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

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 https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

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 https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

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 https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

This episode looks at the ballad Young Ramble Away aka Derry Down Fair aka Brimbledown Fair aka Burlington Fair aka Brocklesby Fair. Tracklist Frank Purslow & John Pearse – Young Ramble Away The Young Tradition – Derry Down Fair Chapter Three – Ramble Away Al O’Donnell – Ramble Away Jean Redpath – Rambleaway Derek Sarjeant & Hazel King – Ramble Away George Withers – Brimbledown Fair Tommy Tourish – Ramble Away Mel, Mel and Julian – Ramble Away Johnny Flynn – Rambleaway Joe Hickerson – Ramble Away Tattiebogle – Rambleaway https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

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 https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

This episode looks at the ballad Molly Bawn aka Polly Vaughn aka The Shooting of His Dear aka The Fowler aka Peggy Baun aka Molly Bond aka Molly Banding aka Molly Vaughan aka At the Setting of the Sun aka The Shooting of His Dear aka As Jimmy Went A-Hunting. Tracklist: John Maguire – Molly Bawn Lowry Elizabeth Cronin – Molly Bawn Séamus Ennis – Molly Bawn Robin Roberts – Molly Bawn The Dubliners – Molly Bawn The Swinging Swan – Molly Bawn Harry Cox – The Fowler Phoebe Smith – Molly Vaughan Anne Briggs – Polly Vaughan The Furrow Collective – Polly Vaughn Marlais – Polly Vaughan The Dillards – Polly Vaughn Peter, Paul & Mary – Polly Von Sally Sloan – Molly Baun Lavery https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Episode XLIX is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Shuhada' Sadaqat aka Sinéad O'Connor and features versions of traditional songs recorded by her. There are also tracks from Uilleann Piper Joey Abarta's new album, Dragon Slumber, Frank Harte, Jimmy O'Brien Moran and more. Tracklist Sinéad O’Connor – Paddy’s Lamentation Sinéad O’Connor – Her Mantle So Green Cormac Cannon – The Gold Ring Ragnar Vigdal - Jesus Din Søde Forening at Smage Liam Weldon – One Starry Night Joey Abarta – Any Ol' Jig Will Do_The Black Rock_Top it Off Sinéad O’Connor – Lord Franklin Dragonslumber – Phrygian Boys of Leisure Frank Harte – Molly Malone Jimmy O’Brien Moran – An Briste Bréidín, Na Ceannabháin Bhána Joey Abarta – The Lament for Limerick Sinéad O’Connor – The Parting Glass https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

This episode looks at the ballad The Farmer’s Curst Wife aka the Women are Worse than the Men aka The Old Man under the Hill aka The Devil and the Farmer's Wife aka The Old Woman and the Devil aka The Battle Axe and the Devil aka The Farmer and the Devil aka The Carle o' Killyburn Braes aka The Farmer's Wife aka Jack's Wife aka Kellybumbraes aka Ten Little Devils The Devil and the Fanner's Wife aka The Devil's Song aka The Old Devil Come to my Plow aka The Old Jokey Song aka The (Old) Scolding Wife. Tracklist A.L. Lloyd – The Devil and the Ploughman Walter Pardon – The Devil and the Farmer’s Wife Gordon Hall – Farmer’s Curst Wife The City Waites – Lillibullero Frankie Armstrong – Devil and the Farmer’s Wife Jimmy White – The Devil Maggie Murphy – Killyburn Brae Dominic Behan – The Women are Worse than the Men Margaret Dunne – There was an Old Woman from Conner in Hell Thomas Moran – The Farmer’s Curst Wife Bill and Belle Reed – Old Lady and the Devil Captain Pearl R. Nye – Old Woman under the Hill Joe Hubbard – The Farmer’s Curst Wife Hobart Stallard – The Old Lady and the Devil Lena Armstrong and Etta Jones – The Farmer and the Devil Jean Ritchie - The Farmer's Curst Wife Civilization IV – Colonization – The Farmer’s Curst Wife https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

