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/firedrawnear
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Signup to Generate a PitchFire Draw Near is a monthly podcast and radio show which investigates Irish traditional music and song in all of its myriad forms.
Fire Draw Near is hosted by Ian Lynch. The show has published 118 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "FDN 116" (20 October 2026, 84 minutes), "FDN LXVII" (31 August 2026, 58 minutes), and "The Old Man from Lee" (10 August 2026, 46 minutes).
Fire Draw Near publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 69 minutes across 118 episodes.
Booking probability for Fire Draw Near is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Fire Draw Near requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Fire Draw Near's contact route on record: verified email.
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Ian Lynch hosts Fire Draw Near, a music show with 118 episodes published.
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Episode 116 is to episode 115 what Iron Maiden's Killers is to Iron Maiden's Iron Maiden. Full of great stuff that just wasn't able to fit on the previous one. This one is built around the long promised Welsh segment as...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 /...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Episode LXI is a lengthy heady blast through all of the amazing music that has come my way over the last month. There's so much really quality interesting stuff coming out in the wider traditional - folk - weirdo music...
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This episode looks at the ballad Blackwater Side aka Blackwaterside aka Down by Blackwaterside and the journey that it took from a Traveller site outside Belfast in 1952 to the first Led Zeppelin LP. A winding river of...
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FDN LX was recorded in a bedroom in the 9th Ward in New Orleans. Upon reflection it features many friends, peers and contemporaries and that must be a good thing. Cormac Mac Diarmada – Iníon an Fhaoit’ ó’n nGleann Jim...
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This episode looks at the song Hares on the Mountain aka Blackbirds and Thrushes aka If All the Young Women aka Nancy Lay Sleeping aka The Knife in the Window aka Pretty Polly aka Shepherd So Bold aka Sally My Dear aka...
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Episode LVIX is an eclectic collection of traditional material arranged and performed along a wide and varied spectrum of emotion, mood and colour. Expect bombast, pomp, introspection and sensitivity with a side dish of...
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This episode looks at the song the Boston Burglar aka Botany Bay aka the Louisville Burglar aka the New Transports Farewell aka the Transport aka Adieu to Old England Tracklist Paul Clayton – Botany Bay The Watersons –...
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Episode LVIII is a spotlight on the Appalachian region of the USA, based around an interview with the one and only Andy the Doorbum and focusing on the relief work that he is currently carrying out there. If you would...
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Episode LVII is a grim Halloween special featuring some creepy favourites! Artwork is a German painting of the Danse Macabre, creator unknown. Tracklist John Carpenter – Tommy Tells Of Ghost Ships Richard Dawson – Ghost...
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This episode looks at the song The Greenland Whale Fishery aka The Greenland Whale Fisheries aka The Greenland Whalers aka When the Whale Get Strike Thanks to Liam Cashin for the Futurama clip! Tracklist Mike Waterson...
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This episode looks at the ballad Fair Margaret And Sweet William aka Lady Margaret And Sweet William aka Sweet William and Fair Margaret aka Knight William aka Lady Margaret aka Little Margaret aka The Old Armchair...
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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...
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