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Cara Dillon Cara Elizabeth Dillon (born 21 July 1975, in Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish folk singer. In 1995, she joined the folk supergroup Equation and signed a record deal with Warners Music Group. After leaving t ...

formed a traditional

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band with school friends called Óige. In 1995 she joined folk super-group

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and signed a

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with

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. Dillon's solo career began in 2001 with the release of her debut album ''

''. Signed to

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for her first three, Dillon released her fourth solo album in 2009 on her own label, Charcoal Records. Included in the list below, in addition to her own, are guest appearances on other artists' releases as well as collaborations and compilations.

Studio albums

Singles and promos

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" (credited to:

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featuring Cara) (1998) *"Black Is the Colour" (2001) *"Blue Mountain River" (2001) *"High Tide" (2003) *"

There Were Roses "There Were Roses" is an Irish folk song based on a true story. It was written by the Northern Ireland folk singer and songwriter Tommy Sands. It was first recorded in 1985 by Robbie O'Connell, Mick Moloney and Jimmy Keane as the title track of ...

" (2003) *"Everywhere" (2004) *" Never in a Million Years" (2006) *" This Time" / " I Wish You Well" (2006) *"

If I Prove False "If I Prove False" is a single by folk artist Cara Dillon. The single was released in conjunction with the release of her first full-length DVD '' The Redcastle Sessions''. The song became a live favourite for the singer during 2007 when she tou ...

" (2008) *"The Hill of Thieves" (2009) *"Come Dream A Dream" (2012) "

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" *"Shotgun Down The Avalanche" (2014) *"Bright Morning Star" (2014)
Tern and the Swallow
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DVDs

*'' The Redcastle Sessions'' (2008) *''Cara Dillon Live At The Grand Opera House'' (September 2009)

Collaborations and guest appearances

*''Óige - Live'' (1994) *''

- Return To Me'' (1996) (2003) *''Óige - Bang On'' (1996) *''

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'' (1998) - Vocals on ''Man in the Rain''. *''Ghostland - Interview With The Angel'' (2001) *''Equation - First Name Terms'' (2002) *''

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- The Punch Bowl'' (2002) *'' Tommy Flemming - Voice Of Hope'' (2005) *''Dickon Hinchcliffe with Cara Dillon - Did You Ever Wonder Why?'' (2005) *''

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- Music From The Motion Picture'' (2005) *''

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- Proven Worldwide (US)'' (2006) *''Seth Lakeman - Freedom Fields'' (2006) *''Judge Jules - Ordinary Day - UK Dance Singles Chart #3'' (2006) *''Judge Jules - Proven Worldwide (UK) - UK Indie Chart #40'' (2006) *''Anjunabeats Worldwide 1 - Various (UK) - 2Devine'' (2006) *''Cara Dillon vs. 2Devine - Black Is The Colour (UK) - Promo CD'' (2006) *''Cara Dillon vs. 2Devine - Black Is The Colour (UK) - Promo Vinyl'' (2006)

Other

*''Roots & Branch 1: A New World'' (2000) *''Ashley Hutchings - Street Cries'' (2001) *''Billy Connolly's World Tour of England, Ireland & Wales - DVD Bonus'' (2004) *''Other Voices: Songs Of A Room 2'' (2004) *''Various - Rubber Folk'' (2006) *''2006 Radio Ballads - Thirty Years Of Conflict'' (2006) *''2006 Radio Ballads - The Songs Of The Radio Ballads'' (2006) *''The

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Series 3'' DVD (various artists) (2007)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dillon, Cara Discographies of Irish artists Folk music discographies