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 https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

This episode looks at the ballad the Crabfish aka the Codfish aka the Crayfish the Lobster aka Tommy Doddler. Tracklist Nora Cleary – The Codfish Mickey Connors – The Crabfish Barry Gleeson – Mr. Crabfish Harry Cox – The Catfish Charlotte Renals – The Crabfish Cecil Sharp Centenary Collective – The Crabfish Tony Barrand and John Roberts - Crayfish Ron and the Rude Boys – The Lobster David Sear and Oscar Brand – The Codfish song Salty Dick – The Crabfish Dan and Bonnie Milner – The Crabfish Lomax the Hound of Music and Tom Chapin – The Crabfish Wren of Iniquity – The Old She Crab https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

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 https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Fire Draw Near Episode LV is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Heather Wood ' - outstanding singer, tank driver and wit'. It features her singing with the Young Tradition alongside some anti-marriage songs, a little look at Oró Sé Do Bheatha 'Bhaile, some traditional tunes by Rory Gallagher, some north American goodness and a bit more besides. Tracklist Jim Williams – Finger Scene The Young Tradition – Lyke Wake Dirge Rory Gallagher – She Moved Through the Fair Darach Ó Catháin – Oró Sé do Bheatha Bhaile Sinéad O’Connor – Oró Sé do Bheatha Bhaile Natalie Ní Chasaide and Iarfhlaith Ó Dohmnaill – Welcome Home Gràinne The Kossoy Sisters – I Never Will Marry Lukas De Clerck – Sacrifice of a Reed The Dubliners – Don’t Get Married West of Roan – Let No One Steal Your Thyme Abner Jay – I’m So Depressed Rory Gallagher – Bratcha Dubha Paul Clayton – Johnny's Gone To Hilo Iris Dement – Pretty Saro The Young Tradition – The Innocent Hare The Rheingans Sisters – Devils https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

This episode looks at the ballad The Golden Vanity / The Sweet Trinity aka The Turkish Reveille aka The Turkish Revoloo aka The Turkey-Rogherlee aka The Turkey Shivaree aka The Merry Golden Tree aka The Golden Willow Tree aka The Green Willow Tree aka The Golden Vallady aka The Golden Furnity aka The Golden Fenadier aka The Golden Victory aka The Golden Merrilee aka The Mary Golden Tree aka The Gallant Victory aka The Golden Vanitee aka The Gold China Tree aka The Yellow Golden Tree aka The Weep-Willow Tree aka The French Galilee aka The Green Willow Tree aka The Sweet Kumadee aka The Bold Trellitee aka The Bold Grandee aka The Lowland Sea aka The Pirate Ship. Image by Pamela Coleman Smith!!! Tracklist: Andy the Doorbum – The Turkish Reveille Paul Clayton – The Turkish Reveille Odetta – The Golden Vanity The Carter Family – Sinking In The Lonesome Sea Justus Begley – The Golden Willow Tree Warde Ford – The Low Lands Low (Golden Willow Tree) Almanac Singers – The Golden Vanity Brothers Four – The Gallant Argosy Martha Reid – The Golden Vanity Duncan Williamson – The Golden Vanity Bill Cameron – The Golden Vanity Benjamin Britten – The Golden Vanity Boudewijn de Groot – Noordzee Assassin’s Creed – The Golden Vanity https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

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

This episode looks at the ballad the Keach i the Creel aka The Cunning Clerk aka The Wife and the Creel aka The Wee Toon Clerk aka The Rock in the Same Auld Creel aka The Little Scotch Girl aka Coochie Coochie Coo Go Way. Tracklist Jimmy McBeath – The Keach in the creel Gordeanna McCullough – The Wee Toun Clerk Michael Gallagher – The Keach in the Creel Packie Manus Byrne – The Creel Larry Mulligan – The Creel Jamesie McCarthy - Coochie Coochie Coo Go Way The Bothy Band – Pretty Peg / Cregg’s Pipes Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbick – The Ride in the Creel Peggy Seeger – The Little Scotch Girl Subway to Sally – The Keach in the Creel The Dubliners – The Sick Note https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

