Written by: Erin Lebar Winnipeg Free Press May 24, 2019
A the old idiom goes, home is were the heart is, and if that's the case, the entirety of the Canada feels like home for Winnipeg-based folk-roots duo The…
The Small Glories are a new collaboration between Canadian singer-songwriters Cara Luft - founding member of The Wailin' Jennys, and JD Edwards, whose JD Edwards Band mixes blues, rock and soul ingredients into a…Read more
A marriage made in Winnipeg, the Small Glories combine the talents of Cara Luft and JD Edwards. If Luft’s name sounds familiar, it’s because she was a founding member of country/folk sweethearts the Wailin’ Jennys…
Given the fact that the duo known as The Small Glories boasts a main member with substantial name recognition, anticipation for what follows is already a forgone conclusion. Cara Luft, a founding member of The Wailin’Jennys…
Each half of the Canadian duo brought an estimable reputation to a partnership kindled at a Winnipeg festival: banjo player Cara Luft was a co-founder of the Wailin' Jennys, JD Edwards a guitar-playing singer-songwriter. Together they…Read more
The Small Glories Title: Wondrous Traveler Label: TSG
Written by: Paul Rigby
Basically a duo, Cara Luft (former Wailing Jennys member) and JD Edwards. The album starts off powerfully with the song Had I Paid, an intense, passionate affair…
'There ain't nobody who can sing like me,' Cara Luft and JD Edwards howl, over a thumping bass drum and banjo, on their punchy cover of Woody Guthrie's 'Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key', and they could be right…Read more
As fans of roots/acoustic music we’re reminded time and again that when established solo artists join forces the results can be surprising and outstanding. Old songs find new significance, engaging new work blossoms from the union…
Given the fact that the duo known as The Small Glories boasts a main member with substantial name recognition, anticipation for what follows is already a forgone conclusion. Cara Luft, a founding member of The Wailin' Jennys and a solo…Read more
Wondrous Traveler is the debut album of the duo consisting of Cara Luft and JD Edwards, it's not a JD or Cara album but a powerful end product of what happens when wonderful artists, good tunes, great singing and inspiring…
CALGARY — You don’t have to listen for very long to hear the musical chemistry between roots dynamos Cara Luft and JD Edwards of super-duo The Small Glories.
Both artists have found success for their varied projects over the…
Winnipeg folk/roots duo the Small Glories open up their debut album with a clap and banjo-picking beat, followed by dueling male and female vocals throughout the entire song, titled…
The Small Glories are yet another example of Winnipeg’s seemingly industrial ability to churn out quality music. The folk/Americana duo is made up of Cara Luft (banjo) and JD…