The Latest Breaking News from Lankum

Fontaines D.C. expand their summer tour plans with a second show in Ireland

Guinness announces Lovely Days Live, a festival weekender featuring "Ireland’s hottest musical talent alongside global sensations"

Barclays will no longer be sponsoring Download, Isle Of Wight or Latitude festivals following escalating protests and cancellations by musicians and comedians. Louder looks at how this discourse has dominated summer 2024 in the UK

77 British and Irish songwriters and composers make up this year's nominees, announced tonight at London's Groucho Club

The world lost three great Irish musicians in 2023: Shane MacGowan, Sinéad O’Connor and Christy Dignam. While their music reflected their individual struggles and resilience, it also grappled with the evolving essence of Irish identity. Their work stands as a reminder of Ireland’s complex history.

The Dublin doom-folk favourites crown a momentous year with a magnificent assault on the senses and a set rich in hypnotic tales of woe

The Irish folk singer and multi-instrumentalist on her favourite tattoo artist, the TV show she watches with her children and a pagan one-man show

Lankum, the Mary Wallopers, Lisa O’Neill and John Francis Flynn recall their encounters with late Pogues singer – and explain how his music got to the heart of Irish identity

Featuring grisly trad tales, striking vocals, two members of Lankum and shades of PJ Harvey, this is a compelling record from Claddagh’s first signing for nearly two decades