EPISODE · Mar 22, 2013 · 50 MIN
Frank the Poet - A Convict's Tour to Hell
from Documentary on One Podcast · host RTÉ
Originally from Cashel, Frank McNamara's songs and poems were spread through convict Australia by his fellow prisoners. Today a new generation of musicians regard him as giving Australia a tradition akin to the Mississippi blues.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Originally from Cashel, Frank McNamara's songs and poems were spread through convict Australia by his fellow prisoners. Today a new generation of musicians regard him as giving Australia a tradition akin to the Mississippi blues.
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