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 https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

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 https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Episode XLIV takes a look at versions of the traditional songs that made their way onto Lankum's fourth album False Lankum, as well as a cello version of A Stór Mo Chroí, a song by Genoese Anarchist Fabrizio De André and a recent anti-racist ballad from New Zealand! Tracklist Finn – A Stór Mo Chroí Fabrizio De André – Un Blasfemo (Dietro Ogni Blasfemo C'è Un Giardino Incantato) Jean Ritchie – Go Dig My Grave Died For Love – Jasper Smith Gordon Bok – Clear Away in the Morning Cormac Begley – Master Crowley's / The Roscommon Francie and Mickey Byrne – Master Crowley's (Miss Patterson's) The Deadlians – Newcastle Luke Cheevers – The Waterford Sea Captain Frank Feeney – Lord O’Bore Beanie Entwistle and Joe Yorke – Monday Morning Sammy from New Zealand – The Battle of Wellington https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

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 https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear 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 https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

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. https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

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 https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

This episode looks at the ballad Maids When You’re Young Never Wed an Old Man aka An Old Man Came Courting Me aka Never Wed an Old Man aka The Foolish Old Man. Tracklist The Dubliners – Maids When You’re Young Never Wed an Old Man The Clancy Brothers – An Old Man Came Courting Pat McNamara – Never Wed an Old Man Sam Larner - Maids When You’re Young Never Wed an Old Man Danny Brazil – An Old Man Came Courting Me Peggy Seeger – An Old Man Came Courting Me Killy Country – An Old Man Came Courting Me Ashley Hutchings – Black Joke Jeanie Robertson – An Old Man Came Courting Me Alex Beaton – Maids When You're Young Alasdair Roberts and Mairi Morrison – Never Wed an Old Man Alan Mills and Jean Carignan – The Foolish Old Man Edna Ritchie – An Old Man Came Courting Me Frank & James McCravy – Get Away, Old Man, Get Away Joni Mitchell – Maids When You’re Young Never Wed an Old Man Paul Gwynne Phillips – An Old Man Came A-Courting Jon Kennedy – Never Wed an Old Man https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

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 https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

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 https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

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 https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Featuring all of the usual plus even more of the unusual than usual! Joyce, NO PRISONS, songs that sound like other songs, English toffs doing Irish pleb cosplay, Irish ne’er do-wells doing English farmer cosplay, English farmers singing songs that are actually plots of 1970s pornos set in the 1700s, a dramatical audio tale, people playing the taps, everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Irish rebel ballads with @rebelmatters and that’s without even mentioning what you’ve been waiting for all week - the winners of the Fire Draw Near Raucous Rebel Christmas Cock Challenge 2021!!! Tracklist James Stephens – The Brown and the Yellow Ale Jim Eldon – I Wish There Was No Prisons Gan Ainm – Triple concerto for faucet, water pipes and fiddle Michael Lee Yonkers – Funboots The Pogues – Thousands are Sailing Tommy Reck – The Irish Washerwoman Tommy Reck – The Scholar / the Salamanca / Hand Me Down the Tackle Eimear Walshe – The Piper’s Grip Willie Clancy – The Gander Thomas Allen and Sheila Armstrong – Billy Boy Aberdeen Schoolchildren – My Mother and Your Mother The Copper Family – Dame Durden A Feckless Pack of Ne’er-Do-Wells – Ebeneezer Goode Rebel Matters Interview https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Episode XL is a big Christmas special full of dead heros, secret guests, strange dreams, folk weirdos, camp highwaymen, throat-singing cowboys, young girls drinking ale straight from the barrel, Finno-Hibernian cryptids, and people who spend Christmas in Jail. Dedicated to the memory of Angelo Badalamenti. Tracklist Osa Mosafinn – Brurermarsj (Bridal March) Micho Russell – Christmas Day in the Morning Kú Killian – Kú’s Khristmas Fiddlin’ John Carson – Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over Hack Poet’s Guild – Daring Highwayman Pato Banton – I Do not Sniff The Coke Niamh Parsons and Graham Dunne – Valentine O’Hara Adam and the Ants – Stand and Deliver The Watersons – Holly She Bears a Berry Elspeth Anne – When I Was a Young Girl Máire ní Ghráda – Queen of the Rushes Isa Gordon – When You Got it Done Richardin Korkkijalka - Kunniallinen Nainen Richardin Korkkijalka – Friar’s Britches Culainin Koirat - Helmi Pohjolan Duo Ruut – Nightingale Johnny Brennan – Early Morning Rakija Arthur Miles – Lonely Cowboy 1 & 2 Unnamed – The Yodelling Donkey Hatchet Field – Run On The Youngsters – Christmas in Jail https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

