Lankum are a contemporary Irish folk music group from Dublin, consisting of brothers Ian and Daragh Lynch, Cormac MacDiarmada and Radie Peat.
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". The name Lankum comes from the folk ballad "False Lankum", as sung by the Irish traveller and folk singer John Reilly.
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 to critical acclaim and went on to win the RTÉ Choice Prize 2019.
In 2019, Lankum's video for The Young People, directed by filmmaker Bob Gallagher, won Best Irish Music Video Award at the Irish Film Festival in London, England.
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