TWICKENHAM CABBAGE PATCH PUB

SUN 9TH NOV, 2008 8pm

Former original member of the Wailin Jennys, Canadian Cara Luft is a powerfully elegant guitarist, favouring a variety of open tunings and also branching out to play mandolin and clawhammer banjo. Her writing is a blend of social commentary, imagination, and rhythmic intensity, and her distinctive voice penetrates listeners to the core. In performance she balances pathos with joy, telling invariably hilarious stories between poignant songs, simultaneously managing complex retunings of her guitar. With an insatiable thirst for touring and performing, Cara reaches out to people in that magical, wonderful way that music does, from beginning of show to final encore. She is accompanied on her UK tour by Hugh McMillan, James Keelaghan’s regular accompanist on octave mandola and fretless bass.