This is a one-off bonus episode featuring a number of live performances from Luke McManus' new film North Circular. The film is a documentary musical journeying along the North Circular Road in Dublin's North Inner City. Written & directed by Luke McManus, edited by John Murphy, produced by Luke McManus & Elaine Gallagher. Score by Kevin Murphy and Seti The First. North Circular opens on December 2nd in Irish Film Institute, Dublin 2, Light House, Dublin 7, Savoy Cinema, Dublin 1, IMC Dun Laoghaire and Queens Film Theatre Belfast. It opens on Dec 4th at Bertha Dochouse in London, and on Dec 9th in the Gate Multiplex in Cork and Palás Cinema in Galway. Tickets and info from www.northcircular.ie Production and mixing on tracks by Hugh Fox. Boom operated by Dave Harris. NCR picture by Andrew Sheridan. Tracklist John Francis Flynn - Lag Song Annie Hughes - The Blackbird of Sweet Avondale Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin - Dark Horse on the Wind Jerry O'Reilly - Van Diemen's Land Julie Kavanagh - Siúil a Rún Ian Lynch - Banks of the Nile https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

This episode looks at English and Scottish 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 Sad Ballet Of Little Johnnie Green aka Sir John Graham aka Barbry Allen. Tracklist: Norman Candler – Barbara Allen Sam Larner – Barbara Allen Caroline Hughes – Barbary Allen Debbie and Pennie Davies – Barbara Allen Shirley Collins – Barbara Allen The Hare and the Moon – Barbara Allen Stick in the Wheel – Barbara Allen Norman Kennedy – Bonny Barbara Allen Jimmy Stewart – Barbara Allen Jessie Murphy – Barbara Allen Ethel Findlater – Barbara Allen Dan Gibson’s Solitudes – Barbara Allen Norman Candler – Barbara Allen https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Episode XXXIX features lots and lots of really interesting new music as well as some forgotten gems of the past - from the far-flung hinterlands of folk, traditional and beyond! Tracklist: Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin – Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin – The Deepest Breath Neil Ó Lochlainn & Cuar – Johnny Seoige Burd Ellen – The Chariot Paleface - Emme Suostu Pelkäämään De Gyldne Løver - Fru Jensens Dreng Branwen - Buried in Kilkenny Jasper Smith - Tiddleywink Old Man Do They Hang Too Low - Billy Bedamned on banjo Afroman – Dicc Hang Lo Roslyn Steer – Gamhna Sa Cheo Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin – The Monaghan Jig Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin – The Long Note https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

