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Slip out the door son, but donРІР‚в„ўt say goodbye Especially poignant was РІР‚СљThe Leaving SongРІР‚Сњ, co-written by Dillon and Lakeman and inspired by stories from her mother about growing up in County Derry where РІР‚Сљleaving wakesРІР‚Сњ marked the departure of yet another young man or woman on their one-way tickets to America РІР‚вЂњ РІР‚Сљeveryone celebrating, yet itРІР‚в„ўs heart-breakingРІР‚В¦ saying goodbye foreverРІР‚Сњ as they danced and drank till dawn: Lakeman abandoned his delicate guitar picking for energetic strumming and Dillon added whistle breaks between the verses.

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She remembered РІР‚Сљa great upbringing and a town full of wonderful peopleРІР‚Сњ. РІР‚СљThe Hill of ThievesРІР‚Сњ is РІР‚Сљan ode to DungivenРІР‚Сњ, where she grew up, written when she was РІР‚Сљhomesick and on the other side of the worldРІР‚Сњ. Together, they come close to folk song as art song, as РІР‚СљThe Tern and the SwallowРІР‚Сњ and РІР‚СљBlack is the ColourРІР‚Сњ amply demonstrate.

She is a wonderfully expressive singer, her use of portamento and melisma always well-judged and pitch-perfect. Most of the songs were Irish traditional, arranged by Dillon and Lakeman, whose subtle piano playing takes the songs into a new realm, enhancing DillonРІР‚в„ўs voice. Over the last two decades, Dillon has been garlanded with honours, sweeping the board at the 2010 Radio 2 Folk Awards, and deservedly so. She was part of folk supergroup Equation with the Lakeman brothers, marrying Sam, her musical partner ever since. At 16 she had her own band and by 18 sheРІР‚в„ўd recorded two albums. РІР‚СљI Am A Youth ThatРІР‚в„ўs Inclined to RambleРІР‚Сњ set the tone.Р”ВillonРІР‚в„ўs been singing since childhood, growing up steeped in traditional music and winning the All-Ireland Singing Trophy at just 14. For decades it was poverty and joblessness that drove people away and then, in DillonРІР‚в„ўs childhood, the Troubles, as the passing last week John Hume reminded us. Dillon introduced each of the songs, as she did so recalling friends and family, fellow musicians, and the beauty of County Londonderry, and so often РІР‚Сљthe leaving of this lovely placeРІР‚Сњ, mostly of course for РІР‚СљAmeri-cayРІР‚Сњ. The sound was perfect, the set well-paced, a Gaelic song perhaps inspiring some to dance around the kitchen. All the crew was local.Р”Р„nd what a glorious 75 minutes it was, beautifully set and staged, the music an exquisite patchwork of different hues, Lakeman on piano and acoustic guitar, Dillon adding penny whistle to a number of the songs. Homesick blues, but not so subterranean as it were. Like that somewhat РІР‚СљaccidentalРІР‚Сњ album, ThursdayРІР‚в„ўs concert was strong on РІР‚Сљsongs of departure and longing for homeРІР‚Сњ, many of them drawn from Wanderer and many referencing the places close to where she grew up and some of them specific childhood experiences.

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