Landless at Carlisle Memorial Church

Fri, 01 May, 2026 at 08:00 pm UTC+01:00

Carlisle Memorial Church | Belfast

The Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival
Publisher/HostThe Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival
Landless at Carlisle Memorial Church
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The soaring arches and resonant acoustics of Carlisle Memorial Church create an atmosphere perfectly suited to unaccompanied song. It is an ideal setting to experience the powerful four-part singing of Landless.
Landless — Ruth Clinton, Meabh Meir, Sinéad Lynch and Lily Power — perform unaccompanied traditional songs from Irish, Scottish, English and American traditions. Singing in close harmony, their repertoire spans songs of love, death and lamentation, alongside work songs, shape-note hymns and contemporary folk compositions.
Deeply embedded in the traditional singing communities of Dublin and Belfast, Landless have performed widely in Ireland and internationally, earning a reputation for intense, immersive live performances.
Their second album, Lúireach (2024), produced once again by John ‘Spud’ Murphy (Lankum/Katie Kim), has received widespread critical acclaim. The record features their signature unaccompanied singing alongside subtle, carefully placed instrumentation. Their debut album, Bleaching Bones, was released in March 2018.
Press for Lúireach
“Four female singers whose voices seem to rise from the sacra of their spines… Long-term Celtic music fans should flock to them — they’re a deliciously doomier Clannad.” — The Guardian (Folk Album of the Month *****)
“Instrumentals are sparse… The focus is on the band’s extraordinary voices, placed front and centre, weaving together to create a shapeshifting whole.” — The Quietus
“On their second LP they come across like Macbeth’s Weird Sisters crashing a Sandy Denny séance… Unearthly.” — MOJO (****)
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Carlisle Memorial Church, 31 Carlisle Circus,Belfast, United Kingdom

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