Recorded by Danny Diamond in the Irish Traditional Music Archive, 73 Merrion Square, Dublin, on 2 August 2013;
Mixed and mastered by James Eager;
Illustration, sleeve design and layout by Glyn Smyth at Stag and Serpent

Musicians

Cormac Mac Diarmada: vocals, fiddle, banjo;
Radie Peat: vocals, concertina, wonkertina, bayan, whistle;
Ian Lynch: vocals, uilleann pipes, whistle;
Daragh Lynch: vocals, guitar;
Daire Garvin: snare drum

Tracks

1. Henry My Son (Roud 10; Child 12; G/D 2:209; Henry H814) (6.26)
2. Daffodil Mulligan (3.12)
3. Drinking Song from the Tomb (4.03)
4. Father Had a Knife (Roud 850) (1.20)
5. Salonika (Roud 10513) (4.39)
6. What Put the Blood? (Roud 200; Child 13; TYG 35) (6.02)
7. The Old Man from Over the Sea (Roud 362; G/D 4:815) (7.53)
8. The Tri-Coloured House (Roud 12; Child 2; G/D 2:329) (9.03)
9. Lullaby (5.31)
10. Cold Days of February (8.25)
11. Cold Old Fire (4.26)
12. Love Is Kind (10.44)

All tracks trad. arr. Lynched except
Track 2 Harry Donovan;
Track 3 words H.P. Lovecraft;
Track 9 Lynched;
Track 10 Robin Williamson;
Track 11 Clan Lawless and Lynched;

Produced by Lankum, John ‘Spud’ Murphy andJulie McLarnon;
Recorded onto 2" tape by Julie McLarnon at Analogue Catalogue Studio, Co Down, in December 2016;
Track 7 recorded by John ‘Spud’ Murphy at Guerilla Studios, Dublin, in June 2017;
Mixed by Lankum and John ‘Spud’ Murphy at Guerilla Studios, Dublin, in June 2017;
Mastered by Harvey Birrell at Southern Studios, London, in June 2017;
Illustration, design and layout by Glyn Smith at Stag & Serpent, Belfast

Musicians

Cormac Mac Diarmada: vocals, fiddle, banjo;
Radie Peat: vocals, concertinas, harmonium, bayan, piano, harp;
Ian Lynch: vocals, uilleann pipes, English concertina;
Daragh Lynch: vocals, guitar, piano

with
Daire Garvin: snare drum;
John Flynn: slide whistle;
Alex Borwick: trombone, banjo;
Lugh Dias Santiago Ó Loiosigh: percussion

Tracks

1. What Will We Do When We Have No Money? (Roud 16879) (5.49)
2. Sergeant William Bailey (5.23)
3. Peat Bog Soldiers (2.53)
4. The Townie Polka (6.59)
5. Bad Luck to the Rolling Water (5.18)
6. Déanta in Éireann (8.14)
7. The Granite Gaze (5.35)
8. The Turkish Reveille (Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37) (11.45)
9. Willow Garden (Roud 1478) (4.53)

All tracks trad. arr. Lynched except
Track 2 Peadar Kearney;
Track 3 Johann Esser, Wolfgang Langhoff;
Tracks 5-7 composed by Lankum

Recorded and produced by John ‘Spud’ Murphy and Lankum in the Meadow and Guerilla Sound Studio in March and May 2019;
Mixed in the Guerilla Sound Studio in May and June 2019;
Additional help from Robert ‘Scanny’ Watson;
Mastered by Harvey Birrell in June 2019;
Creative direction and photography by Ellius Grace;
Styling by Lily Conyngham;
Design by Michael Speed

Musicians

Ian Lynch: vocals, uilleann pipes, English concertina, tin whistle, percussion;
Daragh Lynch: vocals, guitar, bowed guitar, percussion, piano;
Radie Peat: vocals, bayan, concertina, harmonium, hammond organ, piano, wurlitzer, harp, mellotron;
Cormac Mac Diarmada: vocals, fiddle, viola, bowed banjom double bass, vibraphone, piano, percussion;
John ‘Spud’ Murphy: metaphysical counselling;
Alex Borwick: trombone;
Adrian Crowley: mellotrone;
Katie Kim: vocals

