At this year’s Purbeck valley Folk Festival we managed to catch Cara Dillon on Sunday who put on both an uplifting and moving performance as she was joined on stage by her band featuring Conal McDonagh on Uilleann Pipes, Toby Shaer on Fiddle, Sam Lakeman on Guitar and James Fagan on Bouzouki.
Also at the festival this year was the wonderful The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society who we mentioned last year. They bought along with them some friends in the form of Romany Caravans who had restored the most beautiful caravan I’d seen in a long time. It turns out that Conal’s Grandad was a true traveller hailing from Co. Sligo so Cara and her band just couldn’t resist – so in they all popped to perform The Raggle Taggle Gypsy.
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You can catch Cara on tour with her husband and musical partner Sam Lakeman for their Duo Wanderer Tour and weird those it feels to be mentioning it, I know these tickets go fast so don’t miss out on Cara’s Upon a Winter’s Night dates.
Cara Dillon Tour Dates
DUO – WANDERER TOUR
28 SEP – ACAPELA, CARDIFF
13 OCT – HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, SALCOMBE
09 NOV – THEALBANY THEATRE, GREENOCK
16 NOV – BUDE FOLK FESTIVAL, BUDE
UPON A WINTER’S NIGHT – CHRISTMAS
07 DEC – BUXTON PAVILION ARTS CENTRE, BUXTON
08 DEC – ARTRIX BROMSGROVE
10 DEC – THE APEX, BURY SAINT EDMUNDS
11 DEC – THE STABLES, MILTON KEYNES
12 DEC – UNION CHAPEL, LONDON
13 DEC – THE MALTINGS, FARNHAM
14 DEC – CHELTENHAM PITTVILLE PUMP ROOM, CHELTENHAM
15 DEC – RILEY SMITH THEATRE, LEEDS
16 DEC – THE SAGE, GATESHEAD
Ticket Links here: http://www.caradillon.co.uk/gigs