From: Sarah McQuaid [sarah_at_sarahmcquaid_dot_com]
Sent: 19 October 2016 20:17
Subject: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sarah McQuaid Autumn 2016 UK Tour
For
the attention of Beau Webber
I
have a UK tour coming up and would be grateful if you could include any local
shows in your listings (if applicable); I?d also love to do an interview if
that?s a possibility. I?m sending this to everyone on my UK press/radio list,
so please accept my apologies if we?ve already arranged an interview or if
it's not relevant to your show/publication!
Below
is a copy of the press release including high-res photo link. I can be reached
at this email address and on my UK mobile, 07999 868758, after October 25th, or
on my US mobile, +1 (469) 422-1756, through October 24th.
Many thanks and kind regards,
Sarah McQuaid
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sarah McQuaid Autumn 2016 UK Tour
Singer/songwriter/guitarist Sarah McQuaid sets out on
her final UK tour before she takes a year-long break from the road to record a
new album ? see details of dates below.
Born in Madrid, raised in Chicago and now based in
Cornwall, Sarah McQuaid has spent the past seven years touring virtually
nonstop on both sides of the Atlantic, earning critical accolades along the
way.
Of one of her concerts last autumn, The Huffington Post
wrote: ?Finding treasure feels great, and such is the case with musician Sarah
McQuaid. ... I?ve attended hundreds of concerts of all kinds, and her
subtle mastery onstage launches her straight into my fave shows ever. One
voice, one guitar, and the wondrous reminder of the magic of music. Sarah
has the gift.?
Following hard on the heels of a seven-week USA tour
that saw her playing 39 shows from coast to coast and drew rapturous reactions
(visit http://www.sarahmcquaid.com/guestbook
to read a few of them), her autumn 2016 UK outing will be her final tour before
she takes a twelve-month break from the road in 2017 to focus her energies on
writing and recording a fifth solo album, as well as penning a sequel to The Irish DADGAD
Guitar Book, the popular tutor she authored on the alternative
guitar tuning she uses exclusively.
?I?d like to do a follow-up book that focuses on song
accompaniment and that demonstrates the versatility of DADGAD,? Sarah explains.
?A lot of people think of it as a specifically ?Celtic? tuning, but I write all
my songs in DADGAD, and it?s great for all sorts of different genres, from
blues to classical music to rock ?n? roll.
?I?m also very excited about the next album ? I don?t
want say too much just yet, cos I?m afraid I?ll jinx it if I do, but if all
goes according to plan I?ll have a pretty major piece of news about that very
soon!
?And after spending a huge chunk of the past seven
years on the road I do feel I?ve earned a bit of a break. I?ll still do local
gigs, and I?ll also do festivals that only take me away from home for a couple
of days at a time ? there are a number of festivals that I haven?t been able to
get to because I?m always away on tour in other countries when they?re
happening, so it?ll be great to be actually available for those.
?For example, I?ve just been booked for the Costa del
Folk Festival on the island of Ibiza in April 2017, and if that offer had come
up last year or the year before, I?d have had to say no ? so I?m very happy
that it came at a point when I could say yes.
?But mostly I really want to be able to focus on the
new album. Like I already said, watch this space!?
Released in 2015, Sarah?s fourth solo album Walking Into White was
selected as Album of the Month by UK publication FolkWords,
which went on to nominate it for both Best Album from a Female Artist and
Album of the Year. Germany?s Folker hailed it as ?Ein
mutiges Album mit einem potenziellen Pophit? (?A courageous album
that includes a potential pop hit?), while The Musician
called it ?A work that grows with each listen.?
?The songs are acutely observed and literate, almost
like journal notes set to music. They?re measured and tranquil but they?re
never dull because there is always a sense of restlessness and unease
behind the poetry.... And it?s all lovely,? wrote Ian Pickles in R2/Rock ?n? Reel.
Before she can get down to work on its successor, she?s
got a busy schedule ahead of her, with a scant week at home to recover from her
seven-week September-October USA outing before she starts her four-week UK tour
on the 3rd of November.
?And after that,? says Sarah, ?I?m looking forward to
having a good long break from living out of a suitcase!?
TOUR
DATES:
UK
Nov 3 St Austell: Restormel
Arts _at_ The Bosuns Charlestown
Nov 4 Burton-Upon-Trent: The
Brewtown Folk Club
Nov 5 Bracknell: Artree
Live, South Hill Park Arts Centre
Nov 6 West Totton (Southampton):
Hanger Farm Arts Centre
Nov 7 Croydon Folk
Club
Nov 8 Cambridge: Strummers
Music
Nov 11 Cardigan: The
Cellar
Nov 12 Buxton: The
Green Man Gallery
Nov 13 Halifax: Square
Chapel Centre For The Arts
Nov 14 Stirling Folk
Club
Nov 15 Edinburgh: Leith
Folk Club
Nov 16 Corran: The
Ceilidh House & Heritage Centre
Nov 17 Morpeth: Gallery
45
Nov 18 Leeds: HEART ? Headingley
Enterprise and Arts Centre
Nov 19 Liverpool
Acoustic _at_ View Two Gallery
Nov 22 St Neots Folk
Club
Nov 23 Keighley:
Exchange Arts Centre
Nov 24 Scarborough:
Woodend Gallery
Nov 25 Tewkesbury: The
Roses
Nov 26 Combe Martin: Shammick
Acoustic
Nov 27 Tavistock: The
Wharf
Nov 29 Topsham: The
Bridge Inn
Dec 1 Redruth: Regal
Theatre
See http://www.sarahmcquaid.com/tour
for full details of all concerts.
Hi-res photos, album cover artwork and PDF press pack
available for download from
http://www.sarahmcquaid.com/media_kit/
To arrange interviews with Sarah or request a copy of
Sarah?s latest album, please contact Pat Tynan on pattynan_at_btconnect_dot_com or by
phone at 01895 631336.
To contact Sarah directly, email sarah_at_sarahmcquaid_dot_com or call 07999
868758 from the 26th October onward (Sarah is on tour in the USA until the 25th
of October, so is most easily reached by email).
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