Cara Dillon

Cara Dillon was born in 1975 in Dungiven in County Derry, Northern Ireland. She grew up in a close musical family in an area steeped in Irish traditional music. She demonstrated a striking vocal ability from an early age winning the All Ireland Singing Trophy when only 14. Whilst she was still a teenager she went on to sing with Oige, De Dannan and from there, joined the highly lauded folk supergroup Equation in 1995. However, in 1996 Dillon left with original band member Sam Lakeman because of musical differences before the release of the band's Blanco Y Negro (WEA) debut album and together they immediately signed a separate deal with the same label.

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