Cara Dillon -
Festivals continue to offer delights
14th July 2007 7.45pm Merlin Theatre Code: 1416 Author: Wiltshire Times
FESTIVAL season continues this week, with the fabulous Village Pump opening in Trowbridge and the Swindon Shuffle running in Swindon this weekend.
More live music in Trowbridge next week at the West Wilts Show, with Sgt Pepper's Only Dart Board Band, Queen B, Midge Ure, Carnaby Street, Jon Amor, the Police Chiefs and the Bon Jovi Experience over three nights.
The penultimate night of the increasingly popular and respected Frome Festival featured a rare performance from the captivating Cara Dillon, pictured.
The Irish folk singer and her husband Sam Lakeman (brother of Seth) live in Frome and told the audience on Saturday night at the Merlin Theatre how nice it was to have such a short drive home.
Striking an instant repartee with the audience, Dillon and the three superb musicians on stage delivered a cracking repertoire of songs.
Dillon is both beautiful and charming and her voice conjures up images of Celtic countryside and is emotive of centuries of Gaelic tradition.
Her version of There Were Roses a tragic tale about two best friends destroyed by the sectarian violence in Northern Ireland was warmly received, not least because the audience got to sing along with her during the chorus. The rousing Where Are You is a combination of Lakeman's haunting keyboard melodies, Dillon's ethereal singing and a sudden victorious burst of Irish Uilleann Pipes which brought loud applause and cheers from the audience, who clearly marvelled at them.
Cara Dillon and the music she and her band perform so well, allows anyone to empathise with the rich history and tradition of the Irish community and share in the warmth, joy and tragedy of the past it invokes so well.
Frome was smitten with Dillon, grateful to her for cherishing the local connection and delighted with the performance. She did Frome Festival proud.
Wiltshire Times
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