Kentish Gazette Canterbury & District
And the Irish songbird
A singer described by Q magazine as having “possibly the world’s most beautiful female voice” will be in Canterbury for a night of Christmas songs.
Cara Dillon, who has just recorded her festive album Upon A Winter’s Night, will be performing classic carols, Celtic hymns and other Christmas songs alongside her band.
Born in Dungiven in 1975, surrounded with the rich cultural heritage of her native County Derry, Cara was awarded the All Ireland singing trophy when she was just 14 and was asked to sing for the Disney animation Tinkerbell and the Great Fairy Rescue.
She said: “To me, you can go anywhere with every song.
“The melody and message is at the forefront of everything I do.
“I don’t really care where the song came from, how old it is, and who did it first. It’s whether it strikes a note in my heart, does it haunt me?
“I do believe I am part of a continuing story, a story that’s still unfolding, that reaches back through songs I’ve grown up with, and uncles that emigrated to America, and stuff that happened in my own family, and reaches forward to stuff that’s still happening now.”
Cara will perform at the Gulbenkian Theatre on Sunday, November 27, from 7.30pm. There are limited tickets available from the theatre on 01227 769075.
Tickets are £20, or £18 for concessions.