Lynched UK tour 2015

Subject: Lynched (traditional folk from Dublin)UK tour 2015
From: False Lankum
Date: 07 Nov 15 - 12:03 PM

Hi all,

Hope it is ok to post this here - Traditional folk band from Dublin, Lynched, are touring the UK from the 16th November with the following dates. I personally made great use of this website when compiling the notes for the band's CD 'Cold Old Fire' and I reckon some of you here might be interested in them.

Mon 16 Nov – MENAI BRIDGE, The Vic
Tue 17 Nov – FAREHAM, Ashcroft Arts Centre
Wed 18 Nov – BASINGSTOKE, The Anvil
Thur 19 Nov – DEAL, The Lighthouse
Fri 20 Nov – LONDON, Kings Place
Sun 22 Nov – SWANAGE, The Square & Compass
Tue 24 Nov – TAVISTOCK, The Wharf
Wed 25 Nov – FALMOUTH, The Tolemen Centre
Thur 26 Nov – BRISTOL, St George's
Fri 27 Nov – BURY, The Met
Sat 28 Nov – LEEDS, Heart Arts Centre
Sun 29 Nov – EDINBURGH, 42/43 Royal Park Terrace, House Concert.


http://lynchedmusic.com/

All the best,

Ian

Subject: RE: Lynched UK tour 2015
From: wysiwyg
Date: 07 Nov 15 - 04:26 PM

Can you tell me more about your band's name? It has awful associations in the US.

~Susan

Subject: RE: Lynched UK tour 2015
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Nov 15 - 05:47 PM

Indeed, I was greatly relieved.

Subject: RE: Lynched UK tour 2015
From: False Lankum
Date: 07 Nov 15 - 07:33 PM

Hi Sarah,

Me and my brother, the two founding members of the band, are Lynches - hence the name. Here in Ireland the term does not have the same connotations as it does in the US.

Best regards,

Ian

Subject: RE: Lynched UK tour 2015
From: GUEST,Geoff Lakeman
Date: 08 Nov 15 - 02:57 AM

Hi Ian -Been hearing great things about you all from our Irish " family" - I'm off to Tavistock Wharf tonight to see my daughter-in-law Cara Dillon and my son Sam who I believe you know.Looking forward to seeing /hearing you at the Wharf soon..I'll try and bring Seth if he is not touring or recording ( I'm pretty sure he's around and he lives nearby.Let the music keep your spirits high"

Subject: RE: Lynched UK tour 2015
From: MartinRyan
Date: 08 Nov 15 - 04:45 AM

Heard them at the recent Frank Harte Festival in Dublin. Recommended!

Regards

Subject: RE: Lynched UK tour 2015
From: MartinRyan
Date: 08 Nov 15 - 04:52 AM

P.S. "Lynched"? What would Dubs (like me) know about that - it's a Galway thing!
;>)>

Regards

Subject: RE: Lynched UK tour 2015
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 08 Nov 15 - 11:21 PM

So why don't you call your band 'The Lynches'?

Subject: RE: Lynched UK tour 2015
From: GUEST,😇
Date: 08 Nov 15 - 11:51 PM

Leenia, if you want to take musicians to task over their choice of band name,
you'll find far worse to take offence at here .

Subject: RE: Lynched UK tour 2015
From: GUEST,matt milton
Date: 09 Nov 15 - 03:35 AM

Probably not the place for this discussion, but even if the choice of the name Lynched had been a deliberate decision to refer to specific horrific crimes (eg the hanging of black people in the US), finding the name objectionable is surely tantamount to saying "I don't like to be reminded that bad things happen". A reference to a horrific thing is not the same as an endorsement of that horrific thing; it could be said to be a gesture of solidarity towards the victims of that horrific thing.

Subject: RE: Lynched UK tour 2015
From: Fergie
Date: 09 Nov 15 - 06:15 AM

Lynched are mighty. I've seen and heard them collectively and individually a number of times and I could not recommend them highly enough. They have grabbed traditional singing by the scruff of the neck and given it a good shake. They are the new voice of Irish traditional singing. Go see them. You will not be disappointed. And concerning their name and the connotations it has for some across the big pond;`be assured that not one of the four members of Lynched have a racist bone in their body.

