Episode XV features distorted accordions, tunes learned from the Otherworld, Bronze Age war horns and punk rock piping jigs. Alongside all of this are new tracks from Jim Ghedi, Caoimhín Ó Fearghail and Cormac Begley.

Tracklist:

George Ross – Higgins Hornpipe / Other Hornpipe

Caoimhín Ó Fearghail – John Lydons / Nora Cíonna

Delia Murphy – Moonshiner

Ronan Browne – Port na bPúcai

Jim Ghedi – Ah Cud Hew

Callino Casturame & Caleno Custurme – William Byrd & Anonymous

Caleno Custure Me – Susan McKeown

The Dubliners – The Newry Highwayman

The Ludlow’s Ballad Group – The Butcher Boy

Ancient Music of Ireland – Along the Shore

John Kenny – The Carnyx

Cormac Begley – O’Neill’s

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The final installment of the Wild Rover Podcast looks at the song in Ireland before the Dubliners came along as well as where Luke Kelly’s iconic version might have originated. Featuring performances from Cormac Mac Diarmada, Cat Forster and Mark O'Kane. Do yourself a favour and check out Brian Peters' article The Well-Travelled 'Wild Rover' (Folk Music Journal Vol. 10, No. 5 (2015), pp. 609-636), which I relied on heavily while creating this podcast. https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Fire Draw Near Bonus Episode - The Gypsy Laddie by Ian Lynch

Fire Draw Near Episode XIV is a Shitfaced Christmas Extravaganza Bonanza! Featuring the amazing tale of the Donegal Tarantella, me doing a Felix Doran but its Iron Maiden, more bad language than usual, lots of beer reviews, tonnes of drunken slobbering, Christmas songs, Scandinavian Folk Metal tropes, as well as new songs from Ruskavellas, Stick in the Wheel, Burd Ellen, Myrkur and Yorkston Thorne and Khan. Best enjoyed while shitfaced.

Tracklist:

Ruskavellas – Grey Ranns of the Sidhe / The Little Branch

Stick in the Wheel – Drive the Cold Winter Away

Burd Ellen – The Wexford Carol

The Carol Singers – God Rest You Merry Gentlemen

The Kipper Family – Arrest These Merry Gentlemen

Annie Lennox – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Frank Harte – The Maid of Cabra West

Myrkur – Tor i Helheim

Felix Doran – The Fox Hunt

Iron Maiden – Genghis Khan

Francie ‘Dearg’ Byrne – The Cat That Kittled In Jamie’s Wig

Leonardo Riccardi, Angelo Salerno & Quirino Valvano – Tarantella per Zampogna, Ciaramella e Tamburello

Rónán Galvin – Donegal Tarantella

Yorkston Thorne and Khan – The Jealous Woman / A Bhean Ladeach

Shirley Collins – The Cherry Tree Carol

Luke Cheevers – That’s the Way

Ding Dong Denny O’Reilly – The Ballad of Jaysus Christ

The Voice Squad – The Sheepstealer

The Voice Squad – The Parting Glass

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Part II of the Wild Rover Podcast looks at what happened to the song over the first 300 years of its existence as it spread from England to Scotland, North America and Australia, where it began to evolve into something resembling the version that we all know today. Featuring performances from Marshall Morris the Travelling Woodsman of the Fosseway, Cormac Dermody, Paul Denman, Beanie Entwistle, Mark Jennings and Liam Crill . Do yourself a favour and check out Brian Peters' article The Well-Travelled 'Wild Rover' (Folk Music Journal Vol. 10, No. 5 (2015), pp. 609-636), which I relied on heavily while creating this podcast. https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Episode XIII takes a look at Irish songs of social protest including my favourite unnapreciated sub-genre of republican ballads. Also includes part three of Lomax Does Ireland, an in depth look at Alan Lomax's seminal collecting trip to Ireland in 1951.

Tracklist:

Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin and Ultan O’Brien - All Our Lonely Ghosts

Liam Weldon – Dark Horse on the Wind

Dé Danann – Rights of Man / Pride of Petravore

Christy Moore – Anne Lovett

The Dubliners – The Sun Is Burning

Paul Brady – The Shamrock Shore

Frank Harte – Pat Maguire

Swan Arcade – Four Green Fields

Chumbawamba – The Manchester Martyrs

We Shall Overcome – Hard Times of Old England

Gobnait Ní Chroinín – Innsin Bhéal Átha na Ghaorthadh

Maire Ní Cheocháin – Cois Abhainn na Séad

Maxine Sullivan - The Raggle Taggle Gypsy

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The Wild Rover Part I looks at the historical and sociological background of 17th century England; a culture which gave rise to a body of song known as the Alehouse Ballads. It was from this group of ballads that the song which was to become the Wild Rover emerged from in the year 1678. Featuring performances from Cormac Dermody, Adrian Edwards, Paul Denman, Beanie Entwistle, Joe Yorke, Radie Peat and Marshall Morris the Travelling Woodsman of the Fosseway. Do yourself a favour and check out Brian Peters' 2015 article The Well-Travelled 'Wild Rover' Folk Music Journal Vol. 10, No. 5 (2015), pp. 609-636, which I relied on heavily while creating this podcast. https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Episode XII looks at the song Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye, exploring it's origins as well as musical precursors dating back to an English country dance published in 1651 and forward in time to Metallica's 1988 breakthrough single One. Also featured is the second installment of Lomax Does Ireland, as well as two widely differing versions of Scottish tune, The Flowers of Edinburgh.

Tracklist:

Latitude 37 – Divisions on Paul’s Steeple

Christine Townley – John Anderson, My Jo

Leola Lucey – Cruiskeen Lawn

Frank Harte – By Memory Inspired

Frank Harte – Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye

The Sheppards – When Johnny Comes Marching Home

The Clash – The English Civil War

Johnny Cash – Ghost Riders in the Sky

Metallica – One

Seán Eoin Ó Súilleabháin and Diarmuid Ó Riordáin - Dé Bheatha-sa, a Thaidhg

Seán Eoin Ó Súilleabháin and Diarmuid Ó Riordáin - Cucúín

Peggy Scanlon – One Day for Recreation

Alasdair Roberts – The Flowers of Edinburgh

Bullion – Blue Pedro

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Episode XI. This episode features the first of a new segment looking at Alan Lomax's seminal 1951 Irish collecting trip. Alongside this are songs from Planxty, Marlais, Sarah Ghriallais, Frank Harte, Séamus Ennis, Elizabeth 'Bess' Cronin, as well as some of the earliest recordings of Irish music.

Tracklist:

Planxty – The Raggle Taggle Gypsies / Tabhair Dom do Lámh

Marlais – Meeting is a Pleasure

Sarah Ghriallais – Skibereen

Frank Harte – Building Up and Tearing England Down

Percy Ridge – Western Cowboy

Séamus Ennis – Through Dublin City

Séamus Ennis – Bain an Ceann Caol De

Séamus Ennis – The Woman of the House

Elizabeth Cronin – A Bhean Úd Thíos

Elizabeth Cronin – Siúl, a Ghrá

Elizabeth Cronin – Lanigan’s Ball

Dinny Delaney – The Last Glimpse of Erin

Mary Hoare – An Cáilín Deas Crúite na mBó

Planxty – The West Coast of Clare

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Episode X looks at the Child ballads in Ireland.

Tracklist:

Al O’Donnell – Lord Abore and Mary Flynn

Mary Baylon – Johnny Scott

John Reilly – The Well Below the Valley

Dónal Maguire – The Grey Cock

Elizabeth Cronin – Lord Gregory

Tom Lenihan – The Holland Handkerchief

Mary Delaney – Buried in Kilkenny

Martin Howley – The Old Armchair

Frank Harte – Captain Wedderburn’s Courtship

Lisa O’Neill – The North Strand / The Croppy Boy

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