This episode looks at Irish 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 Sad Ballet Of Little Johnnie Green aka Sir John Graham aka Barbry Allen. Tracklist: Norman Candler – Barbara Allen Tom Lenihan – Barbry Allen Elizabeth Cronin – Barbara Allen Sarah Makem – Barbara Allen John Byrne – Barbara Alen Joe Heaney – Barbary Allen De Danann – Barbara Allen Andy Cash – Barbary Allen Dolly Parton and Altan – Barbara Allen Ye Vagabonds – Barbara Allen Paddy Keenan – Barbara Allen Norman Candler – Barbara Allen https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Fire Draw Near Episode XXXVIII is a recording of the interview I did with Jack Dempsey McMahon aka DJackulate at the Dun Laoghaire Folk Festival in September 2022. We talked about many things including his musical techniques, uilleann piping, trends in traditional music, the North Strand Kontra Band, Klezmer music, trawling vinyl for samples, the Trad Rave, tradition vs innovation and lot's more. Jack performed a number of his own pieces and also brought along a few recordings to listen to and discuss. Tracklist: DJackulate – Rocky’s Couch Leo Rowsome – The Kerry Jig / The Ballintore Fancy Packie Dolan and his Melody Boys – Lasses of Donnibrook Naftule Brandwein – Nifty’s Freilach DJackulate – One Year Sober Sister Irene O’Connor – Fire of God’s Love Willie Brady – Little Brigid Flynn Agi Pettik and Gergely Barcza – Gan Ainm Frank Ifield – The Wild Rover DJackulate – An Eldritch Communion https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Fire Draw Near Episode LIV features wrens, bitterns and cailleachaí. Roisin El Cherif - Siúil a Rúin David Murphy – Sean O'Duibhir a Ghleanna Dave Van Ronk – Luang Prabang Wire Worms – The Cutty Wren The Young Tradition – Byker Hill Thin Lizzy – Sitamoia Meaigí Nic Dhonncha – Cailleach an Airgid Stiofán Ó Cualáin – Cailleach an Airgid David Power – The Hag With The Money / Garrett Barry's Bexley H.S. Vocal Ensemble – 'Si Do Mhaimeo I Seán Jeaic Mac Donncha – An Bonnán Buí The Huntress and Holder of Hands – Rocky Coast⧸EDT Norman MacLean – Am Bothan a Bh'Aig Fionnghuala The Bothy Band – Fionnghuala Toké O'Drift – Bothy Bangz Harry Gorski-Brown – Buain na Choirce https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

This episode looks at the Unquiet Grave aka Cold Blows the Wind. Tracklist: The Dubliners – The Unquiet Grave George Dunne – The Unquiet Grave May Bradley – The Unquiet Grave Stanley Robertson – The Unquiet Grave Jim Keeping – The Unquiet Grave Hedy West – The Unquiet Grave Gryphon – The Unquiet Grave Steven Wilson – The Unquiet Grave Ween – Cold Blows the Wind https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Episode XXXVII features over one hour of audio hallucinatory magick stemming from the world of traditional folk and slowly creeping into other spheres, eldritch tendrils maintaining their core DNA even as they mutate and transform. Old tunes, comedic verses, devilish songs and poppy bleeps, from the wonky to the whimsical, the woeful to the wacky, the wondrous to the wocious. Let it ooze into your eager earholes like a gallon of molten Kerrygold. Tracklist: Buntús Rinnce – The King of the Fairies Tom Morrison and John Reynolds – Kregg's Pipes / The Boys From Mayo Barney Flynn – There’ll Be Murder There Tonight Brighde Chaimbeul, Ross Ainslie and Steven Byrnes – Irish Sweet Willliam – Devil’s Nine Jim Ghedi – What Will Become of England? Peter Sellers – Suddenly It’s Folk Song Enza Pagliara & Dario Muci – Canto Alla Spiga Daniele Sepe – Tarantella del Gargano Betsy Whyte – Yellow on the Broom Benjamin Britten (arr.) – Newcastle The Broadside Band - Newcastle Bob Dylan – Easy and Slow The Seedy Seeds – Grace Century Steel Band – Fields of Athenry https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Episode XXXVI was made in the North Woods of Minnesota and features songs recorded along the way by Summer Newman and Katee Rose as well as tracks by FDN favourite Marlais, West of Roan, Swan Arcade, Frank Harte Liam O'Flynn, Gay, Conor and Seán McKeon and more! Tracklist Gay, Conor and Seán McKeon – The Humours of Lisheen / The Gallowglass / The Cordial The Dubliners – Three Lovely Lassies from Kimmage Frank Harte – The Twangman Swan Arcade – Go From My Window Liam O’Flynn and Catherine Ennis – Easter Snow Summer Newman Katee Rose – I Saw A Blackbird West of Roan – The Grieving Hour Summer Newman – Single Girl Summer Newman – January Man Katee Rose – Three Babes Katee Rose – Henry Lee Marlais - Prae https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

