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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Episode LVIII is a spotlight on the Appalachian region of the USA, based around an interview with the one and only Andy the Doorbum and focusing on the relief work that he is currently carrying out there. If you would like to support him in his efforts you can do so here - https://campsite.bio/andythedoorbum The episode also features an unreleased track from Andy, namely Young Emily / Edmund in the Lowlands Low
Tracklist
Andy the Doorbum - Young Emily / Edmund in the Lowlands Low
Maggie Hammons - When this World Comes to an End
Michael and Carrie Cline - Bangum and the Wild Boar
Margaret Winter - Cockle Shells and Silver Bells Riddle Song
Harold and Margaret Winter - Loving Henry
Hazel Dickens - Black Lung
Sarah Ogan Gunning - Dreadful Memories
John Snipes - Going Where I've Never Been Before
Cherokee Singers - One Drop of Blood (Trail of Tears Song #2)
Frank Proffitt - Tom Dooley
Frank Proffitt - I'm Going Back to North Carolina
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FDN LVII
Episode LVII is a grim Halloween special featuring some creepy favourites! Artwork is a German painting of the Danse Macabre, creator unknown.
Tracklist
John Carpenter – Tommy Tells Of Ghost Ships
Richard Dawson – Ghost of a Tree
Paddy Glackin and Robbie Hannan – The Young Tom Ennis / The Maid at the Well
John Goodluck – The Lover’s Ghost
Pentangle – The Cruel Sister
Harry Bradley and Michael Clarkson – The Geese in the Bog / The Jig of the Dead
Roky Erickson – I Walked with a Zombie
Dimlaia – Goodnight Sweet Ghost
Eddie Butcher – Saturday Night is Halloween Night
Shane McGowan and Sinéad O’Connor – Haunted
The Kipper Family – All on the Shore
Blood Axis & In Gowan Ring – Dead Men’s Slip-Jig
Tom Lehrer – The Irish Ballad
Jeannie Robertson – The Dublin Murder Ballad
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Fair Margaret And Sweet William
This episode looks at the ballad Fair Margaret And Sweet William aka Lady Margaret And Sweet William aka Sweet William and Fair Margaret aka Knight William aka Lady Margaret aka Little Margaret aka The Old Armchair
Tracklist
Tom Munnelly – Talking about Knight William
Martin Howley – Knight William
AL Lloyd – Fair Margaret And Sweet William
The Hare and the Moon – Sweet William and Fair Margaret
Justus Begley – Lady Margaret
Emma Shelton – Fair Margaret and Sweet William
Almeda Riddle – Lady Margaret
Sheila Kay Adams – Little Margaret
Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi – Little Margaret
Amps for Christ – Sweet William and Lady Margaret
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“Margaret’s Ghost” by Gwen Raverat, 1909
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FDN LVI
Fire Draw Near Episode LVI turns a focussed ear to the liminal weirdos at the very fringes of traditional and folk music. And Nioclás Tóibín. Pictured are the Belgian duo Tabernis, who open the episode.
Tracklist
Tabernis – Carmen Reginarum
Róis – Caoine
Charanjit Singh – Raga Bhairav
Isa Gordon – What a Voice
Seamas Hyland – Navan Road
Nioclás Tóibín – Eochaill
The Deadlians – Return to Fingal / Lord Mayo
Dawn Ray'd – Requital
Córas – George White’s
Ancient Hostility – Immigration Van
Greet – John Barleycorn
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The Suffolk Miracle
This episode looks at the ballad the Suffolk Miracle aka the Holland Handkerchief aka the Lover's Ghost.
Tracklist
Nora Cleary – The Holland Handkerchief
Packie Manus Byrne – The Holland Handkerchief
Austin Flanagan – The Holland Handkerchief
Michael McGonigle – The Holland Handkerchief
John Goodluck – The Suffolk Miracle
Chris Foster – The Holland Handkerchief
Rósa Ingólfsdóttir – Djákninn á Myrká
John W. Green – The Suffolk Miracle
Mrs. G. A. Griffin – The Suffolk Miracle
Dol Small – The Suffolk Miracle
Peggy Seeger – The Suffolk Miracle
Dean Gitter – The Suffolk Miracle
Doctor Evazan – The Suffolk Miracle
Quadriga Consort – The Suffolk Miracle
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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
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