A TALENTED musician, originally from Wrexham, will be taking to the Glastonbury stage this weekend.
Influenced by female artists such as Lianne La Havas and Lana Del Rey, Cara Hammond's music can be described as an 'eclectic mix of alt pop, indie folk and neo soul'.
The indie singer-songwriter began writing songs when she was just 11 years old, going on to self-release three EP’s independently and a series of singles through the indie label, Oswaldo.
Cara's music has also been featured on 7 Spotify New Music Friday’s across Asia, been A listed on national BBC Radio and featured in the BBC Introducing's Hotlist.
During the pandemic, the 27-year-old learnt how to produce, leading to her first self produced EP ‘twenty four hours’.
The leading track ‘Losing Balance’ has since surpassed one million streams on Spotify, and has been performed live on BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Scotland.
Since supporting Charlotte Church at 15, Cara has performed at iconic venues The Roundhouse and Ronnie Scotts in London, as well as festivals SXSW, Boomtown, Love Supreme, Green Man, Rock Oyster, The Great Escape and Focus Wales.
And she is now looking forward to making her debut at the famous Glastonbury festival, this coming weekend.
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About 200,000 people are expected to descend on Worthy Farm in Somerset.
Cara will be taking to the Bread and Roses stage to perform a 40-minute set from midday on Saturday (June 29).
I’M PLAYING @glastonbury 2024 !!! Still can’t believe it. What a year !! You can catch me on the @breadrosespub stage on Saturday 29th June at 12pm at worthy farm 😍😍😍😍 x#glastonbury #glastonburyfestival pic.twitter.com/mRkOGdyK4D
— Cara Hammond (@carahammond_) May 29, 2024
Taking to social media ahead of that performance, Cara said: "I'm playing GlastoFest2024!!! Still can't believe it. What a year!!"
The Wrexham singer-songwriter will be in the company of some truly household names of the music world at Glastonbury.
The likes of Coldplay, Dua Lipa, Shania Twain, Paloma Faith, Keane, Cyndi Lauper, Anne Marie, Disclosure and Avril Lavigne are among the biggest names set to perform between Friday (June 28) and Sunday (June 30).
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