Album: Hill of Thieves by Cara Dillon (2009)
Genre: Folk
Format: Album

Description: "Hill of Thieves" is the fourth solo album by Irish folk singer Cara Dillon, released in 2009 on the Charcoal Records label. It is her first full-length release on Charcoal Records, her own record label, formed in 2008. The album was recorded in 2008 and first became available in October 2008 at her live concerts. It is also the first release since she gave birth to twin boys Noah and Colm at 26 weeks, after going into labour onstage at the Swindon Arts Centre, UK. It has been the most successful of her first four albums in relation to chart performance, entering at No. 7 in the UK Indie Album Charts .
The album marks a return to a purer traditional production and arrangement style, with a significant absence of drums, electric guitar and bass, backing vocals & harmonies, and notably only one original composition.

Artist Background: Cara Dillon (born 21 July 1975 in Dungiven, County Derry, Northern Ireland) is an Irish folk singer. In 2001, she launched her career as a solo artist in the UK with the eponymous Cara Dillon album. Prior to this, Dillon had been a member of the folk groups Oige and Equation. She and Sam Lakeman (whom she married in 2002) left Equation and signed to Blanco y Negro records going under the name ‘Polar Star'. Dillon released her eponymous first solo album in 2001, a mixture of traditional song... Part of the Dungiven, Northern Ireland music scene. Associated with Folk movement.

Music Scene: Part of the Dungiven, Northern Ireland music scene. Associated with Folk movement.

Tags: Folk, 2000s, Album


"Hill of Thieves" is the fourth solo album by Irish folk singer Cara Dillon, released in 2009 on the Charcoal Records label. It is her first full-length release on Charcoal Records, her own record label, formed in 2008. The album was recorded in 2008 and first became available in October 2008 at her live concerts. It is also the first release since she gave birth to twin boys Noah and Colm at 26 weeks, after going into labour onstage at the Swindon Arts Centre, UK. It has been the most successful of her first four albums in relation to chart performance, entering at No. 7 in the UK Indie Album Charts .
The album marks a return to a purer traditional production and arrangement style, with a significant absence of drums, electric guitar and bass, backing vocals & harmonies, and notably only one original composition.

Hill of Thieves

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