Fire Draw Near
5.0/5
Critic Rating
Fire Draw Near is a monthly podcast and radio show which investigates Irish traditional music and song in all of its myriad forms. https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear
Critic Reviews
Score: 5
PodcAsteroid • Podcasteroid • Sep 29, 2023
"No such issues here. FDN is an authentic passion project...producing greatness in the process."
Score: 5
Fiona McCann • Irish Times • Apr 8, 2023
"The episodes serve as part old-school music hour, part scholarly exploration, with Lynch as the charming DJ professor. Lynch...drops knowledge with ease: So much is imparted about the origins of a particular instrument (ancient Hittite pipes, anyone?), the evolution of a familiar melody, or the connections between non-lexical singing in cultures across the world. Yet Fire Draw Near never comes across as didactic or stodgy. Fire Draw Near is rich and expansive, and a brilliant education in traditional Irish music’s wild and raucous evolution, its borrowings and legacies, and its thriving contemporary forms."
Score: 5
Will Hermes • New York Times • Mar 25, 2023
"...a fascinating and often very funny Patreon-funded podcast devoted to modern and historic Irish traditional music."
