HeyJaredThe Ballad Lounge Podcast
The Ballad Lounge PodcastJoin Rory Makem & Máirtín de Cógáin, your hosts, lyric lovers and part time history buffs, on a captivating journey through the ages of song!
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Amazing Grace This episode is about one of the most well know songs in the english languge. A hymn by John Newton called Amazing Grace . Rory has done a deep dive finding an amazing connection to Ireland in this ballad. Listen in as they explore the life and times of a decrepid man who had a big hand in bringing about the end to the slave trade in the nineteenth century. Note: this talk about slavery could be triggery to some, please be advise that Rory & Máirtín are not historians and do their
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