Sarah McQuaid

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…

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…

Thanks so much to all of you for supporting my music! It was so, so lovely to be out on tour again in November, playing and singing for other real live flesh-and-blood human beings in the same room as myself. 

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It’s Bandcamp Friday! And my lovely limited-edition numbered blue vinyl double LPs of The St Buryan Sessions have finally arrived and are ready to ship out — so this would be a good day to place your order if you…

Well, we did it! The St Buryan Sessions has finally seen the light of day, and I’m back on the road for the first time since March 2020. Here are some wonderfully atmospheric (if slightly blurry) photos taken by Martin…