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EPISODE · Sep 15, 2025 · 1H 14M

FDN LXIII

from Fire Draw Near · host Ian Lynch

FDN LXIII is a special episode focusing on shape note singing in the United States. It is based around two interviews conducted this year with Howe Pearson and Sasha Suczyk and looks at the history and evolution of shape note singing in North America, as well as various cultural and social aspects of the tradition. Tracklist NOLA Sacred Harp Singers – I Walked Abroad Wootten Family – Ortonville Cork Sacred Harp Singers – Tribulation Lee Family – While Sorrows Encompass Me Round (Tune Skeleton of Idumea) Northampton Harmony – Despair Doc Watson And Gaither Carlton – And Am I Born To Die? Shenandoah Harmony Singers – Buonaparte Frank Harte – The Isle of Saint Helena The Doc Watson Family – The Lone Pilgrim Sacred Harp Singers – The Lone Pilgrim Martha Woodard – Murillo's Lesson The Florida-Alabama Progressive Seven Shape Note Singing Convention Singers – Amazing Grace Landless – Doomsday NOLA Sacred Harp Singers – The Last Judgement Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers – My Mothers Gone https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear

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