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Fire Draw Near

Fire Draw Near

Written by: Ian Lynch
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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/firedrawnearAll rights reserved Music
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  • FDN LXIX

    FDN LXIX
    Dec 20 2025
    69, LXIX or تسعة وستون is a number symbolising completion, harmony and the beginning of new cycles. It is also the sequential number of the FDN episode that I have just uploaded. This one features more gems from my recently unearthed music collection, songs of protest, songs of love, songs of dark magic, as well as more proggy folk rock than you've ever heard in one single episode. It is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Margaretta D'Arcy who sadly passed away last month. Rest in Power. X https://www.mickmoloneyfilm.com/ Tracklist Margaretta D'Arcy - The Great Gas Giveaway Jimmy O’Brien Moran – Slip Jigs / Kiss In The Shelter / Jig Polltog / Cuma Liom Barry Gleeson – Love's Old Sweet Song Arbete Och Fritid – Ganglat Efter Lejsme Per Larsson, Malung Folk Och Rackare – Bältet Emma Capponi – Small Birds Whistle Dorothy Carter – The King of Glory The Johnsons – The Dublin Jack Of All Trades Mick Moloney – McNally's Row Of Flats Mick Moloney & Joe McKenna – Sean Reid's Favourite / Toss the Feathers Donal Finn – The Ballad of Pat the Chief Clod – Scrumping and Rumping Mardi Gras Indians – Red White and Blue Got the Golden Band The Trojans – Gaelic Ska Jimmy O’Brien Moran – All The Way To Galway / Jenny Put The Kettle On Cití Seáin Ní Chuinneagáin – Bá Phroclaise Aoife Nic Dhomhnaill & Liam Lonergan – Báthadh Bhroclaise / Sliabh Mis / Whiskey-O-Roudelum-Row Barry Gleeson – The Girls Along The Road https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • FDN LXIII

    FDN LXIII
    Sep 15 2025
    FDN LXIII is a special episode focusing on shape note singing in the United States. It is based around two interviews conducted this year with Howe Pearson and Sasha Suczyk and looks at the history and evolution of shape note singing in North America, as well as various cultural and social aspects of the tradition. Tracklist NOLA Sacred Harp Singers – I Walked Abroad Wootten Family – Ortonville Cork Sacred Harp Singers – Tribulation Lee Family – While Sorrows Encompass Me Round (Tune Skeleton of Idumea) Northampton Harmony – Despair Doc Watson And Gaither Carlton – And Am I Born To Die? Shenandoah Harmony Singers – Buonaparte Frank Harte – The Isle of Saint Helena The Doc Watson Family – The Lone Pilgrim Sacred Harp Singers – The Lone Pilgrim Martha Woodard – Murillo's Lesson The Florida-Alabama Progressive Seven Shape Note Singing Convention Singers – Amazing Grace Landless – Doomsday NOLA Sacred Harp Singers – The Last Judgement Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers – My Mothers Gone https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • FDN LXII

    FDN LXII
    Sep 9 2025
    I have just recently gotten my vinyl and CD collections back from where they were stored for 6 months (thanks Crispo!!), an event that definitely makes itself felt in this episode. If there is a theme then it's something to do with pipers, fighters, outlaws, thieves and revolutionaries. Art by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. X Tracklist; Seán McKeon – The Salamanca / Trim the Velvet Tealeaf – Bone Lace Weaver Jason Rouse – Snug in the Blanket / The Fisherman’s Johnny Horton – The Battle of New Orleans Liam Weldon – James Connolly Seán McKeon – James Connolly Francy Devine – Sam Hall / Le Ramoneur / Skarzhour Chiminalieu Luke Cheevers – Abe Carman Daoirí Farrell – Valentine O' Hara John Faulkner and Dolores Keane – Allan Tyne Of Harrow Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick – Sovay The Kipper Family – The Male Female Highwayman A.L. Lloyd – Jim Jones at Botany Bay Jerry O'Reilly – The Carmagnoles Ruth Hazleton – Tri-Coloured House Beau James Wilding – The Lowlands of Holland RL O'Mealy – Donegal Reel Jason Rouse – The Maid at Mourneshore https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear
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    1 hr and 31 mins
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