LANKUM - Hunting the Wren (Live in Dublin)

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Director: Peadar Gill (Instagram @podurpls)
Sound: John "Spud" Murphy and Ian Chesnutt
Camera operators: Peadar Gill , Evan Byrne
Graphics : Diabhal666
Guest Musicians:
Alex Borwick, John Dermody and Adrian Crowley

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@sky37blue 27 күн бұрын

I'm Scottish and came here through surfing KZfaq for traditional Scottish/Irish music. I am a big fan of this kind of music which transports you. I was listening to Brìghde Chaimbeul before this who enjoys similar types of sounds but on the Scottish smallpipes. Wow, this song is a true masterpiece of the modern age and deserves to be up there with the most famous of Irish songs. Absolutely stunning, powerful and magnificent. Also a dark reminder of the horrors and evils of british colonialism inflicted on so many. Unfortunately for Scotland, the struggle continues.

@slydoll7877 4 жыл бұрын

Can't stop listening but can't hardly bear to hear it.

@emmaplover3228 3 жыл бұрын

same

@FlatlandMando 3 жыл бұрын

Everything I got, hurts. Yet somehow deliciously

@shaunmcintyre8996 2 жыл бұрын

succinct

@artomarto679 2 жыл бұрын

I was there

@gurner69666 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet darkness

@phildoyle8263 4 жыл бұрын

So moving and powerful. The Curragh Wrens. The name for the prostitutes that serviced the army camp on the Curragh. "...she chose the cold open plains o'er the dark workhouse door." Heartbreaking. The wren-o, why is it so derided in Europe? It beat the Eagle to be the king of birds. An ancient story that.

@griffen9795 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting bit of history. Thank you for the new perspective on the song

@roguealien423 4 жыл бұрын

An icy draught from the sacred, dark well of the collective memory. Extraordinary ritual music.

@FlyingPowers 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Well said brother.

@galwaytribesman9289 2 жыл бұрын

The drugs must be good

@roguealien423 2 жыл бұрын

@@galwaytribesman9289 Not so bro' - I can come up with that type of comment in an entirely legal state of mind.

@feefeeder 2 жыл бұрын

@@galwaytribesman9289 EEjit!

@FlatlandMando 2 жыл бұрын

They really are doing something worth doing

@dbrannick9585 3 жыл бұрын

One of the most emotive, profound, masterfully performed pieces of music I have ever heard. Thank you so much for the music you make!

@Deliquescentinsight 4 жыл бұрын

The power of the drone is considerable and transporting

@justahumanbeing.709 3 жыл бұрын

one chord to rule them all!

@Pablosammy1 Жыл бұрын

Just wow. I have tears running down my face. Heart wrenchingly powerful music

@WayneCarolan 4 жыл бұрын

Lyrics : Sharp is the wind Cold is the rain Harsh is the livelong day Upon the wide open plain By Donnelly's hollow Under sod, gorse and furze There lies a young wren oh By the saints she was cursed The wren is a small bird How pretty she sings She bested the eagle When she hid in its wings With sticks and with stones All among the small mounds They come from all over To hunt the wren on the wide open ground They flock round the soldiers In their jackets so red For barrack room favours Pennies and bread The soldier is rough In anger or fun And he causes much bloodshed With his big musket gun They’re birds of the earth The beasts of the field By spite and by fury Are people revealed Attacked in the village Spat on in town They come from all over To hunt the wren on the wide open ground The wren is a small bird Though blamed for much woe Her form is derided Wherever she goes With cold want and whisky She soon is run down Her body paraded On a staff through the town Her head for her ceiling The sod was her floor She chose the cold open plain Cold open plan o'er The dark workhouse door With two broken wings And feathers so brown They come from all over To hunt the wren on the wide open ground

@ellalal3405 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Magic

@FireDrawNear 4 жыл бұрын

Under *sod*, gorse and furze

@WayneCarolan 4 жыл бұрын

Ian Ó Loingsigh Thank you 🙏

@johnnickpappanastos3382 4 жыл бұрын

Was this original or a traditional?

@slydoll7877 4 жыл бұрын

@@johnnickpappanastos3382 The story of hunting the wren in myth and legend is ancient with roots back in Druid tradition. Google The Wren Boys

@BK-cs4gv Жыл бұрын

Listening to this on St. Stephen's day. Can't articulate the emotional impact of this song . If this is the future of folk music I'm in

@Trollificusv2 4 жыл бұрын

Damn. Just found this group (and the awesome Radie Peat!) and was checking out their tunes, and didn't really listen to this one closely, or all the way through. "That was dolorous, wunnit?" And it haunted me. It kept coming back and I finally went back, listened to the lyrics, realized what it was, and now I'm blown away, listening to different versions, over and over. It takes courage and creativity to come up with something so soulful and unique. Damn.

