Cara Dillon
2 875 fans
Artist's top tracks
| The Parting Glass | Cara Dillon | 03:19 | |
| High Tide | Cara Dillon | 03:42 | |
| Black is the Colour | Cara Dillon | 04:03 | |
| Blackwater Side | Cara Dillon, Sam Lakeman | 04:10 | |
| Garden Valley | Cara Dillon | 04:08 | |
| The Streets of Derry | Cara Dillon | 04:28 | |
| The Hill of Thieves | Cara Dillon | 04:30 | |
| Never in a Million Years | Cara Dillon | 03:49 | |
| The Leaving Song | Cara Dillon, Sam Lakeman | 03:22 | |
| Sailor Boy | Cara Dillon, Sam Lakeman, Kris Drever | 03:45 |
Most popular release
| Jacket so Blue | |
| Bright Morning Star | |
| My Donald | |
| Moorlough Mary |
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Folk Awards 2018 (BBC Radio 2)
20 tracks - 317 fans
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Biography
One of the most admired singers in the modern wave of folk stars, Cara Dillon's pure, sweet voice has an appeal well beyond the British folk music scene in which she originally emerged. From Dungiven, Co. Londonderry in Northern Ireland - an area steeped in folk music and tradition - she'd already built a big reputation locally, winning awards at Irish fleadhs and performing with the band Oige when she moved to England in 1995 to join the young folk group Equation (replacing Kate Rusby); a much-touted young group signed to the Warners label who also featured Kathryn Roberts and three Lakeman brothers Sam, Seth and Sean. Dillon ended up marrying Sam Lakeman, collaborating closely with him as she launched her solo career with her self-titled album, a mix of traditional and contemporary songs, which included her award-winning version of Black Is The Colour. She cemented her reputation and broadened her appeal with subsequent albums Sweet Liberty (2003), After The Morning, including two tracks featuring the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and a duet with Paul Brady (2006), Hill Of Thieves (2009) and A Thousand Hearts (2014). Along the way she and Lakeman became parents of three children (including twin boys), played with the Ulster Orchestra at Belfast's Ulster Hall, narrated the opening sequence and sang the opening song for Disney's Tinker Bell & The Great Fairy Rescue and sang alongside Peter Gabriel, Hayley Westenra and others on the 2009 Children In Need charity single, All You Need Is Love.