#4349, with Lankum from the Soundcheck Podcast

Listen to music by Dublin-based four-piece Lankum, who aren’t shy about using darkness and drone in their originals as they rework traditional folk songs into immersive sonic landscapes. The band is made up of brothers Ian Lynch (uillean pipes, tin whistle, vocals), Daragh Lynch (vocals, guitar) alongside Cormac Mac Diarmada (fiddle) and Radie Peat (harmonium, accordion, vocals.) They have a knack for deconstructing and reassembling traditional Irish songs, allowing them to grow and breathe, yet bathing them in a dark and raw energy. Additionally, a fun game to play on their records is deciding whether the material is a reworked traditional song, or if it is a twisted drone-y Medieval era-invoking, Krautrock-like original tune. The band Lankum plays some of their distinct drone-folk, in-studio. - Caryn Havlik

Stream this Web Extra, "Rocky Road to Dublin" from Lankum:

Program #4349, with Lankum from the Soundcheck Podcast (First aired 4/3/2020)

ARTIST: Lankum
WORK: The Wild Rover [4:35]
RECORDING:  The Livelong Day
SOURCE: Rough Trade
INFO: lankum.bandcamp.com

ARTIST: Lankum
WORK: Katie Cruel [8:38]
RECORDING:  Live for the Soundcheck Podcast
SOURCE: newsounds.org/story/lankum-studio
INFO: The tune appears on Lankum's 2019 record, The Livelong Day  

ARTIST: Lankum
WORK: Bear Creek [5:03]
RECORDING:  Live for the Soundcheck Podcast
SOURCE: newsounds.org/story/lankum-studio
INFO: The tune appears on Lankum's 2019 record, The Livelong Day  

ARTIST: Lankum
WORK: Ode to Lullaby [4:51]
RECORDING: The Livelong Day
SOURCE: Rough Trade
INFO: lankum.bandcamp.com

ARTIST: Lankum
WORK: Rocky Road to Dublin [4:02]
RECORDING:  Live for the Soundcheck Podcast
SOURCE/INFO:  newsounds.org/story/lankum-studio

ARTIST: Lankum
WORK: Hunting the Wren [7:12]
RECORDING:  The Livelong Day
SOURCE: Rough Trade
INFO: lankum.bandcamp.com