode they interview Ian Lynch of Lankum.
Daragh Lynch of Lankum pays tribute to the great Cyril Tawney who would have celebrated his 90th Birthday yesterday. Watch him performing his glorious ode to hangovers, ‘On A Monday Morning’.
Lankum present A National Disgrace, a gradual descent into a warped, dreamworld of musical performance, theatre, winding passages, doorways, drones and existential uncertainty… Featuring very very special guests.
Despite being a far from straightforward journey, Lankum did finally make it to Washington D.C. to perform on Bob Boilen’s Tiny Desk Concert. They put on a fantastic show, performing three songs from their latest album The Livelong Day.
A big congratulations to Irish band Lankum who have been announced as the winner of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2019 for their album The Livelong Day.
Lankum announce their biggest London headline show to date at The Barbican along with major new dates in Europe and the bands biggest US shows so far. Watch their live video for ‘Hunting the Wren’.
Of all the artists working within the rather loose confines of alternative folk The Livelong Day surely puts Lankum at the forefront. Writhing with the terror of our times one moment, then rising with indescribable heart and hunger the next; this is traditional song stretched and submerged.
Dublin four-piece Lankum have today shared the accompanying video for ‘The Young People’, their latest single from their new album ‘The Livelong Day’, which will be released on October 25th.