@shaunbannon4223 4 жыл бұрын

The force that is LANKUM

@wabjornson6267 4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on winning Irish Album of the Year.

@klaushollinetz7494 Жыл бұрын

With Lankum C-Major still sounds like doom. Absolutely wonderful.

@blaisemarcc1172 3 жыл бұрын

Well, this wasn't the Wren Song I was looking for, but it is starkly fantastic.

@Bigchurchmusic 4 жыл бұрын

I have added this masterpiece to my Townes Van Zandt playlist, enough said.

@rory-hughes 4 жыл бұрын

a formidable duo

@reddwing4368 4 жыл бұрын

Townie would dig this band fer sure

@margarethess6583 3 жыл бұрын

That’s a badge of honor

@jamesdolan4042 3 жыл бұрын

I happened serendipitously to read an interview in the Irish Times, June 2018 with Radie Peat where she said she was currently listening to the music of Townes Van Zandt.

@babybloc 2 жыл бұрын

Immediately start weeping every time this begins

@chriscocks3670 4 жыл бұрын

I have yet to hear anything more powerful than this

@nedalankelly 4 жыл бұрын

and you probably never will ...this is the best tune i have ever ever heard

@JohnMac2023A.D. 3 жыл бұрын

This powerful as well ,goose bumps kzfaq.info/get/bejne/brKFdtaTrae1kps.html

@theloniuspunk383 3 жыл бұрын

it's melodramatic garbage

@cahillgreg Жыл бұрын

@@theloniuspunk383 Behave!

@Redsince66 Жыл бұрын

@@theloniuspunk383 you know what they say about opinions!

@laurent.674 Жыл бұрын

I came here because I just heard Natalie Merchant's new cover of it. Incredibly powerful and moving. Thank you Natalie for getting me to find this incredible band ... Lankum

@filmstaratease Жыл бұрын

Same here

@nomadnurse1473 Жыл бұрын

Same.

@greatleapforwards 7 ай бұрын

just watched performed this in her encore at the Olympia and it was the ultimate tribute to an incredible song

@surfraptor 7 ай бұрын

She did the song tonight in Amsterdam ... I was blown away and came here to check the orginal. Wow!! Thank you Natalie indeed!!

@tomryan4360 4 жыл бұрын

a paradigm shift!i,ve been playing and singing for the last 60 years and i am glad i lived long enough to enjoy this amazing new musical breakthrough.unique.magical.evolution in action.superb.

@felixmarsh6026 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful. I was going to leave an independent comment about how I’d found this video & song (new to me - the song not the band) & then I found your comment. Hard to follow. Incredible sound. Their version of ‘The Wild Rover’ brought me here. Time stopping music.

@colinlloyd5134 4 жыл бұрын

Extraordinary group of musicians. Transcendent, their music reaches in and plucks your soul.

@luketracey3269 4 жыл бұрын

colin lloyd 🍀

@christianweigl2626 4 жыл бұрын

I had wait 50 years for such a beautiful music ! Thanks

@stanmenshic8993 Жыл бұрын

The most amazing, genuine & engaging band i have heard in many years, both tearful & joyful simultaneously, Kudos

@jackypankhurst7723 4 жыл бұрын

Shivers down my spine...on the night itself and this brings it right back.

@slydoll7877 4 жыл бұрын

I'm just devastated. I've loved folk all my life but I've never heard this and nothing's every affected me like this.

@frinkfronk9198 3 жыл бұрын

this is so good i cut my own ears off so they wouldnt be tarnished by another song

@samuelwilliam5486 3 ай бұрын

I'm not sure if there is a more beautiful song that exists. So powerful.

@craigdickerson1487 4 жыл бұрын

the most inspiring thing i've heard in a decade...truly great stuff...

@coolkevo 4 жыл бұрын

Same same ..

@Glef007 2 жыл бұрын

So raw and real and beautiful. An amazingly comforting meditation in processing pain. A privilege to listen and hear and feel. Thank you, you are amazing musicians and storytellers.

@gerardlee4319 4 жыл бұрын

ORANGE: The amp choice of Druids for centuries......

