Ven_ture // Lankum

Thursday 7 February | Déardaoin 7 Feabhra
An Croí, Cultúrlann Ui Chanáin
Doors/ Doirse: 19:30 | Start/ Am tosaithe: 20:00
₤12

Box player David Munnelly grew up playing traditional music, driven from a young age by an innate musical curiosity and rapidly acquired fluency. Munnelly began pushing his chosen instrument further than most to discover what it could do. His sound is unmistakably his, but with a deep respect for many other masters, from John J. Kimmel to Máirtín O Connor and Riccardo Tesi.
He is also an obsessive collaborator, with at least three other projects on the go at any time. One of these is the trio Ven_ture (with Anne Brennan, vocals and Joseph McNulty, violin), started after a conversation about working on some new arrangements and ideas for the voice and simple and unconventional accompaniment.

Lankum is a four-piece group from Dublin, comprising brothers Ian Lynch (uillean pipes, tin whistle, vocals); Daragh Lynch (vocals, guitar); Cormac Mac Diarmada (fiddle) and Radie Peat (harmonium, accordion, vocals). Lankum channel a diverse set of influences and histories to create a beautifully rare thing: a songbook from and for the people. With a natural alchemical ability to combine traditional folk roots with contemporary undercurrents, they forge a style that is dark, mysterious, transcendental even.
Lankum is a group of individuals united by a collective mentality, whose close vocal harmonies, instrumental interplay and dramatic storytelling keep you rivetted and revive your spirit. They show that folk music can be angry, progressive and is still a vital force today.
‘They mark a turning point in folk… that authentic voice of the streets is back in a big way.’
Mark Radcliffe