Tag: Lankum

There Was an Old Man Came Over the Sea [Roud 362] | Folk From the Attic

Jun 7, 2018

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by

Jon Wilks

in Folk music writing

Here’s a great one for fans of traditional folk that love to see how songs change from place to place. Like many modern listeners, I first encountered ‘There Was an Old Man Came Over the Sea’ on Lankum‘s album, Cold Old Fire [2015] – a haunting, disturbing version featuring a spellbinding performance from singer, Radie Peat.…
From Lynched to Lankum: Ian Lynch on folk song collecting and the ‘pure drop’

Feb 8, 2017

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by

Jon Wilks

in Folk music writing, Interviews, Writing

Lynched or Lankum; Lankum or Lynched? Rumours have been doing the rounds for some time that the acclaimed Dublin four-piece would be changing their name, and sure enough, in the days following this interview, they published the following statement, confirming that from here on in, Lankum they would be: