Lankum: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

[@heidinewman9335]

Lankum are now getting the recognition they deserve. Such a fabulous group.

[@alex0589]

Putting ads in this video is a hate crime.

[@justahumanbeing.709]

get an ad blocker they are free to download.

[@marleypumpkin4917]

@@justahumanbeing.709 they are spyware / malware.

[@justahumanbeing.709]

@@marleypumpkin4917 i use ad block plus, never had a problem with it.

[@karencontestabile6064]

Then start paying like me...

[@grahambell5340]

Make a careful note of what they`re advertising . Never buy it . Tell everybody else never to buy it. It does more good than an adblocker and makes you feel better

[@shaunmcintyre8996]

My heart sings listening to this I'm a Derry man and I hear generations beneath this sound.

[@konorsmind]

Lad's wearing a Kneecap t shirt you really love to see it. Ireland are on the map lads.

[@marleypumpkin4917]

Shut up fool.

[@konorsmind]

@@marleypumpkin4917 tiocfaidh ar lá

[@HEATSEEKER00]

‘Kneecap’ are British lads that think they are Irish. Nobody in Ireland cares about Lankum or kneecap except communist Dublin hipsters.

[@konorsmind]

@@HEATSEEKER00 actually boss not from dublin. from westmeath and living in galway, know a hape of lads that love kneecap haha

[@Merdereine]

@@HEATSEEKER00 Found a Seppo being at it here!

[@PRAYERSFORRAIN-l9y]

absolutely fantastic . love this band. was great to see and hear you live last night supporting massive attack in bristol. what a night. keep it up Lankum. hope to see and hear you play live again very soon . love and peace from Bristol Blue (Prayers for Rain)

[@martifingers]

I did the sound for them a couple of years ago in a small venue in Leeds. They were a delight to work with and the evening was one of the best.

[@markojack15]

The working mens club in Burley?

[@btrevelyan]

You mean the Brudenell? @@markojack15

[@vikingbread7083]

I accidentally clicked on this video with the intent of exiting right away, but they had me intrigued with this gorgeous old folk sound. What a band. Need to check em out.

[@derickvarn9665]

Lankum manages to do Irish folk music that sounds both faithful to tradition and yet hauntingly contemporary.

[@MickCrosse]

Delighted to finally see this up on KZbin. By far one of the most exciting Irish groups of any genre in a long time. Fair play to Boilen for being such a great advocate of contemporary Irish folk/trad. The Mary Wallopers next wha?

[@the5th2000]

Exciting? You're having a laugh. Soporific you mean?

[@AWLD]

@@the5th2000 stay mad

[@mauricehigney4024]

LOVE THE MARY WALLOPERS ...cod liver ......

[@sarahlilliancullen]

Big fan of the Mary wallopers!

[@squeakyclean3012]

I could literally hear you say that last sentence

[@tadghmurphy7807]

Radie brings it straight from the core of the planet boy

[@ianhedderman5047]

That is exactly it man

[@patrickcannady2066]

No lie

[@YetMoreCupsOfTea]

It is written in sand with the softest of feathers, it is not writ in stone like the walls of the chapel, and soon it is gone, like the soft winters at home. Makes me think of the relatives and friends that I've lost over the years, and how many of them were gone before their time. There's little left of their lives now. Just memories of moments in those who outlived them.

[@davidmartin9879]

Go on you good thjng... 14.30 minutes onwards ....so sweet ... remember my seandaddy listening to his transistor.......go raibh milé mhaith agaibh....

[@lauralee2764]

This is so beautiful it’s actually making me cry. I’ve never heard of them before but now I’m desperate to see them live.

[@Mikethebike721]

They are amazing live.

[@Hoswayner1]

Check out their work on Spotify, Laura!

[@neilmckay4097]

'The Young People' is a total tear jerker. It's beautiful, but intensely raw and painful - and I say that as someone who hasn't been directly affected by the suicide of a close loved one. How it would feel for someone in that position I can only imagine.

[@cycyvuvyvdx]

Yup Lankum and up the Kneecap shirt haha

[@hellobaby133]

Lankum are the best Irish band right now regardless of genre.

[@HEATSEEKER00]

John Mcentee they are the sacred cow of Irish far left spastics you mean ....

[@TheLordbanjo]

@@HEATSEEKER00 you dont like Luke Kelly either? Also a communist.

[@seanbaite47]

@@TheLordbanjo Don't reckon he/it's too hot on Christy Brown or Moore neither - or particularly worth engaging with

[@mjw12345]

I'm averse to any type of jingoism - but stellar proud so many Irish acts enhancing the trad tradition in so many brilliant ways. It ia getting even more brilliant - our New Irish are doing beautiful fusions - we are blessed.

[@xxandrewwilsonxxable]

You can hear centuries of struggle in their sounds. Real soul real rock n roll.

[@duncanpark9101]

00:00 The Wild Rover 10:14 The Young People 14:50 Bear Creek

[@FlatlandMando]

Guy on the fiddle, cranking away soft & easy, with the sound of a warm summer evening

[@mcguigan54]

Freshest take on Irish traditional music since Planxty, to my ears. Coincidentally, I grew up listening to music on a stereo purchased at Peats, Radie’s family business. I missed the February gig in Boston because of your visa problems, this helps!

[@TheLordbanjo]

Tbh they are good but Planxty are untouchable

[@ainemcdonnelll]

The scratch also

[@barrygormley]

The Gloaming also did some incredible stuff.

[@TheAnthraxBiology]

Radie's voice hurts my heart it's just so beautiful

[@TheAnthraxBiology]

It's moments like 7:58 that make Lankum so special. Their music is huge and delicate at the same time.

[@Rhiun]

That vocal precision is breathtaking!!! I'm going to listen to all of their songs now...

[@thehangingbandits]

Who else gets goosebumps when they all sing the hook on The Rover? Sounds so epic live!

[@brianbishoff194]

Oh yeah. Heavenly harmonies, restrained yet emotionally powerful over a driving droning background

[@raefarnsworth9941]

Amen. So beautiful it gives me chills.

[@feefeeder]

Brings me to tears every time, even thinking about it, especially; "When the Young People Dance, they will not dance forever, I dont know whether its hooking into Deep melancholia or processing Irish ancestral suffering and hardship, the love of a dance , drink, land, so much in there. Trying to Exorcise this and bring about a new pattern , while aknowleding the lineage.

[@LexWilson]

Intensely moving

[@irisheyes0058]

Just found these I'm embarrassed to say ....absolutely hooked now

[@alldaybrekkie]

Heartbreaking when the wails kick in at 12 minutes in. Like the screams of the dying boy in the lyrics. Brought me to tears.

[@hopefulguitarist7532]

I think you folk who love Lankum in this vein would also like Anna and Elizabeth from across the pond.

[@HenriCorporate]

Amazing ! In France, we have Corse region with people singing like that !

[@edgeofwest5741]

Celts too ?

[@poorpaddy7803]

@@edgeofwest5741 Like most of Europe (including France) they were most likely Celts at some stage around 2000 years ago - but the type of singing from Corsica that Henri is referring to is very Mediterranean not Celtic (polyphonic singing) and is pretty wonderful if you can track any down (I Muvrini, for ex.). I hear they are pretty well disposed towards the Irish, Corsicans, due to a common struggle for independence going back centuries. For the English in Ireland substitute the Italians and the French in Corsica.

[@Destruction320]

They don't need to talk much, they say everything through their music. This band is so real, I am inebriated whenever I listen to them. One of the few bands of the present that I'd be willing to travel to see live.

[@Cave3317]

this music is just euphoric, it makes me feel like im 1700's traveling folk artist, and Im sitting here at my computer...Thats's art.

[@niallkelly2990]

1700s Ireland...they would have been killed,jailed or put on a prison ship

[@FireDrawNear]

@@niallkelly2990 Haha, right enough!

[@kemry3345]

Lovely heratage, Thank you NPR, for spotlight falk art from all around the globe, it is enreaching mind and soul. 🌺🌺🌺

[@DancingMad1000]

The best musical act currently performing in Ireland. And it's not even close.

[@Maddy7210]

You've clearly never heard the Fontaine's DC

[@DancingMad1000]

@@Maddy7210 I have, and they are very good, but I stand by my statement!

[@alannamcmanamon2471]

Fair play for promoting Kneecap at same time, support for Irish musicians 👊

[@brianchulito]

Yeah, saw that...nice one

[@seanc6042]

Really lads? Wearing a t-shirt is for adolescents. Great music tho.

[@rossmcdonagh1554]

​@seanc6042 hey mam gets the name out there, when one of wins we all win and raise the bar together

[@PentameronSV]

0:00 - *The Wild Rover* (9:36 / 9:52) 10:15 - *The Young People* (14:23) 14:50 - *Bear Creek* (19:17)

[@zappafan3473]

Their gig in Vicar Street January of 2020 was a top 3 gig of a lifetime for me. I'm sure anyone else who saw them then might agree. They were otherworldly.

[@wgfhowsoninstruments8635]

Advert in the feckin song! That was a real quick slap in the brain return to the real world

[@LifeOnLewis]

Superb. Finest band since the Incredible String Band. Very few bands are truly unique but Lankum is one for sure.

[@edgeofwest5741]

This just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Irish folk music.

[@LifeOnLewis]

@@edgeofwest5741 I have been listening to Irish folk music for over 50 years and sure there is a lot more but Lankum have broken off that iceberg and taken the music in a whole new direction.

[@edgeofwest5741]

@@LifeOnLewis not sure about that, they have a style for sure but their not breaking any new ground here in Ireland

[@mothratemporalradio517]

@@edgeofwest5741 i think Lankum are phenomenal but perhaps you can enlighten us to some other bands you consider as or more unique while drawing attention to their work, which might help to widen their audience/income?

[@plumbawl5977]

Hypnotic audio tonics! Thank You NPR Music Tiny Desk for hosting Lankum! After reading the description, was taken because i am entranced by ancient sounds and the journey to America through sounds of Appalachia

[@finnantobin]

It's interesting that you consider this an 'ancient' sound; all of those instruments are imports into Ireland, as is the language the songs are being sang in!

[@niallkelly2990]

@@finnantobin ammm Irish pipes are pretty Irish and the fiddle is as irish are you o chara

[@finnantobin]

@@niallkelly2990 Oh all of those instruments are definitely Irish, I don't dispute that at all. But that doesn't get away from the fact that they're imports. Pipes didn't arrive until the 16th century, and the modern Irish fiddle is derived from Italy and dates to the 17th. Ancient Irish music was likely just low, droning horns and bodhrán style drums.

[@francescobenati8203]

@@finnantobin 17th century is quite a long time ago compared to the sounds that most of us listen on a daily basis

[@bwahahahahahaha]

Lankum is my favourite band right now. They sound amazing. Hope we'll get to see bands like Talisk, Elephant Sessions or Fleuves on Tiny Desk!

[@plumbawl5977]

readin' minds r we that!

[@JD-uq5sh]

Check out Dallahan, Young Waters (so similar to Lankum wi the harmonies), john langan band. Let me know if you want a few more.

[@thepottingshed1601]

@@JD-uq5sh more please!

[@JD-uq5sh]

@@thepottingshed1601 Jellymans Daughter, The Mary Wallopers, Daori Farrel, Four Winds,

[@thepottingshed1601]

@@JD-uq5shthanks :D

[@stevemckenna9667]

Ah this crushes it in every way--musicianship, innovation, passion.

[@claireguerin]

legends! fair play to ye lads, revisiting this nearly a year later xx

[@karltwomey]

The Livelong day is a trad/folk masterpiece

[@kenclarke5966]

I wanna see Lankum play in like a cathedral or huge cave, a huge space with maybe another bass instruement

[@angelobrandes]

Gwan lads... morning from Cork City!

[@getschwifty8539]

Saw yous back in January in Vicar Street and it was an amazing gig, never stop making music 💖😁

[@laraotoole3911]

Bear creek gives me goosebumps

[@leahlune9278]

Wow... Wild Rover is beautiful, and when it hits around 08:40 on here its just an amazing sound.

[@Lordvarysberries]

Wow, I’ve never heard of them or even really this type of music. I really enjoyed this! Thank you 🙏🏽

[@AmodinAM]

Their music s so haunting and powerful and does so much with relatively basic means. It is so HEAVY without being electric even! I get goosebumps whenever I listen to them. I get that they work in kind of a specific niche but I believe many music lovers from many different genres would be moved by them if given a chance.

[@ddyrock]

my soul understands it. thank you

[@journeytoaphotograph]

After watching Tiny Desk for a year it's amazing to see some more Irish folk behind the desk! Kila next?

[@jimneysweep9810]

luis martinez get over yourself

[@emrmch]

Definitely a bit of Kila!

[@feadhanichaoimhe6165]

THE DREAM

[@ronan3884]

@luis martinez You need to get checked my friend. They say having no taste is a symtom of Covid-19

[@ChrisN3992]

Junior Brother would be great.

[@angelamarino9404]

The first song just brought tears to my eyes and I couldn't even understand a word they said. Music is so powerful.

[@simonr5171]

Why? They are singing in English, which is a language you appear to know!

[@alanoflynn5614]

@@simonr5171 Because they are singing in a heavy folk style with strong accent and layered harmony. To a non native English speaker that would be hard to decifer at times.

[@FireDrawNear]

@@alanoflynn5614 'Heavy folk style' - I like it!

[@mothratemporalradio517]

@@FireDrawNear 🤟

[@mothratemporalradio517]

@Mike McGrath-Bryan agreed.

[@ashleighblair6317]

This was beautiful. I watched it again as soon as I finished it

[@targetaudience0x]

There are so many gorgeous surprises in their songs

[@reuniteireland]

such beautiful harmony. Warms my soul

[@gayezimhuycke]

Reading the comments made me get teary! Thanks Lankum!

[@yvonnecarmody7003]

I had tickets for their concert in Cork Opera for Paddy’s Day. It was postponed due to Covid ... I can’t wait to see them some day.

[@philipparker5291]

Bear Creek reminds me of a much wanted past that isn't actually there. Brilliant.

[@seanon93]

Bear Creek is one of the best pieces of modern traditional Irish music I've heard

[@spaceant2919]

Its actually american in orign XD I agree though, their rendition is amazing!!

[@SonysDream]

​@@spaceant2919prove it?

[@laylaruan]

@@SonysDream There is a connection there. Appalachian traditional music is very influenced by the legacy of migration from Ulster. I wouldn't be surprised if they had that in mind writing the tune, the name "Bear Creek" alone kind of evokes it

[@mineaguscraft]

@@SonysDream you can google it. there's no proof it's irish at all

[@robertcope629]

The most naturally talented, unique, unglamorous, stupendous and authentic band around. So stripped down, heart bulging stuff. And Radie's voice is just like warm treacly Guinness poured into your throat. Absolutely the best girl singer I have ever heard. The backing of the lads just adds to the class.

[@kitthearty]

Congrats on the new baby Ms Peat

[@flatlined904]

So much soul

[@cacamilis8477]

Jaysis lads isnt this something wha? Lovely stuff altogether.

[@Brittleknees1]

I love this sound and vibe. So gooooood.

[@gallocobain]

Amazing! Make my day! These songs makes me feel so well

[@dandadamo4299]

How can you listen to Bear Creek and not have a grin of pure joy and tap your foot? How can you listen to The Young People and not get chills? How can you listen to The Wild Rover and not long to be a traveling performer of a bygone year?

[@revilomoore]

This makes me so proud to be Irish

[@kmarchery]

😉 ,this many most want to be Irish . 🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@HEATSEEKER00]

Why? These guys don’t even believe in an Irish identity... they think being ‘proud to be Irish’ is racist.

[@kmarchery]

@@HEATSEEKER00 Since when is Irish a race ?? Its a culture.

[@MacCionnaith]

I heard someone say that nationalism is collective narcissism. I thought that was funny, and kind of true.

[@lmtt123]

You do realise it's a German song which the English brought back from WW1 and the Black and Tans brought to Ireland and the Dubliners picked it up in a Dublin pub

[@matthewreed2614]

I almost flew half way across the country to see the few shows they did just before the pandemic... one of my special groups over the last year

[@zappafan3473]

i flew from CA to NYC for their show

[@jasondebrun8651]

Gan ceoil, gan saol.

[@MiniSynnYT]

Tá sé iontach tráchtanna a fheiceáil i nGaeilge! Tá Lankum thar cionn.

[@mikedickman9623]

ta sin cinnte

[@dingdongsomethingswrong]

Me: crying after Young People thinking about friends who I've lost too soon as they quietly get ready for their next track. KZbin: "-PLAYING GAMES PEOPLE THINK ARE FAKE: NICE, NOW WEVE GOT THE AK, NOW IF WE JUST GET THE EXTRA SOLDIERS... OH NO..."

[@sf-ww7bm]

Been dying for this to be uploaded since it was recorded. So good

[@yvonnecarmody7003]

When was it recorded? I’m sooo happy it’s here.

[@sf-ww7bm]

@@yvonnecarmody7003 just before quarantine, if i'm not mistaken :)

[@nickhouston8101]

These guys have been compared to The Pogues. I would say the closest comparison would be The Velvet Underground to trad.

