93 episodes

Fire Draw Near is a monthly podcast and radio show which investigates Irish traditional music and song in all of its myriad forms.

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Fire Draw Near Ian Lynch

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    • 5.0 • 48 Ratings

Fire Draw Near is a monthly podcast and radio show which investigates Irish traditional music and song in all of its myriad forms.

https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

    Santiano

    Santiano

    This episode looks at the ballad Santiano aka Santiana aka Santy Anno aka Santy Anna aka The Plains of Mexico.

    Tracklist

    Henry Lundy and David "Pappie" Pryor – Bay of Mexico
    The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem – Santy Anno
    The Watersons – The Plains of Mexico
    Pusser's Rum ft. Stan Hugill – Santiano
    Meredydd Evans – Santiana
    The Weavers – The Bay of Mexico
    Odetta – Santy Anno
    The Kingston Trio - Santy Anno
    Dave Van Ronk – Santy Anno
    The Men Of The Robert Shaw Chorale – Santy Anna
    A.H. Rasmussen – Chantey interview
    Hugues Aufray – Santiano
    Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire – Aim Spirente
    Sea Shanty Metal – Santiana

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    • 49 min
    FDN LIII

    FDN LIII

    FDN LIII has been a long time coming...Included therein are songs of resistance, songs of magic and songs of being human. Life, Death, Love, Rage, Joy and Suffering. You know the drill. Sit by the Fire Draw Near. Free Palestine. Artwork designed by Palestinian artist Abdal Latif Muhanna and published by the Foreign Information Department of the PLO in 1982. X

    Tracklist

    Zeinab Shaath – The Urgent Call Of Palestine
    Marcel Khalife Oumeima El Khalil – My Teacher
    Palestinian Student Karmel Group – Al Intifada Was Jabal Al Thawra
    Robert Sarazin Blake – Don’t Use Our Death and Pain
    Daniel Kahn, Psoy Korolenko – Oh you Foolish little Zionists
    Rola Azar – Ya Teir Elsnono
    Áit Ait – Henry Martin
    Gazelle Twin & NYX – Fire Leap
    Wailing Sídhe – Corrag
    Derrick Morgan – Three Drunken Night
    Mark Lanegan – The Cherry Tree Carol
    Richard Bégin – Lavrador
    Jack Sheehan & Isa Gordon – My Heart Biological (Loch Erne’s Shore)
    Doyle & Andersson – Baffled Knight
    Leonard Barry – Tom Busby's / The Humours of Ballingary
    Ian Lynch - The Rocks of Palestine

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    • 1 hr 21 min
    Eggs And Marrowbones

    Eggs And Marrowbones

    This episode looks at the song Eggs and Marrowbones aka Marrowbones aka The Old Woman from Wexford aka The Old Woman from Oxford aka The Old Woman from Boston aka The Old Woman of Slapsadam aka An Old Woman’s Story aka The Rich Old Lady aka The Auld Man and the Churnstaff aka Tippig it Up to Nancy. Artwork by Carol Roe - https://youtu.be/laBE2X5tBMw

    Tracklist:

    John Reilly – Tipping it up to Nancy
    Joe Heaney – Old Woman of Wexford
    Red Mick McDermott – Marrowbones
    Sarah Makem – Canny Ould Lad
    Janet Gibson Lynch – The Old Woman from Kelso
    George Inglis Fraser – The Toon O’Kelso
    Jimmy Knight – Marrowbones
    Ken Peacock – Old Woman from Dover
    Helen Fultz – Holy Boly
    Horton Barker – There Was An Old Lady
    Hedy West – Johnny Sands
    Peggy Seeger – Rich Old Lady
    Dorothy Olsen - Marrowbones

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    • 55 min
    FDN LII

    FDN LII

    Episode LII is dedicated to the memory of Shane McGowan. It features some of my favourite Pogues songs as well as tracks by John Francis Flynn, Andy the Doorbum, Dulcidrone, Of the Clay and more.

    Tracklist

    The Pogues – Boys from County Hell
    The Pogues – The Old Main Drag
    Mick Moloney and Frank Harte – Conversation, June 1982
    Pandy Corporation – Polly Vaughan feat. Sive
    Sestri Koushlevi – Da Znaesh, Maicho, Da Znaesh
    Andy the Doorbum – Little Deaths: the dirge of renewal
    Dulcidrone – Winter Bracken
    John Francis Flynn – Kitty
    Of the Clay – Geordie
    The Pogues – A Pair Of Brown Eyes

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    • 58 min
    Bonus Episode - The Maid On The Shore

    Bonus Episode - The Maid On The Shore

    This episode looks at the ballad The Maid on the Shore.

    Tracklist:

    A.L. Lloyd – The Maid on the Shore
    Peggy Seeger – The Fair Maid by the Shore
    Isla Cameron – The Maid on the Shore
    Tom Kines and Jean Price – The Maid on the Shore
    Frankie Armstrsong – The Maid on the Shore
    John Lyons – The Maid on the Shore
    Hedy West and Bill Clifton – The Maid on the Shore
    John Roberts and Tony Barrand – The Maid on the Shore
    John Kirkpatrick – The Maid on the Shore
    Niamh Parsons – The Maid on the Shore
    Eliza Carthy – The Maid on the Shore


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    • 57 min
    FDN LI

    FDN LI

    Episode LI is a spooky Halloween special coming straight from the swamps of Louisiana to steal your soul away. This episode features guest presenter Summer Newman of Holy Locust fame and showcases some of the creepiest traditional tunes and songs, rambling digressions on the calendar custom of Samhain / Halloween in Irish folk and fairy lore as well as some Dungeon Synth and experimental tracks for good measure.

    Tracklist

    Paul Miles and His Red Fox Chasers – Did You Ever See The Devil, Uncle Joe
    The Voice Squad – I Am Stretched On Your Grave
    Mick O’Brien & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh – An Manglam / The Fairy Reel / I Have No Money
    Ruskavellas – Ballad of the Twelve Marys
    Swan Arcade – Go from My Window
    Maire O'Sullivan – The Fairy Lullaby
    Dean Gitter – The Suffolk Miracle
    Mag Doyle – The Banshee (story)
    Micho Russell – The Banshee (reel)
    Dónal Maguire – Willie O
    Sunken Grove – Upon a Hill, Fairy Folk are Gathering
    Len Graham – Sweet William's Ghost
    Rónán Galvin – Taibhse Chonaill
    The Copper Family – Babes in the Wood
    Eddie Noack – Psycho
    Matmos – Zealous Order Of Candied Knights

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    • 1 hr 6 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
48 Ratings

48 Ratings

Kara K. B ,

A love note from Ireland

Thank you for this! The excitement you have for music is contagious.

Niall.Munnelly ,

Probably My Favorite Podcast, These Days

A modern and eclectic exploration of traditional ballads and songs and their migration from Ireland, Scotland and England. Essential listening. The bonus episodes are a great perk if you support the project.

Hipsteresque ,

Incredible listening

I’ve been listening to FDR since 2020 and by now it feels like I took a college elective in traditional song/singing but with pints instead of papers - funny, informative, and covers a lot of history that gets overlooked in the States even as we so often share it. Superb podcast.

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