One Leg One Eye review: Forget Fairytale of New York. This is a soundtrack of the real Irish Christmas
Ian Lynch and George Brennan offer a wonderful ghost-train ride through droning electronica, warped uilleann pipes and spirals of unfiltered noise
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The Pogues at 3Arena: Applause rang out into the night, the crowd singing their way out on to the quays
A stacked line-up including members of Fontaines DC, Lankum and The Mary Wallopers delivers a brilliantly infectious performance
James Vincent McMorrow: ‘I’ve been building back a version of me that made me happy rather than crying every night’
The Dubliner isn’t the first name that comes to mind as a songwriter for a boy-band megastar. But working with Louis Tomlinson was just what he needed after his record-label disappoinment
Irish postpunk band Gurriers: ‘Everyone asks about the Dublin music scene. It’s not just Dublin any more, it’s everywhere’
The Irish postpunk band talk about playing Jools Holland, how Glastonbury lost out to Armagh and why Ireland’s music scene is working so well
Phil Coulter and John Sheahan vs Lankum and The Mary Wallopers: Sit back and enjoy the music-industry hatred
What a pleasure to observe the flare-up between the composer and last surviving Dubliner and the drone-folk maestros and bouncy balladeers
Lankum at Electric Picnic 2024: A majestic, fiddling din culminating in one standout song
An hour is no longer enough time to devote to Lankum’s music. The catalogue is so extensive, and the live arrangements so sprawling, that this feels like a taster
Electric Picnic 2024: Saturday stage times for top areas, weather forecast and more
When and where to catch Calvin Harris, Kodaline, Lankum, Kneecap, Blindboy and more
Electric Picnic 2024: Weather, main stage times, access map, ticket information and more
Everything you need to know about Ireland’s largest music festival taking place from August 16th-18th
Electric Picnic 2024 stage times for all the main areas
Heading to Stradbally? Whether you want to see Kylie or Kneecap, CMAT or Calvin Harris, here are when and where they’re playing
Electric Picnic 2024: CMAT, Lankum and Bambie Thug among acts added to line-up
Blindboy will also make an appearance for a special podcast at the festival in Stradbally
Lankum in Kilmainham: vast, primordial and effortlessly beautiful – just don’t mention Bono
Genre-defying Dublin band leave fans holding their breath in awe with performance at In The Meadows festival
Dalkey Book Festival, The Killers and other events to see, shows to book and ones coming your way this week
June 8th-14th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
In The Meadows featuring Lankum, Mogwai and more: When is it on, stage times, how to get there, weather and tickets info
Lankum are headlining one-day event at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham
Paul Duane: ‘I sold one of my vineyards. It gave me a bit of comfort to see Coppola was doing the same thing’
Irish director Paul Duane has financed All You Need Is Death largely out of his own pocket. Now the horror film is generating a lot of buzz
What Ireland Can Teach the World About Music: showing the magical power of musicians to soundtrack our lives and times
Insightful essays excavate the magic of music in Ireland and its creative realm
Folk band Lankum win RTÉ Choice Music album of year
Jazzy named artist of the year and breakthrough artist at annual RTÉ music awards
RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards: Lankum and Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin big winners
Sixth annual awards recognise best of folk music in Ireland from the past year
Everyone loves Ireland! Why is Irish culture so hot right now?
From cinema and theatre to television, folk music and literature, Ireland is enjoying unprecedented creative boom
Choice Music Prize: Grian Chatten and CMAT among shortlisted nominees for Irish album of the year
Kojaque’s Phantom of the Afters and Lankum’s latest album, False Lankum, also feature
Karla Chubb of Sprints: ‘You definitely get the comments, the F-word and stuff shouted at you’
The Dublin punk-pop quartet deal with difficult subjects. Listening to Letter to Self is like tiptoeing into a stranger’s room and reading their diary
The music of 2023: Our critics’ verdicts on the best albums and acts of the year
Who made the best Irish album? Which act recorded the best Irish song? Can anybody beat Lankum and CMAT? Our critics have made their choices
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they end
December 16th-22nd: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Gig for Gaza at 3Arena: This night is a gift of hope for anyone yearning for peace
Damien Dempsey, Lankum, Mary Wallopers, Lisa O’Neill and more perform for diverse crowd
John Francis Flynn: ‘We got an email saying, next year maybe you could dress up in costume and do a few Disney numbers’
A cruise ship’s loss has become folk music’s gain: the Dublin singer is showcasing his new album with a headline performance at Vicar Street this week
Lankum cancellation in Leipzig highlights German minefield on Israel
Cancellation of concert by contemporary Irish folk band known for pro-Palestinian stance adds to growing body of performances and talks axed ‘due to current events’
A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion but doesn’t – especially on an Aer Lingus plane
Hugh Linehan: ‘Trapped in a confined space with loud music played at you is what they do to terrorists,’ one commenter said about last weekend’s impromptu session
Radie Peat of Øxn: ‘I love murder ballads. I’m not mad about the fact it’s always men murdering women’
The mood is folk horror meets Krautrock and Celtic folk in the experimental supergroup formed from Lankum and Percolator
Øxn: Cyrm – A modern masterpiece from Irish neofolk supergroup
Members of Lankum and Percolator join Katie Kim on the most astonishing surprise package of the year
Lankum miss out on 2023 Mercury music prize to British jazz group Ezra Collective
Irish folk band were nominated for their album False Lankum for an award yet to be won by an Irish act
All Together Now: Homage paid to Sinéad O’Connor at Waterford festival
The mood was celebration rather than grief as artists performed covers of the singer’s hits
Mercury music prize 2023: Irish folk band Lankum nominated for album of the year
Lankum’s Ian Lynch says they’re ‘taking it all with a pinch of salt’ as band are nominated for first time
The 10 best Irish albums of 2023 so far
Stellar efforts from The Murder Capital, Lankum, Lisa O’Neill and Grian Chatten and others have made it a strong first half of the year
Lankum at Vicar Street in pictures
Dublin band Lankum played three sold-out concerts in the last week of May 2023
Lankum review: A blistering night at a packed Vicar Street from the best Irish band of their generation
‘Finally back in the only place that really understands us,’ Ian Lynch announces as Lankum begin a three-night stint at the Dublin venue
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