Blog: Direct Current

Over the course of four acclaimed solo albums since 2000, Irish singer Cara Dillon has emerged as one of that country's finest purveyors of both traditional Celtic folk music and a more modern take on acoustic songwriting. New album Hill of Thieves , released earlier this year in the U.K. and arriving stateside September 15 (Charcoal), confirms Dillon's stellar reputation, delivering eleven songs - the title track being the sole original - of uncompromising, dazzling beauty. A return, of sorts, to a simpler, more traditional approach to her style, Hill of Thieves nonetheless creates it's [...]

• Cara Dillon - "Hill of Thieves" » Cara Dillon - The Hill of Thieves.mp3
• Cara Dillon - "Spencer the Rover" » Cara Dillon - Spencer the Rover.mp3