Artist:Dolores Keane
Song:Caledonia
Album:The Best of Dolores Keane
Dolores Keane is one of Ireland's most popular singers, first as lead singer of the popular group De Dannan and then as a solo artist. Caledonia appears to be one of her most popular songs. She was born Sept. 28, 1953 in Sylane, County Galway, Ireland. She was raised by her aunts Rita and Sarah Keane who were well known singers. And her brother Sean Keane is a singer. Dolores was five years old when she first sang on the radio. So I guess it was inevitable that she would have a career in music. Dolores was one of the founders of the folk group De Dannan in 1975. She was only in the band for a couple of years. She married singer songwriter John Faulkner and they moved to London. Delores recorded with The Chieftains and Richard and Linda Thompson. Then she recorded her 1978 debut solo album There Was a Main and she recorded a couple of albums with Faulkner. Dolores returned to De Dannan in 1985. And after recording a couple of albums with them, she recorded the 1988 album Dolores Keene. Caledonia was a very popular song from that album. It was written by Scottish singer songwriter Dougie MacLean. The album was produced by Scottish musician Phil Cunningham and Faulkner played guitar on the album. Caledonia appears on this budget comp. Dolores and Faulkner divorced soon after. Since then, Dolores recorded a few solo albums. And she appeared on John Prine's 1999 album In Spite of Ourselves. Dolores retired at that point due to depression and alcoholism. She is also a cancer survivor. Dolores makes occasional appearances but for the most part, she is retired. Here's Dolores Keane performing Caledonia 1988.
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