July 2008
First-person account for alumni magazine. “From magazine editor to folk musician living in Cornwall, England, find out about Sarah's journey.”
https://www.haverford.edu/college-communications/news/roads-taken-not-taken-sarah-allen-mcquaid-87
Roads Taken & Not Taken - Sarah (Allen) McQuaid ’87
From magazine editor to…
May 2008
Live review – Ballina Arts Centre. “One is convinced that here is a woman singing with her own voice and listening with her own ears.”
Sarah McQuaid
Ballina Arts Centre, Co. Mayo
27 March 2008…
February 2008
Album review – When Two Lovers Meet. “This debut album is a wonderful introduction to a fine singer and guitarist.”
Sarah McQuaid
When Two Lovers Meet
Although this is a re-release from 1997, Sarah McQuaid is…
December 2007
Album review – When Two Lovers Meet. “Sarah McQuaid’s debut album offers a masterclass in restraint and subtlety. Authoritative singing and quietly insistent arrangements make for a sumptuous whole – recommended.”
Sarah McQuaid
When Two Lovers…
13 October 2007
Interview and profile. “Hundreds of years ago emigrating Irish men and women brought their traditional tunes to America and wove their melodies into the emerging folk music of that continent. In 1994, a travelling American completed…
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October 2007
Interview and profile. “The re-release of an album originally published a decade ago has made singer/guitarist Sarah McQuaid an instant hit.”
ON THE ROAD – AGAIN!
The re-release of an album originally published a decade…
24 August 2007
Album review – When Two Lovers Meet. “Goes straight to the emotional jugular.”
http://www.duggup.com.au/2007/08/24/sarah-mcquaid-when-two-lovers-meet/
Sarah McQuaid
When Two Lovers Meet
Oh yes, it’s guitar fetish time… I was checking out the RTE Late Session…
August 2007
Album review – When Two Lovers Meet. “Love permeates this thoughtful CD.”
Sarah McQuaid
When Two Lovers Meet
Love permeates this thoughtful CD. Sarah’s loving treatments, along with those of her small band of accompanists, add…
August 2007
Album review – When Two Lovers Meet. “47 minutes of pure delight.”
http://www.netrhythms.co.uk/reviewsm.html#mcquaid
Sarah McQuaid
When Two Lovers Meet
You can be easily forgiven for not having heard of Sarah... for this CD is a…
14 June 2007
Interview. Sarah answers questions about her favourite book, favourite album and more.
April 2001
Album review – When Two Lovers Meet. “Sarah’s voice is both as warm as a turf fire and as rich as matured cognac.”
Sarah McQuaid
When Two Lovers Meet
Sarah’s voice is both as warm as…
May 2000
Album review – When Two Lovers Meet. “When Two Lovers Meet is both sparse and withdrawn by effect but it casts a quietly lingering spell.”
Sarah McQuaid
When Two Lovers Meet
Sarah McQuaid has lived a…
March 1998
Album review – When Two Lovers Meet. “For my money this was a beautiful disc.”
Sarah McQuaid
When Two Lovers Meet
I’m not exactly what you could call trad at heart. After all these years I…
December 1997
Album review – When Two Lovers Meet. “One for a romantic evening in, listen to it with a hot whiskey and a peat fire – heaven!”
Sarah McQuaid
When Two Lovers Meet
Sarah is well known…
14 November 1997
Album review – When Two Lovers Meet. “A debut to note.”
Sarah McQuaid
When Two Lovers Meet
This is a thoughtful, skilful and occasionally sombre collection of mostly traditional material. Sarah McQuaid has clearly been…
15 October 1997
Album review – When Two Lovers Meet. “Her intelligence is matched by a warm, velvet-tinged voice and a distinctive acoustic guitar style which mark her out as a significant talent.”
Sarah McQuaid
When Two Lovers…
October 1997
Album review – When Two Lovers Meet. “All in all, this is quite a revelation ... One of the best Irish albums to travel down the pike in a long time.”
Sarah McQuaid
When Two Lovers…
