Donegal singer-songwriter Carol Wilson’s style has been described as ‘soulful, honest and raw’. She has played in venues across the north-west including The Balor, Sandinos, The Guildhall and has opened for Brianna Corrigan of The Beautiful South in Saint Augustines in Derry. She has released an album (Trouble Me, 2021), a live EP (Live at Balor, 2023), nine singles and an Irish language single “Grá”. Wilson placed top three in Music Capital’s First International Singer-songwriter competition in Sandinos, Derry in 2023. This led to being invited to compose a song for The Peoples’ Kitchen homeless charity in Belfast. Wilson now features on their album “Kindness on The Streets” along with artists such as Ralph McTell, Moya Brennan, Mary Black, Frances Black, Damian Dempsey and more. “Lily” out March 4th Lily is Carol’s latest single released this week, it was written as a letter-song to her daughter, Lily, when she was 9 years old – around the age where she would slowly be leaving childhood.