This episode looks at the ballad The Lass of Roch Royal aka The Lass of Loch Royal aka The Lass of Aughrim aka Lord Gregory aka Annie of Lochroyan. Tracklist: Elizabeth Cronin – Lord Gregory Ollie Conway – Lord Gregory Thomas Moran – Lord Gregory Lisa Hannigan – The Lass of Aughrim Dave Maguire – The Lass of Aughrim Peggy Delaney – The Maid of Aughrim Isla St. Clair – Annie of Lochroyan Ewan MacColl – Lord Gregory The Corries – Lord Gregory The Lass of Roch Royal – Peggy Seeger The Lass of Roch Royal – Paul Clayton Judy Collins – Lord Gregory David Patrick Kelly – The Lass of Aughrim https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

One more for all the weirdos out there! This one ponders ideas relating to the existence and nature of traditional song arrangement and features tracks by all kinds of wonderful and fantastic oddballs such as FDN favourites DJackulate and Marlais, as well as Deviant and Naive Ted, Logan Bragg, Nathan Salsburg, JPH, Anna and Elizabeth, Cedric Dind-Lavoie and Jumpleads. 'The idea of a living tradition is that it stays active whilst relevant, present and does not become a museum piece. Within the world of folk music, it could be argued that the tradition itself is the act of passing on a song, not the preservation of a general aesthetic. It has far more to do with the individual approach than maintaining a homogeny. ' - Marlais 2016 Tracklist DJackulate – Rocky’s Couch Deviant and Naïve Ted – Send in the Hounds Logan Bragg – Black Jack Davey Jumpleads – Poor Old Horse Jumpleads – This Day the Stag Must Die, Johnny Cope Marlais – My Bonny Boy Tom Ennis and John Gerrity – Miss Thornton / The Merry Blacksmith / The Bush in Bloom Anna and Elizabeth – Margaret Cedric Dind-Lavoie –Je viens là-bas du pâturage (avec la famille Brideau, 1977) Nathan Salzberg - IV JPH – A Holy Hour https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

This episode looks at Lord Lovel aka Lord Lovat aka Lord Levett. Tracklist Tom Lenihan – Lord Levett Nora Cleary – Lord Levett Sara and Rita Keane – Lord Donegal Jeannie Robertson – Lord Loval The Hennessys – Lord Loval Spriguns of Tolgus – Lord Lovell The Broadside – Lord Lovell Walter Pardon – Lord Lovel Frank Profitt – Lord Lovel Susan Ruth Brown – Lord Lovel Peggy Seeger – Abe Lincoln Stood At The White House Gate Lord Lovel Karaoke https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Episode XXXIV features music songs, bird songs, harmony songs, prison songs, drill songs, Irish songs and Sicilian songs. Tracklist: Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill – The Night Poor Larry Was Stretched Planxty - Pat Reilly Nightingales and Beatrice Harrison - The Derry Air David Harper - The Turfman from Ardee Skara Brae - An Cailín Rua The Voice Squad - The Banks of the Bann Francie Byrne - The Wild Irishman Wade Ward - Old Jimmy Sutton Rosa Balistreri - Buttana di to ma The Dubliners – Lag Song Ronnie Drew – Easy and Slow Sello - Process Sello feat. Offica - Oggy Seán ‘ac Dhonncha - Liam Ó Raofille Denis Murphy - The Queen of O’Donnell Joe Mulherron - The Wee White Turban Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill - O’Reilly’s Greyhound / Palmer's Gate https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

