Album: Sweet Liberty by Cara Dillon (2003)
Genre: Folk
Format: Album

Description: "Sweet Liberty" is the second solo album from folk artist Cara Dillon, released in 2003 on the Rough Trade label.  It was recorded at their home studio in Frome, Somerset. Similar to her debut album, Sweet Liberty was produced and recorded by Sam Lakeman, her husband and musical partner. Additional production was by John Reynolds, who also plays drums on the album and mixed it along with Alan Branch. The album features Dillon's popular version of Tommy Sands' folk song on sectarianism and The Troubles in Northern Ireland, There Were Roses, which was recorded especially for Billy Connolly's TV series Billy Connolly's World Tour of England, Ireland and Wales. The popularity of Dillon's version of the song led to a BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards nomination for Tommy Sands in the Best Original Song category.

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

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"Sweet Liberty" is the second solo album from folk artist Cara Dillon, released in 2003 on the Rough Trade label.  It was recorded at their home studio in Frome, Somerset. Similar to her debut album, Sweet Liberty was produced and recorded by Sam Lakeman, her husband and musical partner. Additional production was by John Reynolds, who also plays drums on the album and mixed it along with Alan Branch. The album features Dillon's popular version of Tommy Sands' folk song on sectarianism and The Troubles in Northern Ireland, There Were Roses, which was recorded especially for Billy Connolly's TV series Billy Connolly's World Tour of England, Ireland and Wales. The popularity of Dillon's version of the song led to a BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards nomination for Tommy Sands in the Best Original Song category.

Sweet Liberty

Cara Dillon

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