Tracks

The Livelong Day CD

1. The Wild Rover (Roud 1173; G/D 7:1480) (10.14)
2. The Young People (7.02)
3. Ode to Lullaby (4.51)
4. Bear Creek (5.31)
5. Katie Cruel (Roud 1645; G/D 4:725) (9.17)
6. The Dark-Eyed Gypsy (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (7.38)
7. The Pride of Petravore (Roud 34408) (4.56)
8. Hunting the Wren (7.11)

The Wild Rover single

1. The Wild Rover (Roud 1173; G/D 7:1480) (10.14)
2. The Wild Rover (Roud 1173; G/D 7:1480) (Edit) (4.44)

All tracks trad. except
Track 7 Percy French;
Track 8 Ian Lynch

Video

Produced by John ‘Spud’ Murphy and Lankum;
Recorded by John ‘Spud’ Murphy in Hellfire Studio, Dublin, in 2021-2022;
Mixed by John ‘Spud’ Murphy in Guerilla Sound Studio, Dublin;
Mastered by Harvey Birrell;
Cover photography by Steve Gullick;
Cover illustration by Gostav Doré;
Design and layout by Alison Fielding.

Folk Radio UK album review by Thomas Blake

Musicians

Radie Peat: vocals, harmonium, concertina, bayan, harp, Hammond organ, percussion;
Cormac Mac Diarmada: vocals, fiddle, viola, hammered dulcimer, banjo, bowed banjo, guitar, piano, bowed piano, pump organ, percussion;
Daragh Lynch: vocals, guitar, bowed guitar, piano, hammered dulcimer, organ;
Ian Lynch: vocals, uilleann pipes, concertina, hurdy-gurdy, piano, hammered dulcimer, tapeloops, Tascam Portastudio 424 MHII, noise

with
John ‘Spud’ Murphy: sobsonics, vocals, samples;
John Dermody: percussion;
Cormac Begley: bass concertina;
Sadhbh Peat: concertina;
Andy Fenstermaker: vocals;
Iona Zajac: vocals;
Ruth Clinton: theremin

Tracks

1. Go Dig My Grave (Roud 409; Laws P24) (8.38)
2. Clear Away in the Morning (7.00)
3. Fugue I (1.06)
4. Master Crowley’s (5.45)
5. Newcastle (Roud 8086) (5.43)
6. Fugue II (0.59)
7. Netta Perseus (4.40)
8. The New York Trader (Roud 478; Laws K22; G/D 2:191) (7.40)
9. Lord Abore and Mary Flynn (Roud 55; Child 87) (8.38)
10. Fugue III (2.05)
11. On a Monday Morning (5.12)
12. The Turn (12.58)

Tracks 1, 5, 8-9 trad.;
Track 2 Gordon Bok;
Tracks 6, 12 Daragh Lynch;
Track 11 Cyril Tawney

Video

Lankum perform Go Dig My Grave, video by Peadar Gill:

Produced by John ‘Spud’ Murphy and Lankum;
Recorded at Vicar Street, Dublin, on 31 May 2023;
Recorded by Cian Archie McLoughlin, Frankie J Pollard and John ‘Spud’ Murphy;
Mixed and edited by John ‘Spud’ Murphy;
Mastered by Harvey Birrell;
Artwork by Aisling Redmond

Musicians

Radie Peat: vocals;
Cormac Mac Diarmada: vocals, fiddle;
Daragh Lynch: vocals, guitar;
Ian Lynch: vocals, uilleann pipes, concertina;
John Dermody: drums;
Rachel Hynes: piano;

Tracks

LP Side 1

1. The Wild Rover (Roud 1173; G/D 7:1480)
2. The Rocky Road to Dublin (Roud 3012; Henry H44) (4.16)
3. The Pride of Petravore (Roud 34408)

LP Side 2

4. Go Dig My Grave (Roud 409; Laws P24)
5. Fugue
6. Bear Creek

2024 Download Album

1. The Wild Rover (Roud 1173; G/D 7:1480) (11.07)
2. The Young People (6.43)
3. The Rocky Road to Dublin (Roud 3012; Henry H44) (4.16)
4. The Pride of Petravore (Roud 34408) (7.16)
5. On a Monday Morning (7.00)
6. Go Dig My Grave (Roud 409; Laws P24) (11.51)
7. Hunting the Wren (6.43)
8. Fugue (3.02)
9. Bear Creek (7.27)

All tracks trad. except
Track 4 Percy French;
Track 5 Cyril Tawney;
Track 7 Ian Lynch

Audio

Lankum perform The Rocky Road to Dublin: