- Cara Dillon( Cara Elizabeth Dillon )【 7 albums 59 lyrics 】
- Cara Elizabeth Dillon (born 21 July 1975, Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland) is an Irish folk singer. In 1995, she joined the folk supergroup Equation and signed a record deal with Warners Music Group. After leaving the group, she collaborated with Sam Lakeman under the name Polar Star. In 2001, she released her first solo album, Cara Dillon, which featured traditional songs and two original Dillon\Lakeman compositions. The album was an unexpected hit in the folk world, with Dillon receiving four nominations at the 2002 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
Dillon’s second album, Sweet Liberty (2003), entered the Irish album charts and UK Indie album charts. In 2004, Dillon received the Meteor Irish Music Award for Best Irish Female. Her third album, After the Morning, was released in 2006. The album’s opening track “Never in a Million Years” gained Radio 2 Airplay, while other tracks featured the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Paul Brady. Also in 2006, Dillon sang at the opening of the Ryder Cup in Ireland.
In 2009, Dillon released her fourth album, the award-winning Hill of Thieves. The record marked a return to Dillon’s traditional roots with a purer production and arrangement style. The titular track “Hill of Thieves”, a Dillon\Lakeman original, was voted by BBC listeners as one of the “Top 10” original songs to have come out of Northern Ireland. In 2012, Dillon performed two concerts with the Ulster Orchestra.
Dillon’s fifth solo album, A Thousand Hearts, was released in 2014. Prior to the album’s release, Dillon discovered that her music enjoyed a dedicated following in China, where her first album featured in English curriculums. She has since embarked on several popular Chinese tours. As of 2017, Dillon continues to tour regularly and work with her husband, Sam Lakeman, who backs her on piano and guitar. Her most recent release is the album, Wanderer (2017).
Dillon is the sister of fellow folk singer Mary Dillon, formerly of Déanta. - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
- Album name Release Date Song
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A Thousand Hearts
2014
1.Jacket So Blue
2.Bright Morning Star
3.My Donald
4.Moorlough Mary
5.Shotgun Down The Avalanche
6.River Run7.Eirigh Suas a St¢ir¡n
8.Eighteen Years Old
9.T imse im' Chodladh
10.The Shores Of Lough Bran
11.As I Roved Out -
Hill Of Thieves
2009
1.The Hill Of Thieves
2.Johnny, Lovely Johnny
3.The Parting Glass
4.Spencer The Rover
5.False, False
6.Jimmy Mo Mhile Stor7.She Moved Through The Fair
8.P Stands For Paddy (Lament For Johnny)
9.The Verdant Braes Of Skreen
10.The Lass Of Glenshee
11.Fil, Fil A Run O -
Sweet Liberty
2003
1.Everywhere
2.The Emigrant's Farewell3.Falling Like a Star -
Cara Dillon
2001
1.Black Is the Color
2.Green Grows the Laurel3.Blue Mountain River
4.The Maid Of Culmore -
After The Morning
1.Garden Valley -
Wanderer
1.The Leaving Song
2.Both Sides the Tweed
3.The Faughan Side4.The Banks of the Bann
5.Dubhdara
6.Blackwater Side -
Miscellaneous
1.He's Young But He's Growing
2.Where Are You
3.High Tide
4.The Winding River Roe
5.Erin the Green
6.There Were Roses
7.The Gem Of The Roe
8.Bonny Bonny
9.Broken Bridges
10.Standing On The Shore
11.Craigie Hill
12.I Am a Youth That's Inclined to Ramble13.I Wish I Was
14.She's Like the Swallow
15.Donald of Glencoe
16.Black Is the Colour
17.The Lonesome Scenes of Winter
18.P Stands for Paddy
19.The Other Side
20.When the Music Starts to Play
21.Upon a Winter's Night
22.Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
23.Come Flying With Me
【Correction of errors in the album information】