[@btrevelyan]

If Swans were a folk band.

[@beanywhere8456]

Spotting a magical fiddlebow between 13:19 - 13:26. Love the framing

[@paulmckenna9492]

Just discovered them last night . ( Thank You KZbin ). Hopefully they make it back to the States in 2021 !

[@jonfrombuckland_3784]

This was great! I'm a fan of folk music, so the moving melodies and drones had me in in a heartbeat. Plus the lyrics and story they told just pulled me in even more. Nice work NPR

[@ballysham10]

The story of wild rover is gas. Not having the price of a pint and making a whole song & dance out of it haha. Unbelievable song all the same

[@mothratemporalradio517]

Radie's voice has a quality that evokes drone instruments to me in itself which is one reason i find their music so unique and incredibly exceptional. i know it's not Irish per se and not used by the band, but for me, it's like she's got a bit of the hurdy gurdy in her - absolutely haunting lyricism.

[@MrXyzzy99]

The more I listen, the more I like. Lankum is beautiful

[@matthewfinnegan1903]

Been looking forward to this for a long time. Incredible performance as always.

[@MARYANNE269]

Wow, great, I'd like to hear these in an open air concert ( one day) ❤️ Love it!

[@macveighkid]

Hope this comment is not taken as a slag! I sing The Young People with my 5yo daughter as we cycle to school. It is perfect pop! A building verse, an incredible hook, seemingly euphoric but look deeper and…adore all the tunes and recommend everyone to buy the vinyl - as equal a thing of beauty as the tunes

[@fin2725]

Beautiful. Raw the Kneecap shirt is mint ! Keepin her lit.

[@jimneysweep9810]

Amazing ! Wish it was longer . They are so good .

[@aroangelique]

Just as I felt my soul dip, I find this - flashback to every time I've lost my sense of self (in the good kind of way) whilst jigging to your tunes. Here's to the next time!

[@BrokenBellyBeat]

Thats lovely lados

[@FireDrawNear]

Large! what's the craic?!

[@fermageehamilton1402]

Their version of Wild Rover always makes me think of the opening scene of There Will be Blood. So good. When the Young People Dance, it’s Napoleon Dynamite, but Bear Creek, that sends me into another dimension where I don’t want to come back from 🥰

[@joka4694]

Absolutely fantastic! Seems to me Tiny desk was founded especially for these 🇨🇮 4 👍!

[@johnnyscarecrow71]

Good God. This is bliss.

[@garyhosty9874]

beautiful - thanks for tputting this up - saw em a couple of times - stunning.

[@casserlyman]

Nice to see a Kneecap T-shirt there. The two most exciting bands in Ireland at the moment.

[@barbaraolave4800]

Thanks for make it happen ❤️✨

[@femkeneleflo]

I am so glad I clicked on this video. Amazingly beautiful!

[@simonhanna8941]

Just brilliant - great start to my morning. Thank you

[@katiesullivan969]

Radie is a monster! 3 instruments in 30 minutes

[@shanjiang7105]

this is amazing! so beautiful and so different sound...

[@thomasjw76]

Hat tip to Myles O'Reilly / Arbutus Yarns for making the film "The Psychology of Analogue" that put the blinding brilliance of this music on my radar. Wow.

[@mothratemporalradio517]

is that film on KZbin? Sorry am on phone and don't want to interrupt the listening Please don't miss Radie's rendition of Hares On the Mountain, at the minimum.

[@thomasjw76]

@@mothratemporalradio517 it is! It's on Myles' channel, uploaded 6 months ago. Or you can copy the title from my comment above and search; it's the first match.

[@mothratemporalradio517]

@@thomasjw76 Cheers!

[@michelleudogu9355]

Thanķs a miiĺion 💎

[@markelder6497]

BEAUTIFUL

[@slak96u]

Honestly....where the f... am i... im glad im here

[@monuseons]

I'm in love with Radie Peat

[@beamehta]

Awesome sound, awesome band. So good to hear this!

[@markwhite2207]

If you cast from your phone to the TV using chromecast device I've found you get hardly any adverts...and thats using the free version of KZbin

[@alex0589]

NPR please move the ads on this, they are quietly loud in their disrespect of the culture and content.

[@justahumanbeing.709]

get an ad blocker, you can download them for free.

[@alex0589]

@@justahumanbeing.709 on mobile and for everyone, that was the message, it always was.