Folk singer/songwriter Cara Luft has announced her first solo release in over 13 years. My Heart Will Always Be was born out of Luft’s desire to “celebrate music’s enduring power to heal, connect and bring joy” and will be availabe digitally, on CD and vinyl on November 6, 2026, via Blue Case Tunes/Symphonic.
The first single from the album, the title track, is out now. The track featuring double banjos is “about coming home to yourself and finding self love on the other side of grief, sadness and relief.”
The album was mixed by Grammy-winning engineer D. James Goodwin (Anais Mitchell, Craig Finn, Rhett Miller) and features Canada’s prairie Punk-Rock poet John K. Samson (The Weakerthans) and Grammy-winning banjo player Alison Brown.
As she turned 50, Luft faced multiple transitions: buying her first home, navigating perimenopause, receiving an ADHD diagnosis, and the end of her decade-long duo project, The Small Glories.
Rethinking how she wanted to live and work moving forward from this period of upheaval and transformation, her guiding principle was simple: “to write and record with friends who embodied kindness, consideration and generosity of spirit.” From this ethos emerged the foundations of My Heart Will Always Be and a group of musicians she affectionately calls “The Quadrangle of Awesomeness”.
These included session musician/producer Scott Poley (Liverpool, UK), musician/singer/songwriter Clayton Parsons (Cranbrook, BC), and engineer Julia Graff (Vancouver, BC). Recorded over 12 days in Vancouver, she, Poley and Parsons sang and played nearly everything themselves.
Luft honors her Folk upbringing with two traditional songs on the album. “The Snows They Melt the Soonest,” from the British Isles, comes from Dick Gaughan’s Handful of Earth, one of her top 10 desert island albums. The Irish song “Lagan Love” is a vocal duet and another banjo and guitar conversation.
Right now Luft is touring Canada. Look for US dates to be announced soon and check in at www.CaraLuft.com.
TOUR DATES:
October 6 Canmore, AB @ ArtsPlace (Album Release Celebration)
October 16 to 18 Haliburton, ON @ Haliburton Fall Folk Camp (Instructor)
October 20 Brighton, ON @ Trinity St. Andrew’s United Church (w/ Clayton Parsons)
October 21 Lanark, ON @ The Poland Church (w/ Clayton Parsons)
October 22 Wakefield, QC @ The Black Sheep Inn (with Clayton Parsons)
October 23 Ottawa, ON @ Red Bird (with Clayton Parsons)
October 24 Kitchener, ON @ The Registry Theatre (w/ Joe Jencks)
October 25 Toronto, ON @ The Rivoli (Matinee, w/ Clayton Parsons)
October 30 Winnipeg, MB @ Avalon Arts (w/ Rob McLaren, Sold Out)
November 4 Vancouver, BC @ Notional Space (Big Sing Evening: School of Rock for Folkies)
November 5 Vancouver, BC @ Notional Space (w/ Clayton Parsons)
November 6 to 8 Cumberland, BC @ Woodstove Festival (w/Clayton Parsons, Sold Out)
November 14 Langley, BC @ BEZ Arts Hub (Solo)
December 5 Thunder Bay, ON @ DaVinci Centre
December 12 Los Barriles, MX @ Venue TBA
December 16 Winnipeg, MB @ The Park Theatre
December 21 Gimli, MB @ The Ship and Plough (Winter Solstice Concert)
January 13 Duncan, BC @ Khowatzun Heritage Centre (Girls Do Boys)
January 14 Courtenay, BC @ The Regier Theatre (Girls Do Boys)
January 15 Parksville, BC @ Knox United (Girls Do Boys)
January 16 Victoria, BC @ The CODA (Girls Do Boys)
January 17 Salt Spring Island, BC @ Saltspring Folk Club (Girls Do Boys)
