Sarah McQuaid

Today’s the day! It’s Bandcamp Friday and The St Buryan Sessions is now available to pre-order at https://sarahmcquaid.bandcamp.com/album/the-st-buryan-sessions on CD & limited-edition blue vinyl double LP, plus test pressings, T-shirts, tea towels, tote bags and the full concert film on…

Pre-orders for The St Buryan Sessions open on Bandcamp Friday!

To support artists impacted by the pandemic, Bandcamp is kindly waiving its revenue share from midnight to midnight PST (8am to 8am UK time) on Friday, August 6, making that…

I’m honoured and delighted to be joining Charlotte Carrivick and Jenn Butterworth as a tutor at Halsway Manor's Guitar Workshop Week, running 20-24 September! There are just 12 places left as of today (27 July), so do book now…

I’m delighted to announce the final single release of The St Buryan Sessions; the remaining eight tracks will only be available for streaming and download after the album is released on 15 October. “The Sun Goes On Rising” feels…

For the first time since January 2020, I’ve sent out an email newsletter containing actual tour dates, and while I’m feeling mildly terrified at the thought of walking onto a stage in front of an audience for the first…

I’d be thrilled if you could join me on Saturday for the premiere of “Time To Love (The St Buryan Sessions”). The song is one I co-wrote with the wonderful Gerry O’Beirne. Click here to hear a few words…

I’m absolutely thrilled to announce that thanks to a very generous Creative Investment Grant from Cultivator, part of the umbrella organisation Creative Kernow (which in turn is funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Cornwall Council, Arts Council England…

Delighted to announce that “Sweetness and Pain (The St Buryan Sessions)” is now available as a pay-what-you-want download via Bandcamp – also see this SmartURL for more streaming/download options, and click the bell icon here to set a reminder to…

Huge thanks to everyone who tuned in to the video premieres for “The Silence Above Us (The St Buryan Sessions)” on YouTube and Facebook! Here’s a handy dandy Smart URL where you can check out the video, download the…

I’m so, so excited to announce the forthcoming release of the first video and single of The St Buryan Sessions, with premiere/watch party events on YouTube Saturday January 30 and Facebook Sunday January 31!

The St Buryan Sessions were…

It’s me! Singing a Christmas song! MASSIVE thanks to the very, very wonderful Colin Harper for unearthing this lost gem of a Bert Jansch song — known only from a single performance at the Landmark Theater in Richmond, Virginia, in…

I’m delighted and honoured to announce that I’ve just been awarded a one-year membership bursary to the Ivors Academy, the independent trade body for songwriters and composers in the UK, home to the Ivor Novello Awards and to Joan Armatrading…