Fire Draw Near
@firedrawnear.bsky.social
Music podcast and radio show which investigates Irish traditional music and song in all of its myriad forms.
New episode on the Cuckoo! campsite.bio/firedrawnear
November 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
New episode on the Cuckoo! campsite.bio/firedrawnear
Had a really nice chat with Joe Reilly last week about the origins of One Leg One Eye, the story behind the songs as well as the imminent Canadian tour. Listen back to it here - cod.ckcufm.com/programs/107... 𓆙 𓆙 𓆙
Interviews with Ian Lynch (Lankum) about One Leg One Eye, Victoria Cheong about her performance at Pique and Brandon Scott of Yukon Blonde about their new album - The Guest List - 2025-09-25
NOTE: The On Demand version of the show contains extended interview segments with each artist and the complete pieces of music. The interviews had to be edited and some musical pieces shortened to f...
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September 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Had a really nice chat with Joe Reilly last week about the origins of One Leg One Eye, the story behind the songs as well as the imminent Canadian tour. Listen back to it here - cod.ckcufm.com/programs/107... 𓆙 𓆙 𓆙
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My first fall read is "A Lush and Seething Hell" (2019) by @johnhornor.bsky.social
I put it on my TBR after I heard Ian Lynch talk about it on @firedrawnear.bsky.social last year, not really knowing what to expect.
My GOD, is it good. Disturbing. Carnal. Can't put it down.
I put it on my TBR after I heard Ian Lynch talk about it on @firedrawnear.bsky.social last year, not really knowing what to expect.
My GOD, is it good. Disturbing. Carnal. Can't put it down.
September 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
My first fall read is "A Lush and Seething Hell" (2019) by @johnhornor.bsky.social
I put it on my TBR after I heard Ian Lynch talk about it on @firedrawnear.bsky.social last year, not really knowing what to expect.
My GOD, is it good. Disturbing. Carnal. Can't put it down.
I put it on my TBR after I heard Ian Lynch talk about it on @firedrawnear.bsky.social last year, not really knowing what to expect.
My GOD, is it good. Disturbing. Carnal. Can't put it down.
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I'm delighted to announce that Episode LXIII is finally finished and online for your enjoyment and responsible consumption. This one is a focused look at Shape Note singing in the United States. campsite.bio/firedrawnear X
September 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I'm delighted to announce that Episode LXIII is finally finished and online for your enjoyment and responsible consumption. This one is a focused look at Shape Note singing in the United States. campsite.bio/firedrawnear X
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Sometimes archaeology is so dull. Data entry day as part of the Northampton deposit modelling project. On my second listen of this fine episode for my sanity!
Episode LXII is live as of yesterday evening! 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. campsite.bio/firedrawnear X
September 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Sometimes archaeology is so dull. Data entry day as part of the Northampton deposit modelling project. On my second listen of this fine episode for my sanity!
Episode LXII is live as of yesterday evening! 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. campsite.bio/firedrawnear X
September 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Episode LXII is live as of yesterday evening! 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. campsite.bio/firedrawnear X
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I went to see The Texas Chain Saw Massacre on 35mm last night at the @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social presented by @firedrawnear.bsky.social & I had thoughts about the film's Buddhist aspect which I explicate here:
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The Tao of Leatherface | Weird & Confusing
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August 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I went to see The Texas Chain Saw Massacre on 35mm last night at the @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social presented by @firedrawnear.bsky.social & I had thoughts about the film's Buddhist aspect which I explicate here:
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Cassettes available from us on Friday, & UK friends can pick up tapes directly from the artist at Supersonic in Birmingham this weekend!
Vinyl/digital via Nyahh:
nyahhrecords.bandcamp.com/album/and-take-the-black-worm-with-me
Support Ian’s incredible podcast: @firedrawnear.bsky.social
Vinyl/digital via Nyahh:
nyahhrecords.bandcamp.com/album/and-take-the-black-worm-with-me
Support Ian’s incredible podcast: @firedrawnear.bsky.social
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August 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Cassettes available from us on Friday, & UK friends can pick up tapes directly from the artist at Supersonic in Birmingham this weekend!
Vinyl/digital via Nyahh:
nyahhrecords.bandcamp.com/album/and-take-the-black-worm-with-me
Support Ian’s incredible podcast: @firedrawnear.bsky.social
Vinyl/digital via Nyahh:
nyahhrecords.bandcamp.com/album/and-take-the-black-worm-with-me
Support Ian’s incredible podcast: @firedrawnear.bsky.social
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Anyone who was lucky enough to see Andy the Doorbum at the Grand Social knows him as an 8-foot-tall Cthulhu-like demon of radical empathy, but here he is being a folksinger with @firedrawnear.bsky.social - he's the missing link between Woody Guthrie & Alice Cooper
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August 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Anyone who was lucky enough to see Andy the Doorbum at the Grand Social knows him as an 8-foot-tall Cthulhu-like demon of radical empathy, but here he is being a folksinger with @firedrawnear.bsky.social - he's the missing link between Woody Guthrie & Alice Cooper
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New episode on the ballad Sam Hall aka Jack Hall aka Jack Caundle coming out today for all Patreon subscribers! campsite.bio/firedrawnear X
July 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
New episode on the ballad Sam Hall aka Jack Hall aka Jack Caundle coming out today for all Patreon subscribers! campsite.bio/firedrawnear X
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As ever, fantastic show! I especially loved Cormac Begley & Liam O Connor's "Ryan's Rant" and Junior Brother's bloody brilliant "Welcome To My Mountain".
