Cara Dillon
- Website
- www.caradillon.com/
- Myspace
- www.myspace.com/caradillon
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- Booking Period
- July / Aug / Oct / Nov
- Booking Situation
- Concerts/Festivals
- Forthcoming Tour Dates
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Biography
Cara Dillon has a rare talent that you only come across a handful times in your whole life. Her staggeringly beautiful voice has the ability to reach inside the soul of a song and imbue material with not only profound sweetness but also poignancy and depth.
Born in Dungiven in 1975 she was brought up in a close musical family immersed in the rich cultural heritage of her native Co. Derry. Having won the All Ireland Traditional Singing Trophy aged only 14 she went on to sing with Oige, De Dannan and then Equation. It was in this band that she met her husband and musical collaborator Sam Lakeman. The combination of Cara's expressive vocals and Lakeman's rippling piano and fresh production squeezed new life into ancient material. Their original songs sit happily alongside the traditional, reinforcing the debt they owe, whilst pointing to a distinct and distinguished musical identity all of their own. It was Cara's unrivalled vocal talent and Sam's musical and arranging skills that have seen them signed to major record labels since they were 19. First, Blanco Y Negro (Warners) and then the enviably hip Rough Trade Records who released her 3 solo albums to date which have earned astonishing critical success and showered her with countless awards and accolades.
During the course of their careers they've performed to appreciative audiences the world over and have featured in some of the most exciting projects and events around. 2008 will see the release of Cara's first live DVD called " The Redcastle Sessions" in May, and a single to promote the release featuring a duet with singer songwriter John Smith called " If I Prove False". All being well, the release of her 4th album will follow in the Autumn. Despite their roles as new parents to baby twins, Cara and Sam are also set to tour extensively on both sides of the Atlantic... sometimes with babies in tow.
Whether she's singing her native traditional songs of lost love and
emigration, or their original compositions, you will be hard pressed to
find a more emotive and captivating performer. Cara Dillon is at the very
top of her field and one has the feeling she'll be there for a very long
time.
Forthcoming Tour Dates
January 2008
- 31 | Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow
March 2008
- 14 | venue tba, Piacenza, Italy
- 15 | Vo on the Folks, Vo di Brendola, Italy
- 16 | St Patrick's Festival, Verona, Italy
- 17 | Casino Perla, Nova Govica, Italy
May 2008
- 3 | Wath Festival, Wath upon Dearne
- 30 | Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury
- 31 | The Stables, Milton Keynes
June 2008
- 1 | Junction, Cambridge
- 4 | Bloomsbury, London
- 5 | City Varieties, Leeds
- 6 | Sage, Gateshead
- 7 | Gate to Southwell Folk Festival, Southwell
- 8 | Lowry, Salford Quays
- 10 | Grand Opera House, Belfast, IRE
- 11 | Whelans, Dublin, IRE
- 12 | Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton
- 13 | Big Session, Leicester
July 2008
- 13 | Celtic Fusion, Downpatrick, IRE
- 24 | Trowbridge Festival, Trowbridge
- 27 | WOMAD, Charlton Park (afternoon)
- 27 | Folk By The Oak, Hatfield ( evening)
August 2008
- 8 | Pickering Folk Festival, Pickering
- 10 | Broadstairs Folk Week, Broadstairs
September 2008
- 13 | Icons Festival, Boston, MA
- 14 | Icons Festival, Boston, MA
- 17 | Arts Midwest, Kansas, MO
- 18 | Arts Midwest, Kansas, MO
October 2008
- 2 | Cornerstone, Didcot
- 3 | Forest Arts Centre, New Milton
- 4 | Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham
- 9 | Parr Hall, Warrington
- 10 | Millennium Forum, Derry, IRE
- 11 | McGrory's, Culdaff, IRE
- 16 | Burnavon Arts Centre, Cookstown, IRE
- 17 | Strule Arts Centre, Omagh, IRE
- 18 | Riverside Theatre, Coleraine, IRE
- 24 | Academy, Oxford
- 27 | Bush Hall, London
- 30 | Arts Centre, Swindon
- 31 | Southill Park, Bracknell
November 2008
- 1 | Theatre Royal, Winchester
- 5 | St George's, Bristol
- 6 | Huntingdon Hall, Worcester
- 7 | Met, Bury
- 8 | Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
- 9 | Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
- 12 | Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham
- 13 | Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells
- 14 | Corn Exchange, Exeter
- 15 | Town Hall, High Wycombe
- 16 | Royal & Derngate, Northampton
- 17 | Arts Centre, Norwich
- 19 | Komedia, Brighton
- 30 | Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA
December 2008
- 2 | Cerritos Centre Performing Arts, Cerritos, CA
- 5 | Western Michigan University, Muskegon, MI
- 6 | Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, MI
- 8-21 | Majestic Theatre, Boston, MA
april 2009
- 3 | Hartford Wilde Hall, West Hartford, CT
- 5 | Cooldog Concerts, Dover, DE
- 10 | Diane Wortham Theatre, Asheville, NC
august 2009
- 7-9 | Edmonton Folk Festival, Edmonton, AB