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Which again gives the album a satisfying whole and the subject matter suits her beautiful singing, which always has a whisper of melancholy.įor me, it’s her most satisfying album since her astonishing self-titled debut in 2001. It’s a fitting exploration for the Dungiven girl now ensconced in England.
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If you are picking up a theme here from those tracks and the album’s title, full marks: yes this is a 10-song cycle about transition and departure. While long-term Cara Dillon band member Ben Nicholls contributes his trademark double bass to another – equally well known – traditional song Blackwater Side. John Smith provides some intricate electric guitar and vocals to the traditional The Banks of the Foyle, Kris Drever adds a touch of highland backing vocals to Sailor Boy (an American variation of the more familiar English traditional song, A Sailor’s Life), alongside Niall Murphy’s evocative fiddle. Alongside Sam’s elegant piano arrangements which are the core of the set, are Justin Adams on acoustic guitar. That is not to say that Wanderer doesn’t have its share of startling supporting artists. ‘In the past, we’ve used lots of musicians on our albums,’ she told BelfastLive, ‘and there’s been quite a lot of pre-production on them as well, whereas this one is all about the song and letting the song breathe.’ It was watching a ‘mesmerising’ solo Laura Marling concert in Bristol that encouraged her to strip back. Her voice isn’t bathed in reverb, multi-tracked or battling multifarious instruments. So it’s wonderful that Cara has chosen to give us a stripped-back album produced, as ever by Sam. You wanted to catch every breath, each intonation, each sigh of sorrow… Such was the enchanting experience of listening to her sing up close and sympathetically accompanied. My brother is lucky he got away with the utterance, as you could hear audience members tutting others when they put their glasses down or shuffled in their chairs. If I recall correctly, it was just Cara backed by her husband Sam Lakeman and his brother Seth (whatever happened to him?).
‘Even when she breathes it’s beautiful.’ I remember my brother whispering that to me when we first saw Cara Dillon at the Hammersmith and Fulham Irish Centre (as it was known back then) when we first saw her in February 2002.
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