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01. Landless - The Newry Highwayman
02. Landless - Blackwaterside
03. Landless - Lúireach Bhríde
04. Landless - The Fisherman's Wife
05. Landless - The Grey Selkie of Sule Skerry
06. Landless - Death & the Lady
07. Landless - The Hag
08. Landless - My Lagan Love
09. Landless - The Wounded Hussar
10. Landless - Ej Husari
ARTIST
TITLE
Luireach
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
GB 157CD GB 157CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
7/19/2024

Folk music emerging from Dublin seems to be everywhere at the moment -- demonstrated most clearly by Lankum gaining a host of "Album of the Year" nods at the end of 2023 -- but it would be a mistake to call this a movement, much less any kind of revival. While Lankum, John Francis Flynn, Ye Vagabonds, Lisa O'Neill et al might be new to a lot of audiences, these artists have been exploring and expanding what folk music can be for years, decades even. And this is just as true of Landless, the quartet who've been singing together since 2013, finding each other through the traditional singing scene in the city and, crucially, the Sacred Harp singing community. Working once again with John "Spud" Murphy (the Lankum producer and ØXN member), Lúireach sees the quartet adding sparingly-used instrumentation -- Ruth's aching pump organ on "Death & The Lady," Méabh's shruti box on "Ej Husari," Lankum's Cormac MacDiarmada on fiddle, viola and banjo throughout, even some mournful trombone from Alex Borwick on "The Newry Highwayman." The songs for the album were gathered over a number of years, Ruth explains, and while the melody and lyrics are paramount, there is a common theme for many of the inclusions. Lúireach is an album of quiet power, soaked in tradition but finding new and exciting ways to present these remarkable songs, songs that are full of melancholy, love, death and mystery. Lúireach rewards your close attention.