Sarah McQuaid

19 September 2021

Album review – The St Buryan Sessions. “You’ll be hard pushed to hear a better acoustic record this year. In fact, you won’t which is why you really need to head off and order a copy…

15 September 2021

Video premiere – What Are We Going To Do (The St Buryan Sessions). “Today, we’re honored to premiere the stunning music video for the track “What Are We Going To Do,” set in the beautiful medieval church…

6 September 2021     

Single review – Last Song (The St Buryan Sessions). “As a taster for what’s coming it certainly does its job and you’d be a fool, nay, a damned fool if you didn’t head over to her…

31 August 2021    

Single review – Last Song (The St Buryan Sessions). “Staggeringly beautiful … shudderingly powerful … stunning, stunning track.”   

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16 August 2021

Interview – Independent Music Monday. “I once had an audience member come up to me with a Sarah McLachlan album for me to sign. I had to explain to him that I wasn’t Sarah McLachlan. I told…

2 July 2021

Feature – Fifty3 Fridays: A Cornish Tale Or Two. “McQuaid’s inspiring vocal embraces a troubadour skill for storytelling; classic and compelling.”

https://www.fifty3.net/single-post/fifty3-fridays-a-cornish-tale-or-two

Summer 2021 (July-September)

Feature – Sarah McQuaid: The St Buryan Sessions. “If you were in St Buryan last summer you might have wondered about the music coming from the church....”

http://www.folkincornwall.co.uk/PDF/ISSUE18.pdf

30 June 2021   

Single review – The Sun Goes On Rising (The St Buryan Sessions). “Rich alto tones, powerful but perfectly controlled … Yes, this is pretty special.”  

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16 June 2021

Single review – The Sun Goes On Rising (The St Buryan Sessions). “Outstanding vocal versatility and power … stunning, intricate guitar accompaniment … Sarah McQuaid is at the apogee of her career, captivating and inspirational, The…

14 June 2021

Feature – Her hotly anticipated live album has another preview, out now.

https://www.hotpress.com/music/watch-sarah-mcquaid-releases-new-video-from-the-st-buryan-sessions-22856838

31 May 2021

Fresh On The Net Fresh Faves – Rabbit Hills (The St Buryan Sessions). “I love Sarah’s voice, it’s deep and rich in tone and doesn’t need anything else to back it up …. To me she’s…

31 May 2021  

Single review – Rabbit Hills (The St Buryan Sessions). “Shades of Joni Mitchell in a jam with Karen Carpenter and Lana Del Rey ... and there is even a distant echo of Natalie Merchant about the…

14 May 2021

Sarah McQuaid Champions Two Great Songwriters on New Singles from ‘The St. Buryan Sessions’. “Nobody champions great songwriters the way their fellow songwriters do.”

https://americansongwriter.com/sarah-mcquaid-champions-two-great-songwriters

May 2021

Discoveries – The Day Of Wrath, That Day (The St Buryan Sessions).

http://clourecords.com/Clouzine27/Clouzine27.html

30 April 2021 

Single review – Charlie’s Gone Home (The St Buryan Sessions). “One of the most instantly recognisable voices in current music ... the guitar recalls Joni Mitchell in Hejira/Don Juan’s reckless daughter era (so maybe a little…

29 April 2021

Sarah McQuaid – The St Buryan Sessions. “Martin Stansbury’s sympathetic production/engineering, the lovely medieval venue, and Sarah’s own musicianship more than make up for the absence of a live audience.”

https://whealalice.com/2021/04/29/sarah-mcquaid-the-st-buryan-sessions

27 April 2021

Featured Friday Playlist – Sweetness and Pain (The St Buryan Sessions). “A stunning a capella song. Really lovely and a fascinating project.”

https://ear2theground-music.blogspot.com/2021/04/e2tg-4272021-tuesdays-in-nashville.html

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63Xi5vTAwh1zon2Tv3G4xB

25 April 2021

Single review – Time To Love (The St Buryan Sessions). “It’s a song that makes the world turn a little slower on its axis ... a simple prayer that seems to hold optimism tightly whilst recognising…

23 April 2021

Sarah McQuaid to share St. Buryan Sessions videos ahead of live album release. “For the fifth and sixth singles of ‘The St Buryan Sessions’, McQuaid honours two musical giants, both of whom have produced albums for her…

7 April 2021 

The St Buryan Sessions / Lawrence Illsley to release debut album featuring Sarah McQuaid.

http://www.folkworld.eu/74/e/mcquaid.html