Fire Draw Near

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Fire Draw Near Episode VII Sep 17, 2020

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Episode VII. Various songs and tunes from the forgotten strange wilderness on the edge/centre of the Irish Tradition. Tracklist: Luke Kelly – The Hot Asphalt Paul Robeson – Kevin Barry Peter Browne – Fountain’s Hornpipe / Gan Ainm Joe Heaney – Amhrán na hEascainne Ewan MacColl and A.L. Lloyd – Paddy Doyle / Whiskey Johnny Ewan MacColl – Queen Eleanor’s Confession Paddy Keenan – O’Neill’s March The Flanagan Brothers – Our Back Yard Edward Cronin – Banish Misfortune Sweeney’s Men – Dicey Reilly Pat Mitchell – Máirseáil Alasdruim Ceoiltoirí Chualainn – Raithineach a Bean Beag Neillidh Boyle – Talk of Getting Music from the Fairies / Tiarna Mhuigh Eo https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Fire Draw Near Episode VI Sep 17, 2020

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Episode VI looks at the piper Patsy Tuohey and the song Darling Nelly Grey, which spawned another song in the docks of Liverpool before winding up in the Jamaican mento tradition. Tracklist: Dónal Maguire – Heenan and Sayers Helen Diamond – The Sea Apprentice Patsy Touhey- The Steampacket / The Morning Star / Miss MacLeod’s Reel Patsy Touhey – The Shaskeen Reel Alan Woods – The Widow of Westmoreland J.W. Myers – Darling Nellie Grey A.L. Lloyd – Maggie May The Beatles – Maggie May Charles Welsh and Chorus – Mango Time Walter Pardon – The Little Ball of Yarn The Dubliners – Maloney Wants a Drink R.L. O’Mealy – The Harvest Home Brian O’Rourke – Late News John Reilly Jr. – False Lankum The Raineys – Come Down from the Mountain Katie Daly Tommy Lynch – Falling Apart Willie Clancy – Talk of Garrett Barry / The Fogging Reel Bernard Wrigley – The Treadmill Song Odetta – The Foggy Dew https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Fire Draw Near Episode V Sep 17, 2020

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Episode V looks at a shared musical link between Ireland and the Caribbean. Tracklist: Mary Fuller – Oh What a Life Seán Potts and Paddy Moloney – Did You Wash Your Father’s Shirt / The Mountain Top Barry Gleeson – My Darling Old Bit of a Stick Bernard Delaney – The Beauty Spot Elizabeth Cronin – Little Pack of Tailors / What Would You Do? Séamus Ennis – Kitty Lie Over Brian O’Rourke – Drumsnot The Flanagan Brothers – The Half A Crown Song Bill Rogers – West Indian Weed Woman The Meditations – Woman Piabba Tom Crean – Half a Crown Andy Cash – The Half Crown Jimmy Crowley – Boozing Cath and Phil Tyler – Our Captain Cried All Hands https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Fire Draw Near Episode IV Sep 17, 2020

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Episode IV - A look at accumulative songs and more from a van in the USA. Tracklist: Thomas Moran – The Boat that First Brought Me Over Sheila Smith – Father Pray Build me a Boat Séamus Ennis – First You Must Learn the Grip Jimmy O’Brien Moran – James Bourke’s / Fraher’s Tom Lenihan – Bonny Boy in Blue Jerry O’Reilly – Lovers and Friends Johnny Doherty – The Coolin Bridget Fitzgerald – An Seanduine Dóite Liam Weldon – Monkeyland / Blue Tar Road Vincent Campbell – Vincent Campbell’s Mazurka’s Patsy Johnston – The Old Sow Séamus Faye – Spórt Killian Flanagan – I Drank it All Ronnie Drew – The Herring Song Pat McNamara – The Rattling Bog Jack French – The Barley Mow https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Fire Draw Near Episode III Sep 17, 2020

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Episode III is a Valentine's Day special that wades through the filthiest songs in the Irish Traditional repertoire. Tracklist: Fergus Russell – 50 Shades of Grey Brian O’Rourke – Carnations Planxty – Junior Crehan’s Favourite / Corney is Coming Florrie Forde – Hold Your Hand Out Naughty Boy Nora Cleary – The Little Ball of Yarn Walter Pardon - The Little Ball of Yarn Derek Bell – Hungarian Folk Dances Luke Cheevers – The Cuckoo’s Nest Jeannie Robertson – She is a Rum one Willie Clancy – An Phis Fhliuch Martin Howley – Blow the Candle Out Len Graham – Tumbling Through the Hay Sharon Shannon - The Cat's Miaow, Tickle Her Leg, Drag Her Around The Road, Saltón D'uvéu (the Reel Of Oviedo) Anne Briggs – The Stonecutter Boy Pops Johnny Connors – Old Ballymoe Tommy McGuigan - The Old Kettle Drum Julia Clifford – The Star Above the Garter https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Fire Draw Near Episode II Sep 17, 2020

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Episode II looks at a musical motif that started off life in Scotland, made its way over to Ireland as a piping tune then travelled to America before ending up being recorded by anarcho punk band the Subhumans. Tracklist: Planxty Fanny Power Rosie Stewart – Bunch of Damned Whores Elizabeth Crotty – Touch me if you Dare / Morning Star Nora Cleary – The Holland Handkerchief Paddy in the Smoke - The Chorus Reel Will Powrie – The Drunken Piper / Highland Whiskey / High Road to Linton Paul and Jimmie McGregor - Brochan Lom, Tana Lom / Bodachan A' Mhirein Willie Clancy – Kitty Got a Clinking PJ Conlon – Phil the Fluter’s Ball Subhumans – Work Rest Play Die Brendan Behan – The Captains and The Kings Tommy Lynch – Arada Nonie Lynch – My Good Looking Man Barry Gleeson – The Girls Along the Road https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Fire Draw Near Episode I Sep 17, 2020

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Episode I looks at the folk motif that connects an Irish Traveller song, an obscure uilleann piping tune and a song by London Oi merchants Cock Sparrer. Tracklist: Willie Clancy – The Connaught Heifers / Corney is Coming Jimmy Crowley – The Pool Song Neillidh Boyle – The Moving Clouds talk and tune Séamus Ennis – I’ll mend your pots and kettles O! John Reilly Jr. – The Jolly Tinker Cock Sparrer – I Fit Central Heating Pat McNamara – I Left My Hand The Castle of Dromore – Leo Rowsome Bob Dawson - Don’t Take Me Drugs Away Pat Usher – Wild Rover Louth Mouths – Wild Rover John and Paddy Killourhey – Sporting Paddy / Jimmy Mulqueaney’s Kayne – The Lucky Elopement Tommy Reck – Top it Off Tom Lenihan – Truth in Songs / The Christmas Letter Nora Cleary – Maggie in the Wood https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

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