@gordonbrown4673 3 жыл бұрын

Though you'd find a Marshall Superlead as an outlier every once in a while. ;)

@shaycostello888 3 жыл бұрын

And fleetwood Mac

@samopdrift 4 жыл бұрын

Never heard of this group before, didn't know what to expect... just a few seconds into the song i knew this was pure gold. Man, i cried my eyes out.

@jh7574 4 жыл бұрын

You are not wrong....this goes straight into the soul

@NegativeBodhiImage 4 жыл бұрын

Check out their cut "Òld Man From Over The Sea" - its freaking harrowing.

@Superjohnallianceof1 4 жыл бұрын

Its so bloody good

@lehaine 4 жыл бұрын

When I learnd what this song is about my stomach dropped out of my body and heart ached like no song has ever done to me before.

@soapbox3 4 жыл бұрын

Goosebumps and tears.

@stephendownes1904 3 жыл бұрын

So proud to be Irish right now. Lankum and For Those I Love. Pure raw honesty.

@chrisburks7583 4 жыл бұрын

May God keep us, and favor us I n these times.

@jimneysweep9810 3 жыл бұрын

To think the wretched wicked ones want to rid us of such beauty in life is beyond traumatic. Lankum keep me going in these dark and horrific times . Please something help us all

@fradrake11 3 жыл бұрын

Shamefully just discovered this group today so glad I did. I have chills and the hairs stand on the back of me neck. Wow

@CLTTRAD 4 жыл бұрын

Pure magic, my favorite cut of The Livelong Day

@jacobscanlon9311 6 ай бұрын

This rendition breaks my heart every time. I can’t say for certain the intent behind Lankum’s variation on the Wren, but I suspect their purpose. Regardless, it makes me want to hug every woman I’ve ever met tightly.

@smokabababylon 11 ай бұрын

I will listen to this band for the rest of my life. Go watch them live if you can. Thank you Lankum !

@abushams3336 4 жыл бұрын

In the early eighties I had a tape called "songs of the Irish Travelers " Radie and the rest of the band manage to recreate that feeling of sincerity and tradition , with an added mastery of voice and instruments those oldtimers in their wagons often lacked ..

@slydoll7877 3 жыл бұрын

Can you remember any of the songs or the artists?

@abushams3336 3 жыл бұрын

@@slydoll7877 one in particular I remember , an old lady singing about a crayfish being put in the pisspot and its results , at the end she burst out laughing .. i think the song was just called "the crayfish "

@slydoll7877 3 жыл бұрын

@@abushams3336 Fantastic! I googled Fisherman fisherman standing by the sea have you a crayfish you would sell to me Yes sir yes sir that indeed I do I've a nasty smelly crayfish I will sell to you So I took him home and thought he would like to swim s o I filled up the chamber pot an threw the bugger in In the middle of the night I thought I'd have a fit when my old lade got up to take a shower Well husband husband she cried out to me the devil's in the chamber pot and he's got a hold of me Well children children bring up the looking glass and come and see the crayfish that bit your mother's ear Well children children you mother's had a fit come and see the crayfish that bit your mother's toe well she yelled and she screamed the noise it shook the walls and then to get me back she grabbed me by the beard well she swung and she hit me really cleaned my clock but I never once fell over cause she grabbed me by the collar well the crayfish escaped I thought he had the luck but all this was his fault that nasty little fool Well that's the end my story there is no more to tell and if you don't like it you can go to France.

@kitthearty 3 жыл бұрын

@@slydoll7877 Margaret Barry? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jt2fpNyAq8XIkmg.html

@martynilsson4731 Жыл бұрын

Holy moly, I cant get this chant melody out of my head. A strange female voice, but just beautiful and almost haunting.

@kemry3345 4 жыл бұрын

By this gorgeous piece of art, I believe I can, not only listen but remotely feel , see, touch even taste and smell the great Irish heritage.

@TheLeiferikson 4 жыл бұрын

The Granite Graze, The Young People and What Shall We Do When We Have No Money are worth listening to. And excuse my ignorance but have you heard Luke Kelly

@kemry3345 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheLeiferikson Liam C hi brother in humanity. I didn't listen to them yet, I am open for all authentic local art from all over the globe sure I will listen to Luke. Thank you for taking time and educate me. One world one people one love to delicate art 🌺🌺🌺

@kemry3345 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheLeiferiksontotally admire Ireland heritage and culture, I hope I can visit Dublin someday and enjoy authentic culture. 🌺🌺🌺

@hsamek4946 2 ай бұрын

Wow! What a fantastic piece of music!