Fergus

Subject: RE: Lynched UK tour 2015
From: MoorleyMan
Date: 09 Nov 15 - 06:52 AM

Hear hear, Fergie.
Lynched are indeed the mightiest new Irish band to come our way in a long while. Let's not get sidetracked in discussions about the band name - it's the music that counts, surely. Go see 'em!!

Subject: RE: Lynched UK tour 2015
From: GUEST,😇
Date: 09 Nov 15 - 08:47 AM

How much should we worry about the interfering comments of a couple of crotchety biddy bodies from the US of A ???

Next they'll be insisting the Beatles condoned child and wife beating,
and the brutal punishment of slaves by their wicked masters.

The Rolling Stones were insensitive to the victims of earthquakes and landslides.

The Who mock the World Health Organization and the plight of all those poor souls blighted by ebola.

Van Morrison has a cruel disregard for shop workers being made jobless by the closure of Morrisons supermarkets.


Choose your band or stage name carefully to avoid upset and outrage !!!

Subject: RE: Lynched UK tour 2015
From: False Lankum
Date: 09 Nov 15 - 11:19 AM

Thanks everyone for the kind words - and hope to meet you in Tavistock Geoff!

As for the name - it is simply a pun on our family name (to be understood as [We are the] Lynched) that we always intended to express solidarity with the persecuted, oppressed and the marginalised the world over. High falutin' stuff to some perhaps, but we have all been active in various anti-racist campaigns here in Dublin for a long time.

We have been playing under the name for about 13 years now and have had many different discussions with many different people of many different ethnic and national backgrounds. We choose to keep it because it often brings up discussions such as this where we can clearly state how we stand on such matters!

All the best,

Ian

Subject: RE: Lynched UK tour 2015
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 09 Nov 15 - 09:16 PM

I have heard differing reviews from people I whose judgement I respect and so am at a loss as to the band's musical merit.

Is there anywhere I can have a listen?

Subject: RE: Lynched UK tour 2015
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 10 Nov 15 - 06:00 AM

Here's an opportunity;

Friday 20 November 11pm BBC Radio 3 World on 3
Studio session recorded with Lynched.

Should be available later as a clip on World on 3 website.

Subject: RE: Lynched UK tour 2015
From: GUEST,matt milton
Date: 10 Nov 15 - 06:07 AM

Yeah, their album's on bandcamp:

https://lynchedfolkmiscreants.bandcamp.com/album/cold-old-fire

Subject: RE: Lynched UK tour 2015
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 10 Nov 15 - 02:40 PM

The studio session sounds to be a good place to start - thanks.

Subject: RE: Lynched UK tour 2015
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 12 Nov 15 - 05:41 AM

BBC TV Later… with Jools Holland
Lynched perform Father Had A Knife and Salonika
Release date: 13 October 2015 - only 12 hours left to watch!

BBC Radio 2 The Folk Show
This week, hotly-tipped Dublin band Lynched play live in the studio.
Release date: 11 November 2015 - 29 days left to listen

Subject: RE: Lynched UK tour 2015
From: Thompson
Date: 01 May 16 - 08:10 PM

Lynched in Ireland relates to judicial killing without justice. (Not that I'd think there was ever any justice in judicial killing, but let it go, let it go…)

The verb 'to lynch' is said to come from a mayor of Galway in 1493 called James Lynch FitzStephen, whose 21-year-old son Walter killed Lynch's Spanish foster son in a moment of jealous rage when he fancied the Spanish lad was getting too lovey with his own intended wife.

As chief magistrate, James condemned his son to death. Walter was popular, and the people of Galway mobbed the jail trying to free him. Since no one else would hang his son, James did so himself. The house where it happened is still pointed out in Galway.

While the term as used in America for murder used in the interracial terrorisation of black citizens is familiar to Irish people, it's not the main reference here, as it would be in the US.

Subject: RE: Lynched UK tour 2015
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 02 May 16 - 08:04 AM

Lynched can currently be seen performing (albeit only one track) on the BBC folk awards highlights programme being shown on the BBC red button channel 601. Until Friday 6th May, apparently (and today it seems to be going round continuously).

Kitty