FDN LIX

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1. 

   9 Sep 2025 · 1 hr 31 min

   FDN LXII

   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 something to do with pipers, fighters, outlaws, thieves and revolutionaries. Art by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. X Tracklist; Seán McKeon – The Salamanca / Trim the Velvet Tealeaf – Bone Lace Weaver Jason Rouse – Snug in the Blanket / The Fisherman’s Johnny Horton – The Battle of New Orleans Liam Weldon – James Connolly Seán McKeon – James Connolly Francy Devine – Sam Hall / Le Ramoneur /…

2. 

   25 Jun 2025 · 1 hr 24 min

   FDN LXI

   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 scenes these days and this is just a taster. The draft is full and rich. Drink deep and be let contentment be your wealth. Artwork by Louis le Brocquy for the Thomas Kinsella translation of the Táin Bó Cuailnge. Tracklist Cormac Begley & Liam O Connor – Ryan’s Rant Sweet William – Keep your Garden Clean David Murphy – The March of The King of Laois Duck Baker and Molly Andrews…

3. 

   20 Jun 2025 · 52 min

   Blackwater Side

   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 a song, this episode looks at its multiple obscure sources as well as its many meandering tributaries. Tracklist Led Zeppelin – Black Mountain Side Bert Jansch – Blackwaterside Anne Briggs – Blackwaterside Isla Cameron – Blackwaterside Mary Doran – Down by Blackwaterside Paddy Tunney – Blackwaterside Harry Upton – In Wayward Town Wash Nelson – Last May Morn Spriguns –…

4. 

   18 Mar 2025 · 1 hr 4 min

   FDN LX

   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 Ghedi – The Seasons Bob Hill – Pity The Downtrodden Landlord Ben Edge – Crossbones Lament Angeline Morrison – Unknown African Boy (d. 1830) Paddy McKeown – Cailín Deas Crúite na mBó Dickie Rock & Miami – Mairzy Doats And Dozy Doats Guídó Pluisce – Farewell to High Fidelity Geoff Berner — In Ale Gasn [Daloy Polizei! ⁄ A.C.A.B!] Ola Belle Reed – I've Endured Varo ft. John…

5. 

   10 Mar 2025 · 1 hr 6 min

   Hares On The Mountain / The Knife in the Window

   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 Lightning and Thunder aka Crawling and Creeping aka Ain't Gonna Do It No More aka Roll Yer Leg Over Tracklist Shirley Collins and Davy Graham – Hares on the Mountain Harry List – Knife on the Window AL Lloyd – Pretty Polly Harry Cox – Knife in the Window Belinda Kempster and Fran Foote – Knife in the Window The Three ‘Baccer Tags – Ain’t Gonna Do It No More Jim Garland –…

6. 

   9 Dec 2024 · 51 min

   The Boston Burglar

   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 – The Whitby Lad Fiddlin' John Carson August – The Boston Burglar Carl T Sprague – The Boston Burglar New Lost City Ramblers – Louisville Burglar George Pegram – The Boston Burglar Cat Mother – Boston Burglar Jean Elvin - The Boston Smuggler Jimmy MacBeath – The Boston Smuggler Delia Murphy – The Boston Burglar The Clancy Brother and Lou Killen – The Boston Burglar The…

7. 

   25 Nov 2024 · 1 hr 50 min

   FDN LVIII

   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 like to support him in his efforts you can do so here - https://campsite.bio/andythedoorbum The episode also features an unreleased track from Andy, namely Young Emily / Edmund in the Lowlands Low Tracklist Andy the Doorbum - Young Emily / Edmund in the Lowlands Low Maggie Hammons - When this World Comes to an End Michael and Carrie Cline - Bangum and the Wild Boar Margaret…

8. 

   31 Oct 2024 · 55 min

   FDN LVII

   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 of a Tree Paddy Glackin and Robbie Hannan – The Young Tom Ennis / The Maid at the Well John Goodluck – The Lover’s Ghost Pentangle – The Cruel Sister Harry Bradley and Michael Clarkson – The Geese in the Bog / The Jig of the Dead Roky Erickson – I Walked with a Zombie Dimlaia – Goodnight Sweet Ghost Eddie Butcher – Saturday Night is Halloween Night Shane McGowan and Sinéad…

9. 

   16 Oct 2024 · 1 hr 9 min

   The Greenland Whale Fishery

   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 and Lou Killen – Greenland Whale Fishery The Pogues – Greenland Whale Fisheries The Dubliners – Greenland Whale Fisheries David Pryor – When The Whale Get Strike Hermes Nye – Greenland Fishery The Song Swappers – The Greenland Whalers The Weavers – Greenland Whale Fisheries Paul Clayton – The Greenland Whale Fisheries The Journeymen – Greenland Whale Fisheries A.L. Lloyd – The…

10. 

    16 Sep 2024 · 56 min

    Fair Margaret And Sweet William

    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 Tracklist Tom Munnelly – Talking about Knight William Martin Howley – Knight William AL Lloyd – Fair Margaret And Sweet William The Hare and the Moon – Sweet William and Fair Margaret Justus Begley – Lady Margaret Emma Shelton – Fair Margaret and Sweet William Almeda Riddle – Lady Margaret Sheila Kay Adams – Little Margaret Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi – Little Margaret…