Cara Luft, one of Canada’s most beloved singer-songwriters, is making a long-anticipated return with a joyful solo album — her first in over 13 years. A founding member of two Canadian folk super-groups (The Wailin' Jennys and The Small Glories), Cara is known for her warmth, authenticity and exceptional musicianship. She has won multiple awards and amassed legions of fans captivated by her talent for pairing heart-on-your-sleeve lyricism with indelible ear-catching melodies. Cara’s new album — “My Heart Will Always Be” — captures an artist who radiates with newfound clarity, freedom and hard-won self-trust, reaffirming her legacy as an essential voice in folk music.

Album Credits:

Cara Luft - vocals, acoustic guitars, banjos

Clayton Parsons - vocals, acoustic guitars, banjos, dobro, electric guitar

Scott Poley - pedal steel, bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, string piano, slide guitar, Mellotron, Rhodes, Wurlitzer, ukelele, percussion

Geoff Hicks – drums & percussion

Alan Mackie – upright bass

John K. Samson – guest vocals on “Garbage Hill”

Alison Brown – guest banjo on “The Banjo is a Gift”

Nick Hornbuckle - guest banjo on “The Banjo is a Gift”

Joelle Parsons – harmony vocals

Emily Gervers - gang vocals on “Find Love”

Recorded at Monarch Studios & Vertical Studio in Vancouver, BC, Canada

Additional recording: Paintbox Recording, Winnipeg, MB with Lloyd Peterson; Hillbilly Central, Nashville, TN with Matt Coles

Produced & Made by The Quadrangle of Awesomeness: Scott Poley, Cara Luft, Clayton Parsons & Julia Graff

Engineered by Julia Graff Assisted by Aaron Klassen

Mixed & Mastered by D. James Goodwin at the Isokon, Virginia

Graphic design by Roberta Landreth

All songs written by Cara Luft and Clayton Parsons (SOCAN/ASCAP) except “Find Love” (Luft/Parsons/Edwards), “The Snows They Melt the Soonest” (trad, arr. Luft/Parsons), “Lagan Love” (trad, arr. Luft/Parsons), and “Not Fade Away” (Buddy Holly and Norman Petty)

Label: Blue Case Tunes (Independent)