Sarah McQuaid

Hello there! You may notice that this newsletter looks a little different from previous ones and is coming to you from sarahmcquaid@substack.com rather than my old newsletter@sarahmcquaid.com address. That’s because from here on out I’ll be using the Substack platform…

I’m deeply honoured to be featured on I'll Be Bernie, You Be Elton, a double CD selection of songs co-written by poet Paul Cookson with artists including myself as well as Don Powell (Slade, Don Powell's Occasional Flames), Miles…

New single and video out today! I’m very excited about this Bandcamp Friday release in which I join forces with Tim Norman of 1990s acid and ambient dub duo UVX ((Ultraviolet Explorer)) for a new remix of the title track…

… to heading out on the road again in the New Year, with tour plans that will take me to Continental Europe and the USA for the first time since Covid, as well as to Ireland and the UK! 

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The wind is lashing the trees outside my window as I type this, and we’ve just ordered in a load of firewood and booked the chimney sweep … but the sweet peas I planted last April are still giving us…

I’m deeply honoured to be cited as a contributor to “The Creative Sector: a UK success story under threat”, a new report produced by the Independent Commission on UK-EU Relations, alongside heads of Help Musicians, UK Music…

It’s summertime in Cornwall, and we’re reaping a bountiful harvest from those potatoes I was just getting ready to start planting when I sent my last newsletter back at the beginning of April. Here’s a photo – digging up more…

Delighted that the Musicians’ Union has published my case study of post-Brexit touring on their website! I do hope it’s helpful for other artists in addition to providing evidence for the MU to use in their advocacy efforts on behalf…

I’m so, so honoured and delighted that Cornwall Climate Care have used my music in the soundtrack for “Down The Drain”, a new documentary about fresh water and climate change in Cornwall, which will be launching on April 22 (which…

Spring has come to Cornwall! The camellias are in full bloom, the crabapple and berberis are starting to blossom, and our seed potatoes are waiting to be put in the ground as soon as we finish reclaiming the future potato…

I was deeply honoured to be invited earlier this month by the Bert Jansch Foundation to take part in their Around The World In 80 Plays project!

Martin and I returned to the beautiful surroundings of St Buryan Church, where…

I’m absolutely over the moon that a track from The St Buryan Sessions will be played tomorrow by the great Tom Robinson on his BBC Introducing Mixtape show on BBC Radio 6 Music! And doubly chuffed by his kind words…