Lankum

Lankum are a contemporary Irish folk music group from Dublin, consisting of brothers Ian and Daragh Lynch, Cormac MacDiarmada and Radie Peat. In 2018 they were named Best Folk Group at the RTÉ Folk Music Awards, while Radie Peat was named Best Folk Singer.[1] The band were nominated for the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year in 2017 for their album Between the Earth and Sky, and won the prize in 2019 for their album The Livelong Day.[2]

Lankum
Also known asLynched (2000–2016)
OriginDublin, Ireland
Genres
Years active2000–present
LabelsRough Trade
Members
  • Ian Lynch
  • Daragh Lynch
  • Cormac MacDiarmada
  • Radie Peat
Websitelankumdublin.com

History

The group were originally known as Lynched, after the brothers' surname, and released their debut album Cold Old Fire (2014) under that name. In October 2016 they announced in a statement that they were changing their name to Lankum to avoid associations with the practice of lynching. The statement read: "We will not continue to work under our current name while the systemic persecution and murder of black people in the USA continues."[3] The name Lankum comes from the folk ballad "False Lankum", as sung by the Irish traveller and folk singer John Reilly.[3]

In 2017, the band signed to Rough Trade Records and recorded their album Between the Earth and Sky, to analogue tape with producer/ engineer Julie McLarnon, before recording the final track "the Granite Gaze", and mixing the album with producer John "Spud" Murphy in Guerrilla Studios, Dublin. It was released on 27 October 2017 and subsequently nominated for BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Mojo named it folk 'album of the year' 2017.

In 2019, the band recorded The Livelong Day with producer/engineer John "Spud" Murphy in the Meadows recording studio, Wicklow and in Guerrilla Studios, Dublin. It was released on 25 October 2019 and went on to win the RTÉ Choice Prize 2019.

In 2019, Lankum's video for "The Young People", directed by filmmaker Bob Gallagher,[4] won Best Irish Music Video Award at the Irish Film Festival in London, England.

In 2023 Lankum were nominated for the Mercury Prize. They said about the prize: “It’s pretty crazy, considering where we started off twenty years ago as a joke band playing at parties and squats…”. When asked why they thought this album had been spotted or picked up, they said: “I think it might be the first time we’ve fully nailed the sound that we’ve been going for over the last few albums…it took a couple of decades”.

Artistry

Their music has been characterised as "a younger, darker Pogues with more astonishing power".[5] Reviewing their third album The Livelong Day (2019) for The Guardian, Jude Rogers described it as "a folk album influenced by the ambient textures of Sunn O))) and Swans, plus the sonic intensity of Xylouris White and My Bloody Valentine".[6]

Members
Radie Peat
  • Ian Lynch – vocals, uilleann pipes, concertina, tin whistle, percussion
  • Daragh Lynch – vocals, guitar, percussion, piano
  • Cormac Mac Diarmada – vocals, fiddle, viola, banjo, double bass, vibraphone, piano, percussion
  • Radie Peat – vocals, bayan, concertina, harmonium, organ, piano, electric organ, harp, mellotron

Discography

Awards and nominations

RTÉ Choice Music Prize
Year Nominee / work Award Result
 RTÉ Choice Music Prize awards and nominations
2017Between the Earth and SkyAlbum of the YearNominated[11]
2019The Livelong DayAlbum of the YearWon[12]

RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
 Awards and nominations at the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards
2018LankumBest Folk GroupWon[13]
2018Radie PeatBest Folk SingerWon[14]
2020LankumBest Folk GroupWon[15]
2020Radie PeatBest Folk SingerWon[16]

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
 Awards and nominations at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
2016LynchedBest GroupNominated[17]
2016Cold Old FireBest AlbumNominated[18]
2016LynchedHorizon AwardNominated[19]
2018LankumBest GroupWon[20]
2018The Granite GazeBest Original SongWon[21]

Other notable accolades
Year Nominee / work Award Result
 Other notable accolades
2019The Livelong DayNPR Music's 25 Best Albums of 20198th
2019The Livelong DayMOJO's 75 Best Albums of 201958th
2020LankumThe Irish Times 50 Best Irish Acts In Order8th
2023False LankumThe Mercury PrizeShortlisted


Notes
NB Ian and Darragh Lynch released Where Did We Do Wrong?! in 2003 as Lynched. However, it seems that this incarnation of Lynched is not the same musical project as that of the same name which would go on to become Lankum, as Cold Old Fire, released in 2014 with Cormac Mac Diarmada and Radie Peat, is often described as the group's "debut album".

References
  1. "Radie Peat, Lankum, Emma Langford, We Banjo 3 Among Winners at RTÉ Folk Awards". The Journal of Music. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  2. "Winners - RTÉ Choice Music Prize 2019". RTÉ Choice Music Prize. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  3. "We have changed our name". Lynched official website. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  4. "Bob Gallagher and Lankum win Best Irish Music Video at Irish Film Festival London". Imro.ie. 19 November 2019.
  5. Rogers, Jude (18 October 2018). "Lankum review – dark, raucous poetry from Irish folk miscreants". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  6. Rogers, Jude (18 October 2019). "Lankum: The Livelong Day review – the Irish folk songbook uprooted". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  7. Lynched - Tommy Ryan, retrieved 21 June 2021
  8. Posted by Tradconnect Reviews on June 23, 2014 at 12:30; Blog, View. "Album Review - Lynched / Cold Old Fire". tradconnect.com. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  9. Rogers, Jude (27 October 2017). "Lankum: Between the Earth and Sky review – brilliant, raw, detonating folk". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  10. "Between the Earth and Sky, by Lankum". Lankum. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  11. Lanigan, Michael. "The winners of the 2017 Irish song and album of the year revealed at the Choice Music Prize". JOE.ie. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  12. "Winners – RTÉ Choice Music Prize 2019". choicemusicprize.ie. RTÉ. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  13. "Winners of the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards revealed". RTÉ. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  14. "Winners of the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards revealed". RTÉ. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  15. "RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards winners announced". RTÉ. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  16. "RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards winners announced". RTÉ. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  17. "Lankum (formerly Lynched)". The Live Room. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  18. "Lankum (formerly Lynched)". The Live Room. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  19. "Lankum (formerly Lynched)". The Live Room. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  20. "Award Winners". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  21. "Award Winners". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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