Cara Dillon, The Lost Art

The extraordinary Irish singer makes music that transcends genres and crosses barriers. She has won every folk award going, but confesses to being no purist, making music that reaches beyond the constraints and limitations of tradition.

A Thousand Hearts, Cara Dillon's fifth solo album, is another small masterpiece of song and emotion, ethereal and radiant, beautifully honed and perfectly true. A Thousand Hearts was recorded entirely by Cara, Sam and their band, although a member of the Eagles did drop in and sing backing vocals. Timothy B Schmidt called Cara out of the blue to tell her she was practically the only singer he had listened to for four years. Timothy later added his distinctive harmonies to Bright Morning Star.