12 December 2024
Feature – Preview: Sarah McQuaid is back on the road for 2025. “Having taken some time off from the road after her marathon three-month autumn UK and USA tour, singer-songwriter Sarah McQuaid is beginning 2025 with…
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KMUW - Jedd Beaudoin (Oct 2024)
23 October 2024
Interview — Internationally renowned guitarist/vocalist Sarah McQuaid to perform in Valley Center. “The wonderful thing about libraries is that they have a mandate to provide community events, to host free events that the local community can come…
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John’s Substack - John Porter (Oct 2024)
14 October 2024
Live review — Sarah McQuaid Charms The Tin Pan. “A giant talent and personality deserves a large and enthusiastic audience. Sarah McQuaid is just such a performer and I hope you get a chance to see her…
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Newbury Today - Brian Harrington (Sep 2024)
23 September 2024
Live review — Did you see this super-talented multi-instrumentalist play electric guitar, acoustic guitar, synthesizer and drum at ACE Space? “Tonight’s set included a brilliant acapella rendition of the traditional The Wagoner’s Lad, as well as some…
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Launceston Folk Club (Sep 2024)
3 September 2024
Live review – Spellbound at The Eagle. “From the very first notes of the opening song the audience were absolutely spellbound — and we remained entranced for the whole evening.”
Lowering the Tone with BB Skone - Malcolm Cawley (May 2024)
6 May 2024
Live review – Sarah McQuaid – Haverhub, Haverfordwest, May 2024. “ Sarah’s lyrics, focusing on the particular yet with a universal meaning, are both poignant and witty. The most seemingly mundane experiences give rise to carefully crafted…
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Fehmarnsches Tageblatt - Eckhard Kretschmer (Mar 2024)
13 March 2024
Live review – Mut zur Langsamkeit (The Courage to Go Slow) (English translation follows German original). “Sie modelliert jede Silbe, jedes Wort, jeden Gedanken, jede Emotion mit der enormen Kraft und Spannweite ihrer Stimme. Und diese Stimme…
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People’s Republic of South Devon - Lee Morgan (Jan 2024)
Feature – Sarah McQuaid: winter and spring tour blooms into Devon. “Contemporary folk that wraps around you like a comfortably exhilarating cloak …. She seems like she’s hit the sweet spot of creativity, imagination and freedom. It’s a mischievous, embracing,…
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People’s Republic of South Devon - Lee Morgan (Oct 2023)
19 October 2023
Feature – Sarah McQuaid: ‘immaculate vibes’ coming to Devon. “Sarah got in touch, with an eloquent and gentle reminder while she was in the midst of an epic 9-hour car journey crossing six states. It makes the…
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The Paper - Saydie Bean (Sept 2023)
23 September 2023
Interview – Sarah McQuaid performing at the Burke County Public Library. “‘By the time I get to the Burke County Library on the 2nd of October, I’ll have been on the road here for a full month…
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North Coast Voice - Steve Madewell (Sept 2023)
6 September 2023
Feature – Pedestrian Ramblings. “Watching Sarah work when she stayed at our house was a real eye-opening experience. … She never stopped, there was no down time, and a few hours before her show, she would…
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Americana UK - Mark Whitfield (Aug 2023)
16 August 2023
Feature – Sarah McQuaid announces UK dates for the autumn. “Singer-songwriter Sarah McQuaid has announced a 23-show autumn UK tour for November plus a high-profile hometown show later this month in West Cornwall, England, where she’s…
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Folk Radio UK (Aug 2023)
15 August 2023
Feature – Sarah McQuaid announces US & UK tour. “Singer-songwriter Sarah McQuaid will kick off a 3-month, 59-show autumn USA and UK tour with high-profile hometown shows in West Cornwall, England, where she’s lived since 2007, and…
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Trust The Doc - Neil March (May 2023)
31 May 2023
Single review – If We DUB Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous. “Simple but clever, imaginatively arranged and of course it has Sarah’s sparkling, brooding and beautiful voice to round off a great track.”
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Ross-shire Journal - Margaret Chrystall
12 May 2023
Interview – Scottish folk hero triggered Sarah McQuaid ditching job for full-time music. “But I suspect none of this would have happened if I had said no to that festival workshop. Thank goodness I felt ‘If…
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The Afterword - Vulpes Vulpes (Apr 2023)
30 April 2023
Live review – Church of St Philip and St James. “Last night’s gig was another tour-de-force. I can’t remember the last time I saw an artist open their show with an acappella song delivery that hung everything…
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Joyzine - Paul F. Cook (April 2023)
8 April 2023
Single review – “If We DUB Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous.” “The subterranean metaphors and allusions to an impending apocalypse are all enhanced by the dark, brooding soundscape, and Sarah McQuaid’s exceptional voice sits at…
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Folker (March 2023)
9 March 2023
Feature – Gitarrenvirtuosin Sarah McQuaid: Endlich wieder auf Tour durch Deutschland. “Die Singer/Songwriterin und Fingerstylegitarristin ist so etwas wie die Internationalität in Person.”
https://folker.world/gehoert-entdeckt-gelesen/gitarrenvirtuosin-sarah-mcquaid
Western People - Helen Falconer
27 January 2023
Feature – Sarah’s Lifetime Devotion to Making Great Music. “The writer is born.” Sarah talks to journalist Helen Falconer about her life and work.
https://westernpeople.ie/2023/01/27/sarahs-lifetime-devotion-to-making-great-music
The Afterword - Gatz
22 January 2023
Live review – Castle Hedingham Village Hall. “The arrangements are interesting, the songs intriguing and her voice marvellous.”