@kitthearty 4 жыл бұрын

In the mythical competition to find the bird who could fly highest. The wren hid under the wing of the eagle and when it got to its highest, the wren popped out and flew higher.

@capoeirastronaut 2 жыл бұрын

It was so easy to hear, but hard to find, it got the repute of living underground, & it's latin name is troglodytes troglodytes, cave-dweller. The folk song/ritual The Cutty Wren is the hunting of the wren as king of the underworld & winter on winter solstice, nailing it to a staff, & parading it to ask for alms.

@johnwise7693 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the explanation.

@jackierama Жыл бұрын

Wrens were traditionally hunted on the day after Christmas (St Stephen's Day). Groups in costume (often kids) would go from door to door with dead wrens, and receive money or treats in exchange. However, the song is also referring to a group of homeless women who supported themselves and their children as sex workers near the British Army camp at the Curragh in Kildare.

@darraghsheridan4060 10 ай бұрын

Look up the Wrens of the Curragh

@BlueRockBill 4 жыл бұрын

Can't stop listening to this. My dad was running around Dublin in the 60's, I think he'd really love where the musics going.

@martinmulhall5364 Жыл бұрын

Amazing group and what a voice

@julienmeard8922 4 жыл бұрын

You are the best, your songs are amazing, I hope someday I'll I'll have the chance to see you live when this situation is over. Best wishes from Toulouse, France.

@tropnevadjon 3 жыл бұрын

Spellbinding, truly spellbinding.

@johnbryson1019 4 жыл бұрын

Adore this group. Is there a better singer in the world today than Radie Peat. The guy with the water in the can is cool too.

@jankafka7330 4 жыл бұрын

I love the Shirley Collins/Davey Graham version of "Hares on the Mountain". After having been randomly introduced to Lankum and Radie Peat, I have to say her version of the song competes with my first love as a favorite.

@Cary_Glenn 4 жыл бұрын

So good that words fail me. Hopefully you can tour Canada soon.

@NegativeBodhiImage 4 жыл бұрын

Radie Peat`s voice is haunting.

@emmaford7205 4 жыл бұрын

But yet I can't stop listening to it. Its so mesmerizing

@NegativeBodhiImage 4 жыл бұрын

@@emmaford7205 No foolin.

@fin2725 4 жыл бұрын

Feckin amazing lads. Wishing ye very success in the future. Druidic healers.

@guysingleton9611 4 жыл бұрын

I agree 100% totally killed the building atmosphere

@johnschneider4160 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for keeping the "moodyness" of Celtic music alive.

@robertcope629 4 жыл бұрын

Raddy's voice is unearthly, weird, but utterly amazing. 100 out of 10. Absolutely fantastic sound.

@loquayrocks 4 жыл бұрын

when I was a kid, I would spend my summers in Lahinch and around August, the travellers (gypsies, tinkers) would come into town. Down a back lane towards the prom, the women would sit on rugs, covered by their shawls and surrounded by kids, drinking pint bottles of stout and singing. This is what they sounded like, and she is very very aware of it.

@psyzzlewazzle Жыл бұрын

@@loquayrocks this is my favourite comment. Great image.

@stevenconroy5007 Жыл бұрын

This is a masterpiece

@terencemagee 7 ай бұрын

The sadness and tragedy of life for all of us is there, represented by the small wren bird(tradionally hunted every 26 December in the past though no more). Fantastic song, of course the Irish with their hard history have a deep undetstanding of the wren's lot.

@henkhut3038 Жыл бұрын

Man, what a song, wonderful haunting voices and music. I love what you do, thank you all so much for bringing your music in my life.

@UncleSinner 4 жыл бұрын

So good but wish the audio from the ticket takers wasn’t included. Still gonna watch this a hundred times

@zappafan3473 3 жыл бұрын

@Switch Dolphin how'd that work out :(

@zappafan3473 3 жыл бұрын

@Switch Dolphin it was more of a rhetorical comment, a statement on the shit times we're in. of course, at some point live music will happen again and we've several decades of joy to look forward to from this lot, whether as Lankum or in their individual guises. hope the september date happens.

@citygasbatteryriot964 3 жыл бұрын

they might've had to send a message to inadequate man bouncers to stop being arsholios. When we hosted them in Belfast, there were no bouncers. I did the door. And the heckling was top of the range mid-gig banter mosh.

@keithraney7802 4 жыл бұрын

I love this video so much. I watch it over and over again. Thank you guys so much for this version. I love it!

