Sarah McQuaid

3 August 2022 

Feature – 10 reasons Brexit has been disastrous for Britain. The Guardian's John Harris interviews Sarah about why independent musicians who rely on touring for a living have been hit particularly hard by the new post-Brexit…

2 June 2022

Feature – Three Cornwall shows for locally-based international singer/songwriter Sarah McQuaid. “I’d urge people, if they’re thinking of coming to any of my gigs, to please buy tickets in advance, because low ticket sales make venues twitchy…

May 2022 

Feature – The St Buryan Sessions: Sarah McQuaid. “The results are spectacular, clearly inspired and enriched by the location with its real sense of history and context. ... Here, she hones each song down to its core, with…

16 February 2022

Album review – The St Buryan Sessions. “These hauntingly sensitive and spacious solo renditions offer something memorable and affectingly special; literally, her own ‘soul, flesh and bone’, captured in ‘glass, wood and stone’. Dim the lights…

13 February 2022 

Live review – Under the Edge Arts. “I heard myself whisper a quiet ‘Wow’ .... You hold your breath as she approaches what sounds like an impossible vocal twist and then effortlessly lands it with perfection. She…

February 2022 

Feature – A Warm Welcome To Wotton. “With her new live-in-lockdown album The St Buryan Sessions drawing critical raves and appearing on best-of-2021 lists on three continents, Spain-born, USA- raised singer/songwriter Sarah McQuaid is once again hitting the…

17 January 2022 

Single review – The Tug Of The Moon (The St Buryan Sessions). “Like all her music, the track oozes quality and reminds us, as if we needed reminding, of her stunning talent.”

https://freshonthenet.co.uk/2022/01/faves431

13 January 2022

2021 Rewind. “I miei preferiti dell’anno passato” (My favourites of the past year).

https://www.radiorock.to/pages/podcast.php?idpods=6902&podcaster=Fulvio_Savagnone&titolo=&noc=1

7 January 2022

Feature – Sarah McQuaid: January & February 2022 UK Tour. “With her new live-in-lockdown album The St Buryan Sessions drawing critical raves and appearing on best-of-2021 lists on three continents, Sarah McQuaid is once again preparing to…

6 January 2022

Top 30 Album and Box Set Releases for 2021. “The music is just perfect for the times we find ourselves in. It’s melancholy, but it’s uplifting. … It’s just a beautiful, beautiful album.”

https://youtu.be/tH6j38IOFcs

6 January 2022

Feature – Sarah McQuaid gig in Penzance at Acorn Theatre in Cornwall. “Every gig feels like a gift.”

https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/19828202.sarah-mcquaid-gig-penzance-acorn-theatre-cornwall

5 January 2022

Interview – Behind The Music. “I make a mean lasagne.”

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2022/0105/1269803-behind-the-music-sarah-mcquaid

4 January 2022  

Video Premiere – The Tug Of The Moon (The St Buryan Sessions). “There’s an astonishing richness to Sarah McQuaid’s voice, evident in this ethereal interpretation of ‘Tug of the Moon’ ... The album is a gorgeous…

4 January 2022 

Interview – Sarah McQuaid on refreshing her folk vision with The St Buryan Sessions. “Even with three people in the audience it still felt better than it would have felt just sitting at home looking at…

4 January 2022

Album review – The St Buryan Sessions. “Simply a breath of fresh air into the modern music scene.”

https://countrymusicnewsinternational.com/sarah-mcquaid-the-st-buryan-sessions

31 December 2021

The Last Post – Best of 2021 (No. 1). “There isn’t a moment here that isn’t beautifully executed. You’ll be hard pushed to hear a better acoustic record this year. In fact, you won’t which is why…

Winter 2021-22 

Album review – The St Buryan Sessions. “The McQuaid voice shimmers between elation and melancholy .... Her exceptional phrasing ability conveys a yearning which colours this album’s haunting, almost mesmeric ethos. ... Sarah McQuaid makes music that…

11 October 2021 

Video Premiere – If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous (The St Buryan Sessions). “Sarah McQuaid’s songs have a slow winding timelessness, and this popular one is no exception. The harmonies have a symphonic…

8 October 2021

Video Interview – Now Spinning Podcast, Episode 5: The Sarah McQuaid Interview. “As you know I spend a lot of time with rock-driven music and then something comes along that completely floors me. The St Buryan Sessions…

8 October 2021 

Feature – Sarah McQuaid’s new album to be launched in the venue where it was recorded. “Penwith based singer/songwriter Sarah McQuaid is releasing her new album, The St Buryan Sessions at a free (donations) benefit concert in…