Fire Draw Near Ian Lynch

This episode looks at the ballad Prince Robert aka Lord Abore and Mary Flynn aka Harry Saunders.

Tracklist:

Frank Feeney – Lord O’Bore and Mary Flynn
Jim Kelly – Lord Abore and Mary Flynn
Al O’Donnell – Lord Abore and Mary Flynn
Ewan MacLennan – Prince Robert
Peggy Seeger – Harry Saunders

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Artwork by Anthony Van Dyck c.1630

Episode XLIII features songs of war, songs of love, songs of death, songs of the siren and songs of the Devil.

Tracklist:

Michael Gallagher – The Plains of Boyle / The Leitrim Fancy
Brìghde Chaimbeul - Carry Them With Us - Tha Fonn Gun Bhi Trom (I Am Disposed of Mirth)
Zeitkratzer, Svetlana Spajić, Dragana Tomić and Obrad Milić
- The Battle at Mackov Kamen
Maria W. Horn & Sara Parkman – Till Margaretha
Isa Gordon – Love is Teasing
Paddy Shine – Another Song To The Siren
Mohammad Mostafa Heydarian – Bayeh Bayeh Suite (Narrative to Seyed Arash Shahriari)
Nathan Salsburg – X
The Mary Wallopers – The Night the Guards Raided Oweny's
Blood on Satan’s Claw OST – Main Theme
Tommy Reck – The Kilfrush / the Trip to Durrow

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This is an audio recording of a lecture / performance I gave in the Shriver Hall Auditorium, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore on the 6th of October 2022.

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Fire Draw Near Episode XLII is a moody frontline assemblage of traditional folk adjacent magic with new tracks from Jonny Dillon, A Clatter and Drone, Áit Ait, Cormorant Tree Oh and Eliza Carthy, recently discovered tracks from M(h)aol and Perinne Bourel as well as old time classics from John Griffin (the 5th Avenue Bus Man), Stefan Shkimba & Co., Cyril Biddick, the Young Tradition as well as none other than the legendary J.R. R. Tolkien.

Tracklist:

Perinne Bourel – Rigodon du Château d'Ancelle
A Clatter and Drone - The Day That Broke Winter
Jonny Dillon – Rose Gardens & Requiems
Áit Ait – Miss Brown
Mhaol – Oró Sé Do Bheatha Bhaile
J. R. R. Tolkien – Sam's Rhyme of the Troll
Cyril Biddick – Old Daddy Fox
The Young Tradition – Daddy Fox
John Griffin – The Real Old Mountain Dew
Stefan Shkimba & Co. – LemkoWedding pt 11
The Kossoy Sisters – Down in a Willow Garden
Cormorant Tree Oh – All Of It
Eliza Carthy & The Restitution – Whirly Whorl
Jonny Dillon – The Corridor Of The Heart

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This episode looks at the ballad Sailor Boy aka All Around My Hat aka London City aka the Brisk Young Sailor aka the Brisk Young Farmer aka the Brisk Young Miner aka A Bold Fisherman Courted Me aka the Student boy aka the Maid’s Tragedy aka Maid’s Complaint aka the Distressed Maid aka the Unfortunate Swain aka There is an Alehouse aka I Know My Love aka Apron Strings aka the Irish Boy aka Lullaby aka Knutsford Town aka in Woodstock Town aka the Effects of Love

Tracklist

Joseph Taylor – Go Dig My Grave
Jasper Smith – Died for Love
A.L. Lloyd – Died for Love
Rachel Unthanks and the Winterset - I Wish I wish
Isla Cameron – Died for Love
Elizabeth Cronin – The Alehouse
Pops Johnny Connors – There is an Alehouse
The Dubliners – I Know my Love
Sarah Makem – The Butcher Boy
Almeda Riddle – The Butcher Boy
Elvis Costello – The Butcher Boy
Dillard Chandler – I Wish my Baby was Born
Love Has Brought Me to Despair – Berzilla Wallin
Jean Ritchie – Go Dig my Grave
Susanna – Go Dig my Grave

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This episode looks at North American versions of the ballad Bonny Barbara Allen aka The Ballet of Barbara Allen aka Barbara Allen's Cruelty aka Barbarous Ellen aka Edelin aka Hard Hearted Barbary Ellen aka The Sad Ballet Of Little Johnnie Green aka Sir John Graham aka Barbry Allen.

Tracklist:

Norman Candler – Barbara Allen
Almeda Riddle – Barbara Allen
Texas Gladden – Barbara Allen
Banjo Bill Comet – Barbara Allen
Jean Ritchie – Barbara Allen
Royal Dadmun – Barbara Allen
Eddie Arnold – Barbara Allen
The Everly Brothers – Barbara Allen
A Christmas Carol – Barbara Allen
Frank Luther – Barbara Allen
The Hillmen – Barbara Allen
Roscoe Holcomb – Barbara Allen Blues
Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones – Barbara Allen
The Handsome Family – Barbara Allen
Balanced Voices – Barbara Allen
UTSA Wind Ensemble – Barbara Allen
Norman Candler – Barbara Allen

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