This episode looks at the ballad Captain Wedderburn’s Courtship aka Stock or Wall aka The Keeper of the Game aka He Rolled Her to the Wall aka The Song of Riddles aka The Laird o' Roslyn's Doughter. Tracklist Frank Harte – He Rolled Her to the Wall Thomas Moran – Captain Woodburn Rose McCartin – The Keeper of the Game Sarah Makem – You and I in One Bed Lie Maggie Murphy – Stock or Wall Willie Clancy – The Song of Riddles Jean Redpath – Captain Wedderburn’s Courtship Joe Rae – The Laird o' Roslyn's Doughter Gordeanna McCulloch – Captain Wedderburn Alasdair Roberts – Captain Wedderburn’s Courtship Captain Pearl R. Nye – Between Me and the Wall https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

This episode concentrates on recent releases that have come under my radar over the last while as well as some Anne Briggs and Moldy Peaches thrown in for good measure. Concertina, mandolin, guitar, voice, fiddle, bronze age horns, chest rattling bass, dulcimer, drums and more!!! Tracklist: Cormac Begley – To War Ye Vagabonds – The Humours of Glin Ye Vagabonds – Go Away and Come Back Hither Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones – Wanton Lasses Pity Her Mary Grace Autum Lee – Carolan’s Cup Jrpjej - Koje Berdykuo Mykhamety Igybz Anne Briggs – The Recruited Collier An Galar Dubh – Cónocht Dulcidrone – Gauze Like Mama’s Broke – Narrow Line The Moldy Peaches – Steak for Chicken Cormac Begley - Rolling in the Barrel / O'Neill's March / Tralee Jail https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

This episode looks at the ballad The Trees the Grow Tall aka The Trees They Grow So High aka Long A-Growing aka Young But Growing aka He’s Young But He’s Daily A-Growing aka The Bonny Boy aka Lady Mary Ann aka Young Craigston. Tracklist Joe Heaney – My Bonny Boy is Young Joe Holmes – My Bonny Boy is Young Landless – The Trees the Grow Tall Maija Sofia – The Trees they Do Grow High Lizzie Higgins – The College Boy Lizzie Higgins – Lady Mary Ann AL Lloyd – The Bonny Boy Spriguns of Tolgus – The Trees They Do Grow High Robin and Barry Dransfield – The Trees They Do Grow High Nathan Hatt – He’s Young But He’s Daily A-Growing Joan Baez – The Trees They Do Grow High Paul Clayton – Young But Growing Sally Sloane – Young But Growing https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

