Cara Dillon - 6 March 2018

My first gig at St David's Hall level 3 space. The sound was not brilliant which is essentially a product of the stone walls, pillars and other hard surfaces I guess but they did provide seats, they did close the bar during the performance and the audience was most attentive so all in all a pretty good venue. Cara Dillon's voice is pretty much as good as it gets folk-wise and this intimate show with just Sam Lakeman accompanying on piano and guitar gave the vocals maximum exposure. The whole gig was of a level because her voice is so compelling but I also liked the choice of songs which included the delightful 'Hill of Thieves', 'The Banks of the Bann', 'The Leaving Song', 'Jacket So Blue', 'She's Like The Swallow', 'There were Roses', 'Lakeside Swans', Bright Morning Star and 'The Shores of Lough Bran'. The encore was the moving 'The Parting Glass'. There was a great atmosphere around the gig - both performers and audience obviously enjoying it. Very nice.