{"id":2890,"date":"2014-03-07T14:56:52","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T14:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=2890"},"modified":"2014-03-07T14:56:52","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T14:56:52","slug":"cara-dillon-at-st-davids-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/07\/cara-dillon-at-st-davids-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Cara Dillon at St David&#039;s hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/cara.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2912\" alt=\"cara\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/cara.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2912\" alt=\"cara\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/cara.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><br \/>\nCara Dillon is a mainstay of the UK folk circuit, and there\u2019s good reason for her enduring popularity.<br \/>\nDillon\u2019s voice has a pleasing clarity to it, a kind of accessible beauty that lends itself perfectly to the folk tradition. There are no over-complications here, and the music benefits from being stripped back to its roots.<br \/>\nApparently, this simplicity has led to Dillon\u2019s music being put to some unusual uses.<br \/>\nGenerations of young Chinese men and women have been taught to speak English by listening to her sing, and she is now something of a celebrity over there \u2013 much to her own surprise.<br \/>\nBut it\u2019s not just her voice that\u2019s deserving of praise &#8211; the musicianship on display here is also impressive, with Dillon\u2019s husband Sam Lakeman (brother of folk troubadour Seth) rotating between acoustic guitar and piano with admirable ease and Niall Murphy driving the beat forward on the fiddle. In some of the more foot-stomping numbers, Dillon herself even proves a dab hand at the tin whistle.<br \/>\nHowever, the best is saved for last and the strongest moment of the night is final song \u2018The Parting Glass\u2019, a softly stunning version of a heart-breaking folk classic \u2013 once the most popular parting song in Scotland, before Rabbie Burns penned Auld Lang Syne and the course of drunken history was changed forever.<br \/>\nUnfortunately the set as a whole suffers from being a little repetitive, and there are a few issues with sound quality that distract from the music. But the light-hearted onstage banter livens up the set in parts, and the easy chemistry between Dillon and Lakeman is enjoyably matey.<br \/>\nThis might not have been a perfect night, but there was still much to savour in the performance and plenty to admire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cara Dillon is a mainstay of the UK folk circuit, and there\u2019s good reason for her enduring popularity. Dillon\u2019s voice has a pleasing clarity to it, a kind of accessible beauty that lends itself perfectly to the folk tradition. There are no over-complications here, and the music benefits from being stripped back to its roots. Apparently, this simplicity has led to Dillon\u2019s music being put to some unusual uses. 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