Ian please allow only your mood and heart for the creation of your podcasts! They are exquisite!

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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Prince Robert

This episode looks at the ballad Willie O’Winsbury aka Lord Thomas of Winsbury aka Johnnie Barbour aka the Rich Shipowner’s Daughter aka Tom the Barber aka John Barlow from the Isle of Man aka O Will You Marry My Daughter Janet aka Fair Mary aka What Aileth Thee

Tracklist:

Sweeney’s Men – Willie O’Winsbury
Joe McCafferty – John Barbour
Robert Cinnamond – There was a Lady Lived in the West
Fran MacPhail – John Barber
Mary McGrath – Johnny Barden
Sally Connors – Johnny Barnes
Anita Best and Pamela Morgan – John Barbour
Peggy Seeger – John Barbour
Betsy and Bryce Whyte – Willie O’Winsbury
Pentangle – Willie O’Winsbury
Paul Giovanni and Magnet – Procession

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Bonus Episode - Willie O'Winsbury

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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The 'Child Ballad' in Ireland - Johns Hopkins University 06/10/2022

Fire Draw Near Episode XLI features 4 tracks called Trip to Ireland,  3 tracks with piping, 2 tracks called Foggy Mountain Breakdown, 1 track with dirty bits and loads more - such as Earl Scruggs playing banjo alongside a moog, Paddy Glackin playing fiddle alongside a synth, some madser playing techno alongside a fiddle tune and a load of Scottish women singing along to the beating of cloth.

Tracklist:

Liam O’Flynn – The Piper of the Embers / The Sixpenny Money
The Croppy Boy – Anne Byrne
Pierre Bensusan – Le Voyage Pour l’Irlande
John McSherry and Michael McGoldrick – The Trip to Ireland
Pádraigín Ní Úallacháin and Garry Ó Briain – Suamhailcí Samhailcí / Trip to Ireland
Fíona Ní Churraoin, Caitlín Ní Chualáin - Gugalaí Gug!
Captain Peacock – Trip to Ireland
Earl and Randy Scruggs – Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Gil Trythall – Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Jolyon Jackson and Paddy Glackin – The Japanese Hornpipe
Kate Nicholson – Waulking Song
Pierre Bensusan – Heman Dubh
Beau James Wilding – Set Myself on Fire
Sean McAloon, Packie Fox and Hugh McCormack – The Lark in the Morning / Saddle the Pony
Harry Cox – She was a Rum One

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Fire Draw Near Episode XLI

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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Fire Draw Near Episode XLII

Episode XLV was recorded by a very groggy me in a hotel room in Paris. It features some duuurty Cajun tunes, (yet another) Marlais song, an unlikely song sung by Shane McGowan, an unlikely Polish folk / Reggae crossover, some tunes from the new women's piping CD by Na Píobairí Uilleann as well as lots more gems from the outer reaches of the traditional folk multiverse. Illo is of the Beast of Gévaudan because I'm in Paris and it was May Day yesterday.

Tracklist

Beau Cheval – Beau Cheval
John Lyons – The Maid on the Shore
Ross Daly and Djamshid Chemirani – Pervane 
Shane MacGowan - She Moved Through The Fair
Trebunie Tutki and the Twinkle Brothers - Mój Dom/The Day I Build My House
Claire Fennell - Slán Le Máigh
Mary MacGrath – As I Went Walking
Marais and Miranda – John Riley
Pamela Schweblin – The Maids of Ballinacliffy, John Nestor in Action
Marlais - Bird in the Bush
Beau Cheval – Mort Dans Le Fossé

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Fire Draw Near Episode XLV

Episode XLVI is respectfully dedicated to the memory of singer, songwriter, civil rights activist, musician, and all round legend Joe Mulheron who passed away earlier this month. It features a couple of songs by him as well as an unexpected early 80s anarcho-punk link with The Mob, new tracks from Jrpjej, Lainey Dempsey, Razen and Synth Widow, some risque slip jigs by Mary-Grace Autumn Lee alongside some classics by Pat Usher and James 'Ironhead' Baker and also a track for Seán Keane who also sadly passed away this month.

Joe Mulheron – Free State Adjudicator
Men of No Property – No Time for Love if they Come in the Morning
The Mob – Cry of a Morning
Jrpjej – Hakurıne Batmırze yi wored (feat. Myst)
Lainey Dempsey – The Lum Hat Wantin the Croon
Mary-Grace Autumn Lee – CENSORED / Come Upstairs with Me / Chloe's Passion / Hardiman the Fiddler 
Pat Usher – Wild Rover
Pat Usher – The Prayer of Sheil
James Ironhead Baker – Go Down Old Hannah
Razen – A Postcard From Olivier
Synth Widow – Wayfaring Stranger
Sean Keane with Liam O’Flynn – The Maiden That Jigs It in Style / The Girl of the Big House / Alasdruim's March

Fire Draw Near Episode XLVI

Episode XLVII features a lot of new music from the likes of Holy Locust, Ora Cogan, Gabriel McArdle, Diarmuid Ó Meachair, Sourdurent, Mike Oberst and Padang Food Tigers, as well as some classics from the wider world of Irish traditional music and song.

Holy Locust – Sorrowhead
Ora Cogan – Katie Cruel
Tommy Reck – Port an Bhráthair / Port Shean tSeáin
Gabriel McArdle – Johnny and Molly
Diarmuid Ó Meachair – John J. Kimmel Medley
Sourdurent - La Dumenchada
Mike Oberst – School Days Over
Frank Harte – Charladies Ball
Padang Food Tigers – O, Worshipful Company Of Sleepers
Holy Locust – Beneath the Wheel

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Fire Draw Near Episode XLVII

Alexis Zoumbas – Doina
Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin - Eileanóir na Rún
Unknown - Nuvenapreghiera Per La Novena di Natale
Amelia Dawley, Mary Moran – Gullah Song
Group Of Men From Andros Island – Dig My Grave
X-Seamen’s Institute – Santiano
Sarah Ghriallais – An Sceilpín Draighneach 
Pererin - Llongau Caernarfon
Maxime Martelot, Aude Giuliano – La Chanson de Craonne
Metro Radomsky – Baryshnia
A Cantata Di Li Pasturi – Pastorale
Planxty – The Well Below the Valley

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Fire Draw Near Episode XLVIII

Episode L was recorded in a parking lot aka car park on the outskirts of Austin, Texas in the sweltering heat. Join me as I attempt to articulate what it's like to reach the 50th episode of Fire Draw Near. This episode features tracks that are actually new, tracks that are new to me and tracks that I hope are new to you. 

Tracklist 

Tenores di Bitti – Ite m'Importa sa Vida (ballu lestru)
Swan Arcade – Babylon
Pádraic Keane, Páraic Mac Donnchadha & Macdara Ó Faoláin – Elizabeth Kelly's Delight / The First Slip / Hardiman the Fiddler
Sallows – The Unfortunate Lass
Chirgilchin – Lonely Man
The Critics Group – My Husband's Got No Courage In Him
Nihiloxica – Endongo
Frank Purslow and John Pearse – Rap A Tap Tap
John Francis Flynn – Mole In The Ground
ØXN – Love Henry
Paddi Benson, Grace Lemon & James Patrick Gavin  - A Primer

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Fire Draw Near Episode L

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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FDN LI

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 Episode XLV

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