Listen to Lankum’s “Freak Zone Playlist” 

Ian Lynch of Mercury-nominated Irish folk group Lankum picks a playlist of favourite acts.

Ian Lynch of Mercury-nominated Irish folk group Lankum picks a playlist of favourite acts from the Supersonic Festival.

Lankum play the Birmingham based experimental music festival in September and are the first of four acts from this years line-up to curate a special playlist for us.

Lankum formed in Dublin twenty years ago. Their fourth album False Lankum was released in March 2023 and has been nominated for this year’s Mercury Prize

Source: Freak Zone Playlist – Lankum – BBC Sounds

Lankum’s Ian Lynch boards the Mystery Train

On a highly entertaining edition of the Mystery Train Sunday Service on RTÉ lyric fm, John Kelly was joined by Ian Lynch of Lankum for a chat and some of his favourite tunes – listen above…

The musician, folk song collector and folklore lecturer explains the epenthetic vowel and a mondegreen, and picks music by Shannon and the Clams, Portishead and Iron Maiden.

Listen to this GREAT show at: Lankum’s Ian Lynch boards the Mystery Train