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Cara Dillon

About Me

Cara is an incredible singer from Dungiven, Co. Derry in Ireland. Her third album entitled " After The Morning" was released on Feb 27th 2006 on Rough Trade Records. Since the release of her self titled debut album in 2001 she has earned many prestigous awards and accolades including:
The Irish Meteor Award for Best Female Singer 2004
Two BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2002
Hotpress Magazine Award for Best Roots Act 2002
Three Big Buzz Awards for Best Folk Act 2002, 2004 and 2005
Irish Tatler Woman of the Year Music Award 2004


A full Biog will be posted here in good time.

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/8/2006
Band Website: caradillon.com
Band Members: Cara Dillon, Sam Lakeman, James O'Grady and John Smith
Influences: In No Order-Kate Bush, Joni Mitchell, Paul Brady, U2, Dolly Parton, Paddy Tunney, De Dannan, The Bothy Band, Dolores Keane, The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, The Cocteau Twins, Peter Gabriel, Sarah Mclachlan, Talk Talk, Dick Gaughan, Carol King, Deanta, Elvis, James Taylor, Moving Hearts, Christy Moore, Dougie MaClean, Sandy Denny, Randy Newman, Alison Krauss, Bill Withers, Seamus Heaney, The McGarrigles, Emmylou Harris, The Beach Boys.........
Sounds Like: ..
Record Label: Rough Trade Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

What a good Year

Hi Everyone, keep an eye on this site and Cara's official site as there will be updates regularly. This is shaping up to be a good year for fans of Cara as there are several new and excit...
Posted by Cara Dillon on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:17:00 PST