[3] She became interested in music as a result of her father's record collection, which included work by Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and The Beatles.

Over the next four years, she released increasingly well-received albums that earned her a reputation in the UK music press but no chart success.

In 2002, Gilmore shared lead vocals with Kellie While, beside musicians Maartin Allcock, John Kirkpatrick, Robbie McIntosh, Michael McGoldrick and Simon Swarbrick in the Reel and Soul Association.

The group's eponymously titled album gained considerable mainstream attention which resulted in numerous TV appearances and radio broadcasts including the BBC's Top of the Pops 2.

62, and spawned two minor hit singles, "Juliet (Keep That in Mind)" and "Mainstream", for which she garnered acclaim for producing a low-budget music video filmed in a local Virgin Megastore.

[5] In 2004, folk singer Joan Baez personally invited Gilmore to open for her during her tour leading up to the US presidential election.

"[9] Subsequently, Gilmore entered the studio with producer and husband Stonier and recorded the entire set of tracks found on Dylan's original release of John Wesley Harding.

[10] 2011 saw the release of Don't Stop Singing, a collaboration with the estate of the Sandy Denny to set music to lyrics and other later writings of the legendary singer, who had died in 1978.

[12][13] On 14 November 2006, Gilmore gave birth to her first child, a son,[14] having conducted a UK tour in the autumn whilst heavily pregnant.