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Cara Dillon
| Cara Dillon seems to have seduced the entire nation in just a couple of short, breathtaking, eventful years. Make that several nations, for among the rare ingredients of her irresistibly natural personality and mesmerising ability to relate a great story in song, is an all-embracing quality that defies borders, cultures and even languages. After twiddling their thumbs tied to a record company intent on turning them into pop stars for longer than they care to remember, Cara and her partner Sam Lakeman finally baled out to do their own thing. That thing, a beautiful, melancholy self-titled album of folk songs ('Cara Dillon' / Rough Trade Records), had gnarled old critics singing their praises and the avalanche of gigs that followed had audiences filling venues the length and breadth of Europe. This, we soon learned, was the Cara Dillon effect and it transformed Cara and Sam from also-rans into one of the most sought-after acts in the land. A clutch of awards tumbled into their laps - BBC Folk Awards' best new act and track of the year for Black Is The Colour, Hotpress 'Best Trad Album', No 9 in the HMV Choice magazine critics poll of 2001 - and triumphant appearances at WOMAD festivals around the world proved their magic was all-consuming. (Saturday evening Cross Keys Marquee) |
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