@elisalouise2678 4 жыл бұрын

Divine !!!!! Voices are fabuloussss musical instruments with you !!!!!

@erics9784 9 ай бұрын

I think I watch this almost once a week. Incredible performance.

@FlukeTog 2 жыл бұрын

Every day in my carving shop I listen. Thank you. Hope for more available albums soon. Would love an album from the recent songs I’ve heard through Myles O’Reilly’s film. Those are beautiful.

@ellalal3405 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely magical

@Saxandco 4 жыл бұрын

Tradition but so much up-to-dateness. So is the life and you express this wonderfully good. Thank you very much.

@Dave_Frain 4 жыл бұрын

Very moving, thanks for being class 🖤

@Kaluzamusic2014 3 жыл бұрын

WOW. Just amazing! Love it! 👏❤️

@Ruminator 6 ай бұрын

This is absolutely beautiful.

@Ruminator 6 ай бұрын

Can't stop listening to this

@gayezimhuycke 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful. Thanks from Toronto.

@ivankarczewski8582 2 жыл бұрын

Mind blowing and so uplifting

@darraghcrehan781 4 жыл бұрын

Unreal. Reminds me of the days of sigur ros. Very epic admins emotional.

@C33P 4 жыл бұрын

I just saw your performance on NPR and was speechless... powerful & beautiful are two words that spring to mind....BL£$$ x

@authoralecgould1737 Жыл бұрын

Powerful! Thank you!

@sionwilliams5411 4 жыл бұрын

you guys are moving me to the bone, keep going!

@joost5027 4 жыл бұрын

You guys are incredible, tears in my eyes!

@TheShepTV 4 жыл бұрын

Fuckin beautiful. Melted my face and soul on the Sunday night. Never been so moved at a gig ❤️ it was embarrassing

@agrarianrevolution1259 4 жыл бұрын

If you like some music with your magic, then this is for you. The wren is a small bird, but it controls a big space.

@markuss.3979 3 жыл бұрын

So beautiful.... amaaazzzzziingg 💓💓💓

@eleonoradini2371 8 ай бұрын

I heard about Lankum last year, thanks to the Italian music magazine Rumore. They became the soundtrack of my life...

@davidmartin7695 4 жыл бұрын

Fecking grand........ goose bumps !

@sechale 4 жыл бұрын

Just gorgeous

@irishwildlifesounds7561 4 ай бұрын

Oh my god - this is one of the most beautiful pieces I have ever heard!

@ArleenEngvall 4 жыл бұрын

Love it!!

@firecatfly 4 жыл бұрын

Magnificent. I will definitely be looking for a high quality vinyl version from this miraculous group of musicians. Bravo and thank you.

@shredder9536 4 жыл бұрын

You vinyl hipster. It sounds better on Spotify

@stephenpatterson8296 2 жыл бұрын

Just such an emotional performance 💚love this

@mikewhittam1341 Жыл бұрын

A great antidote to the Christmas fervour, keep coming back to the song, and its deep compassion.

@thestereoclub6735 4 жыл бұрын

Haunting- yet it made my day. I was completely unaware of the wrens.

@mattimatinheikki4521 4 жыл бұрын

just sounds great!

@tristanmules7995 Жыл бұрын

fantastic vocal mix

@Tj32114 27 күн бұрын

Isso é lindo d+ !!! sou do brasil e me senti conectado com essa música de uma forma incrível, valeu youtube por me apresentar .

@turtlebean6340 4 жыл бұрын

Really beautiful lament for the Ireland we should all inhabit!

@MattMcGinnMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful...

@interbob2000 4 жыл бұрын

Beauuutifully shot

@schnickelbop 4 жыл бұрын

Fifth time watching it already. Unreal.

@Corinabambina 4 жыл бұрын

So far out I was weeping through the whole song in Vicar st. magic, thankyou

@ellalal3405 4 жыл бұрын

Started crying listening to this song too, don’t know why. Magic

@jamesmalone2007 4 жыл бұрын

I saw them last year, their just just exploded at one point, they rolled with it really well

@jankafka7330 4 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmalone2007 Huh?

@roguealien423 4 жыл бұрын

I knew how powerful the magic was, but it wasn't until I read of your response that the tears started flowing.

@Trollificusv2 4 жыл бұрын

@@roguealien423 Have you heard of the Wrens of Curragh?? Check today's Irish times, man. THAT'S when I cried about the song. I'd wanted to but didn't know why.