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

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