Fire Draw Near

Fire Draw Near LXVII shall henceforth be known as Episode 115, as I will be consolidating the regular and bonus shows from now on. This episode was an absolute pleasure to put together and showcases that there is so much great music out there in the folk and traditional worlds, from the straight up 'pure drop' to the weirder material. Please enjoy responsibly X

Tracklist

Nathan Gourley and Joey Abarta (feat. Owen Marshall) – The Gaelic Club / Banks of Newfoundland / The Lark on the Strand
Mícheál Quinn – Another Man’s Wedding
Sara Parkman – Salikons Rosor
Sara Parkman – Dickapolskan e. Einar Britt
Tim Lyons – Van Dieman's Land
Rattling Ark – Coleraine Jig
Dolores Keane & John Faulkner – Lowlands of Holland
Clive Woolf – The Emigrant
The Woolfs – The Girl From The North Country
Radie Peat – Still I Love Him

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This episode looks at the ballad The Old Man from Lee aka the Old Man from Over the Sea aka The Young Lass Contra Old Man aka The Carle He Came o'er the Croft aka The Auld Carle aka the Dottered Auld Carle aka I'll Not Have Him aka The Old Man from Over the Sea aka His Old Grey Beard Kept Waggin' aka Overshoes and Leggin's aka Old Gum Boots and Leggin's aka The Old Black Booger aka The Old Man aka The Baillie of Berwick aka Old Grey Beard.

Artwork by Stag and Serpent

Tracklist

Uncle Eck Dunford – Old Shoes & Leggins
Otis High – Old Gray Beard A-Flappin'
Betty Garland – Old Gum Boots and Leggings
Lawrence Older – Old Shoes and Leggings
Jeannie Robertson – The Dottered Auld Carle
Pipe Major Bill Hepburn - Leaving Port Askaig
Frankie Armstrong – The Old Man from over the Sea
Jane Turiff – Wi His Grey Baird Newly Shaven
Avice Clarke – Head a Nodding
Gordon Hall – Old Grey Noddle
Grace Notes – Old Man from Lee
Jon Wilks – There was an Old Man Came Over the Sea

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Episode LXVI concentrates on iterations of the traditional within a modern context. At some times it is a soft embrace, at others a collision. There are songs and tunes from many parts of the world. It is a journey. Don't be scared.

Caitlin Finley and Will Woodson – The Plains of Boyle - Lawson's
Doireann Glackin & Sarah Flynn – Mrs Galvin's Hornpipe - Grace's Favourite
Barren – Sonny's Mazurka
Aoife Nic Diarmada – Liam Ó Raghallaigh
Teppana Jänis & Arja Kastinen – Vanha Valssi
Kapela Kotra – Zialony Haj - Зялёны Гай
Jim Ghedi – The Hungry Child
Sam Grassie – Return to Fingal
Macdara Yeates – De May Bush
The Standing Stones featuring Iona Zajac and Daragh Lynch – Twa Sisters
Nuovo Canzoniere Partigiano – The Partisan
Caitlin Finley & Will Woodson – Willie Taylor's March - The Harp That Once Through Tara's Hall

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This episode looks at the ballad The Dark Eyed Sailor aka Fair Phoebe and Her Dark Eyed Sailor

Tracklist

Phil Tanner – Fair Phoebe and Her Dark Eyed Sailor
Fred Jordan – The Dark Eyed Sailor
Walter Pardon – The Dark Eyed Sailor
Lou Killen – The Dark Eyed Sailor
Steeleye Span – The Dark Eyed Sailor
Kate Doherty (Denery) – Dark Eyed Sailor
Christy Moore – The Dark Eyed Sailor
Luke Kelly – The Dark Eyed Sailor
Michael Barden – The Dark Eyed Sailor
Andrew King and Brown Sierra – The Dark Eyed Sailor
The Norman Luboff Choir – The Dark Eyed Sailor

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Episode LXV (and not LXX!!!) has songs and tunes, old ones and new ones, drink and meat, hares and pigs, parties and funerals, sacrifices and tributes.

Tracklist

Bryan O'Leary – I’ll meet you on a day that never ends / The Ballinahulla Butterfly / Tranquility in Tureencahill
Tim Lyons and Fintan Vallely - The Price of the Pig
Vidd – Stor sak om världen hatar mig
Sarah Makem – I Courted a Wee Girl
Cormac Cannon, Lamond Gillespie and John Blake – Bunker Hill / The Hare's Paw
Nellie Weldon – My Love is a Well
Seamus Heaney and Liam O’Flynn – The Given Note / Port na bPúcaí
Jimmy Crowley – Johnny Jump Up
Shove The Pig’s Foot A Little Further Into The Fire / Juliann Johnson
Patrick Boyle – Clasped To The Pig
Topette – Bal Limousines - A Bastien / Les Maries
Nimf – Solar Excess Sacrificial Ecstasies

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