This episode looks at the song Paddy Works on the Railway aka Paddy on the Railway aka Poor Paddy aka Fillimiooriay aka Paddy Works on the Erie aka Pat Do This, Pat Do That. Tracklist That Clancy Children – Paddy on the Railway The Pogues – Poor Paddy Salty Dick – The Shaver Mark Page – Paddy Works on the Railway Ewan MacColl – Paddy Works on the Railway Dominic Behan – Paddy Works on the Railway Louisa Jo Killen – Paddy Works on the Railway Keith Kendrick - Paddy Works on the Railway The Wolfe Tones – Paddy Works on the Railway Michael Cassius Dean – To Work Upon the Railroad The American Ballad Singers – Pat Works on the Railway Pete Seeger – Paddy Works on the Railroad The Highwaymen – Pat Works On The Railway Cisco Houston – Pat Works On The Railroad Stuart M. Frank – Paddy on the Railway Barbara Moncure – The Bluestone Quarries Sam Amidon – Pat Do This, Pat Do That Ben Miller Band – Paddy on the Railway https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Episode XXXII was cobbled together on my travels around the USA and is now online - featuring new songs and interviews with Andy the Doorbum and others as well as numerous iterations of the tune The Girl I left Behind Me by The Pogues the Skillet Lickers, Sweeney's Men, Seán MacDonnchadha, Cisco Houston and more, some songs from the South East of Ireland, a song in a dead Irish language, as well as some murderous transatlantic fun. ***Note - because of the limited nature of my resources while travelling the audio quality of this episode is not as good as that of others. I also seem to have become confused about the nature of concepts relating to past, present and future. Please excuse these inconsistencies and have confidence that both my audio and neurological hardware will be back to their normal state next month!*** https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear #firedrawnear #endlessdescentofthetraditionaryweirdo Tracklist: Sweeney’s Men – Waxie’s Dargle The Skillet Lickers – The Girl I left Behind Me CPNPC – The Girl I Left Behind Me Sean MacDonnachadha – An Spailpín Fánach The Pogues – The Rare Ould Mountain Dew Cisco Houston – Mysteries of a Hobo’s Life Seán Óg Ó Tuama - Wexford Mummers Song Paddy Berry – The Forth Men and Bargy Men Elspeth Ann – Mercy Me Lloyd Chandler – A Conversation with Death Dellie Norton – Young Emily Maggie Murphy – Young Edmund Andy the Doorbum – The Unquiet Grave campsite.bio/firedrawnear

This episode looks at the ballad Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight aka the Gowans Sae Gae aka The Water o' Wearie's Well aka The Outlandish Knight aka May Colvin aka Along the North Strand Tracklist Angus Mohr – Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight Polly Paulusma - Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight Judith Weir - Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight Freb Hunt-Bull - The Water of Wearie’s Well Corny McDaid – False Lover John Kitty Cassidy – Along the North Strand Jumbo Brightwell – The False-Hearted Knight Shirley Collins – The Outlandish Knight Charles S. Brink – Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight Tim Eriksen – Castle by the Sea JE. Mainer and the Mountaineers – Six King’s Daughters Rum – Heer Halewijn https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Episode XXXI looks at possible influences for the tune to a Ewan MacColl song and features piping, fiddling, singing, tunes that sound like other tunes, the Cradle ov Filth and more! Tracklist: Peat and Diesel – Western Isles Joe Byrne – Snowy Breasted Pearl Luke Kelly – The Bonnie Shoals of Herring Ewan MacColl – The Famous Flower of Serving Men Matt Cranitch, Paul De Grae & Jackie Daly – Sliabh na mBan Mama’s Broke – Just Pick One Unknown Suonata For Bagpipe And Triangle Rättviks Spelmanslag - Gärdebylåten, gånglåt (Marching Tune from Gärdeby) Elizabeth Cronin – Níl Mo Shláinte ar Fónamh Elizabeth Cronin – Ten Weary Years Early Grave Band – Nuke Power C.B. Fernando & H.D Manuel – Manaram Sidevi The Clovers – Rotten Cocksucker’s Ball https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

This Episode looks at the ballad The False Knight Upon the Road, aka The False Knight, aka The Smart Schoolboy, aka The False False Fly, aka The Child Upon the Road aka False Fidee, aka Où Vas-tu, Mon P’tit Garcon? Tracklist Norman Kennedy – The False Knight Upon the Road Bella Higgins and Andrew Stewart – The False Knight Upon the Road The Bitter Withy – The False Knight Upon the Road Barry Gleeson – The False False Fly Frank Quinn – The False Knight Upon the Road Tim Hart and Maddy Prior – The False Knight Upon the Road Phillip Langridge – The False Knight Upon the Road Mary Eppler – The Knightman Edmund Henneberry –The False Knight Upon the Road Helene Baillargeon and Alan Mills - Où Vas-Tu, Mon P'tit Garçon? Amps For Christ –The False Knight Upon the Road Fleet Foxes –The False Knight Upon the Road https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear