Podcast review: Fire Draw Near’s host Ian Lynch drops knowledge with ease
Fire Draw Near host Ian Lynch with Lankum bandmates Darragh Lynch, Radie Peat and Cormac MacDiarmada.It’s not every day you discover an Irish podcast through a name drop in the New York Times. But that’s what happened me withwhich recently got a mention in a longer piece about what the paper described as a “fresh wave of Irish music”. Fire Draw Near’s host Ian Lynch was quoted therein as a member of the group Lankum, and the podcast was described as “fascinating and often very funny”.
The Grey Lady wasn’t wrong. Now more than 40 monthly episodes in, Fire Draw Near has amassed an astounding archive of traditional Irish music stretching back centuries and over continents. The episodes serve as part old-school music hour, part scholarly exploration, with Lynch as the charming DJ professor.
And how can it, with so many lyrical gems in play, so many bawdy ballads and chuckling raconteurs with thick accents and creaky voices? From saucy jades to stolen maidenheads to boys of all persuasions – apprentice, butcher, brown-haired, cabin, etc – the songs featured are vivid and filled with lyrical delights.
Lynch has found all manner of obscure recordings to play alongside songs from his uncle, his own band, or other contemporary musicians. Sometimes he’ll follow a song down its own particular rabbit hole, how it evolved from one version to the next, how the storytelling has evolved through each. Was that verse added to give motivation to a song’s protagonist? Was this added to localise the lyrics?
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