Cara Luft UK Dates

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http://www.caraluft.com

Cara Luft likes to laugh. She does it a lot. It's one of the first things you notice when meeting her, that and her engaging smile. It's endearing and infectious. Nothing pretentious about her, Cara's the real deal. What you see is what you get from the former founding member of Juno award winning folk music trio The Wailin' Jennys. And that sense of honesty, integrity, personality and spontaneity permeates and resonates throughout both her music and her live performances. After all, what other folk-based artist unabashedly cites Buddy Holly, prog-rockers Yes, and even Led Zeppelin among their inspirations and influences?

Singer/songwriter/guitarist extraordinaire Cara Luft is that rare artist steeped in folk and traditional roots music almost from birth yet willing to alter that fabric, stretch the boundaries, not afraid to bend genres, styles and integrate what others might regard as a disparate set of influences. Her music has been described as "a rich roots travelogue whose traditional heart beats with a wholly contemporary pulse spanning the distance between the mists of English folk balladry and Middle East mysticism, through to the Mississippi Delta and the rustic wonders of the Appalachian Hills, with a certain fearless reverence and no small amount of soul." (Ottawa Xpress) Americana UK declares her "a consummate performer. Unlike so many singer-songwriters, Luft's music has an urgency that can't be denied." Critics have drawn comparisons to Julie Miller, June Tabor, Gillian Welch, Linda Thompson and even Brit folk-rockers Pentangle.

Here are the dates:

May 25, 2012 Whitstable Folk Nights Whitstable, UK
May 26, 2012 Acoustic Routes Cambridge, UK
May 27, 2012 Mojo Weekend: Women's Guitar Master Class & Concert Cranbrook, Kent, UK
May 30 2012 Caffi Florence, Loggerheads Country Park, Denbighshire
June 6, 2012 Bishop Auckland Town Hall Bishop Auckland, UK
June 7, 2012 The Green Note London, UK
June 8, 2012 Live at the Institute Kelvedon, UK
June 9, 2012 David Connolly House Concert Series Lichfield, UK
June 10, 2012 Bothy Folk Club Southport, UK
June 11, 2012 Stirling Folk Club Stirling, Scotland
June 13, 2012 Irvine Folk Club Irvine, Scotland
June 14, 2012 The Black Swan York, UK
June 15, 2012 The Verge @ The Cheshire Ring Cheshire, UK
June 16, 2012 The Drawing Room Chesham, UK
June 18, 2012 Tudor Folk Club Chesham, UK
June 19, 2012 The Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham
June 20, 2012 House Concert, Surrey
June 22, 2012 Shirley Red Lion Folk Club Shirley, Solihull, UK
June 25, 2012 Bob Harris Show
June 26, 2012 Dartford Folk Club Dartford, UK
June 29, 2012 The Maverick Festival Suffolk , UK
June 30, 2012 The Maverick Festival Suffolk , UK
July 1, 2012 Canada Day at Trafalgar Square London, UK