Sarah McQuaid
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Born in Madrid, Spain, raised in Chicago and holding dual Irish and American citizenship, singer/guitarist and songwriter Sarah McQuaid lived in Ireland from 1994 to 2007. She has since moved with her husband and two children to the home formerly occupied by her parents near Penzance, Cornwall.
I Won’t Go Home ‘Til Morning, the long-awaited follow-up to her acclaimed debut album When Two Lovers Meet, marks a distinct change of focus for the musician whose rich voice has been likened to “matured cognac”. Whereas her first album was a feast of Irish music, this is an enchanting celebration of old-time Appalachian folk, with Sarah’s arrangements punctuated by her own fine compositions and a cover of Bobbie Gentry’s classic ‘Ode to Billie Joe’.
Sarah has also recently been co-writing songs with fellow Penzance resident Zoe (author and performer of 1991 hit single ‘Sunshine On A Rainy Day’). In November 2008, the pair released their debut album, Crow Coyote Buffalo, under the band name Mama.
As might be expected of one who has led such a peripatetic existence, Sarah developed a taste for the road early on: From the age of twelve she was embarking on ten-day tours of the US and Canada with the Chicago Children’s Choir. At eighteen she went to France for a year to study philosophy at the University of Strasbourg, where her performance at a local folk club drew a rave review in the Dernieres Nouvelles d’Alsace
I Won’t Go Home ‘Til Morning, the long-awaited follow-up to her acclaimed debut album When Two Lovers Meet, marks a distinct change of focus for the musician whose rich voice has been likened to “matured cognac”. Whereas her first album was a feast of Irish music, this is an enchanting celebration of old-time Appalachian folk, with Sarah’s arrangements punctuated by her own fine compositions and a cover of Bobbie Gentry’s classic ‘Ode to Billie Joe’.
Sarah has also recently been co-writing songs with fellow Penzance resident Zoe (author and performer of 1991 hit single ‘Sunshine On A Rainy Day’). In November 2008, the pair released their debut album, Crow Coyote Buffalo, under the band name Mama.
As might be expected of one who has led such a peripatetic existence, Sarah developed a taste for the road early on: From the age of twelve she was embarking on ten-day tours of the US and Canada with the Chicago Children’s Choir. At eighteen she went to France for a year to study philosophy at the University of Strasbourg, where her performance at a local folk club drew a rave review in the Dernieres Nouvelles d’Alsace
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The Chickens They Are Crowing
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Ode To Billie Joe
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exprof wrote:
Sarah McQuaid @ Toogenblik Nov 2008 http://concerts-review.over-blog.com/article-25048719.html
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Johnny Lad full track | 3:42 |
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- Apr 30 Bordergrass 2010 Hopelands, Weobley's Village Hall, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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New album in the can!
22 Sep 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/sarahmcquaid
Hello, all. I hope
you had a good summer! Mine was hectic, to say the least, mostly due to
the ten days I spent recording my new album in Ireland, the frantic
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Tours, vertigo, new album and more
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Calling all singers! and other news
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25 Mar 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/sarahmcquaid
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