June 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
As ever, fantastic show! I especially loved Cormac Begley & Liam O Connor's "Ryan's Rant" and Junior Brother's bloody brilliant "Welcome To My Mountain".
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absolutely exquisite episode of @firedrawnear.bsky.social this time - Blackwater Side podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
Blackwater Side
Podcast Episode · Fire Draw Near · 20/06/2025 · 52m
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June 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
absolutely exquisite episode of @firedrawnear.bsky.social this time - Blackwater Side podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
FDN Episode LXI has just gone live! It is a lengthy heady blast through all of the amazing music that has come my way over the last month. The draft is full and rich. Drink deep and be let contentment be your wealth. campsite.bio/firedrawnear X
June 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
FDN Episode LXI has just gone live! It is a lengthy heady blast through all of the amazing music that has come my way over the last month. The draft is full and rich. Drink deep and be let contentment be your wealth. campsite.bio/firedrawnear X
Thanks to @lglpalmer.bsky.social for this great review of the One Leg One Eye gig in the Cube Bristol last week! www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
Review: One Leg One Eye, the Cube - 'Eerie and electrifying'
Experimental doom folk from Lankum's Ian Lynch is a visceral experience
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June 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Thanks to @lglpalmer.bsky.social for this great review of the One Leg One Eye gig in the Cube Bristol last week! www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
A new episode, which looks at the ballad Blackwater Side and the journey that it took from 17th century to a Traveller site outside Belfast in 1952 and from there to the first Led Zeppelin LP. X campsite.bio/firedrawnear
June 20, 2025 at 10:21 AM
A new episode, which looks at the ballad Blackwater Side and the journey that it took from 17th century to a Traveller site outside Belfast in 1952 and from there to the first Led Zeppelin LP. X campsite.bio/firedrawnear
Tonight we play with the one (and only) Rich(ard) Dawson (the best) and Lou Terry in the Cowley Workers Social Club (Oxford)!!!!
June 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Tonight we play with the one (and only) Rich(ard) Dawson (the best) and Lou Terry in the Cowley Workers Social Club (Oxford)!!!!
Tour starts this week!!! 𓆙
June 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Tour starts this week!!! 𓆙
it a comedic children's song or is there something more serious and grotesque at play? The Old Man from Lee aka The Old Man fro Over the Sea. Get on the Patreon if you want to hear this one now, otherwise come back in a few months!
Artwork by Glyn Smyth
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Artwork by Glyn Smyth
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May 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
it a comedic children's song or is there something more serious and grotesque at play? The Old Man from Lee aka The Old Man fro Over the Sea. Get on the Patreon if you want to hear this one now, otherwise come back in a few months!
Artwork by Glyn Smyth
campsite.bio/firedrawnear
Artwork by Glyn Smyth
campsite.bio/firedrawnear
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If that’s something you find interesting, then you’ll love this @firedrawnear.bsky.social episode about an old Irish song that ends up making its way to Lead Belly overcast.fm/+AAjD__i9kHY
Fire Draw Near Episode XVI — Fire Draw Near
Episode XVI looks at the strange and fantastic life of the song An Droimeann Donn Dílis which was played and transformed by artists as diverse as Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich, Lead Belly, the Weavers, Na...
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April 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
If that’s something you find interesting, then you’ll love this @firedrawnear.bsky.social episode about an old Irish song that ends up making its way to Lead Belly overcast.fm/+AAjD__i9kHY
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"ACAB" et "tout le monde déteste la police" marchent déjà très bien comme slogans mais rien n'empêche d'ajouter "Hey hey daloy politzei!" au répertoire.
(Thanks to @firedrawnear.bsky.social for the discovery.)
(Thanks to @firedrawnear.bsky.social for the discovery.)
Geoff Berner — In Ale Gasn [Daloy Polizei! / A.C.A.B!]
YouTube video by Guerrilla Radio 📻 Радіо Львівського метрополітену
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March 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"ACAB" et "tout le monde déteste la police" marchent déjà très bien comme slogans mais rien n'empêche d'ajouter "Hey hey daloy politzei!" au répertoire.
(Thanks to @firedrawnear.bsky.social for the discovery.)
(Thanks to @firedrawnear.bsky.social for the discovery.)
FDN LX was recorded in a bedroom in a house in the 9th ward of New Orleans. Upon reflection it features many friends, peers and contemporaries, Leland Palmer, Ola Belle Reed and even Dickie Rock. It is online now. soundcloud.com/firedrawnear...
March 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
FDN LX was recorded in a bedroom in a house in the 9th ward of New Orleans. Upon reflection it features many friends, peers and contemporaries, Leland Palmer, Ola Belle Reed and even Dickie Rock. It is online now. soundcloud.com/firedrawnear...
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#equinox early morning dog walking, listening to an old episode of @firedrawnear.bsky.social in the sun. Perfect
March 20, 2025 at 7:37 AM
#equinox early morning dog walking, listening to an old episode of @firedrawnear.bsky.social in the sun. Perfect