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Cara Dillon
joined the folk
supergroup Equation [a past RGM artist 2001-2003] in 1995 as a replacement
for another singing sensation, Kate Rusby. Dillon left Equation before the
release of their Blanco y Negro debut and began working with another
previous member of the band, Sam Lakeman.
In 2001, Cara Dillon’s eponymous solo debut ‘Cara
Dillon’ revealed a remarkably assured and justifiably acclaimed
collection of (mainly) traditional material. The angelic quality of her
voice drew comparisons to Eva Cassidy. The album swiftly placed Dillon
firmly amongst the leading lights of the new generation of young
traditional artists emerging onto the mainstream. She’s toured with Paul
Brady, performed with Linda Thompson and Ralph McTell as well as A Woman’s
Heart, which has already taken her back to Ireland and will soon take her
across the USA.
Cara Dillon featured in a major new BBC TV documentary on the history of
British Folk Music, which was transmitted in February 2006 and she was
also featured in the BBC series Transatlantic Sessions transmitted October
2007 with a line-up including Paul Brady, Sharon Shannon, Donal Luny and
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