Spain-born, American-raised and UK-based singer/songwriter Sarah McQuaid is heading out on the road again for 12 solid weeks of touring, with 35 shows in the USA and 22 in the UK (57 concerts in total), starting on September 6th and winding up back in her adopted home county of Cornwall on November 30th.

Produced by guitar legend Michael Chapman, Sarah’s fifth solo album If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous is distributed worldwide by Proper on LP as well as CD, and has received rave reviews worldwide: Dutch music magazine Heaven hailed it as “an early contender for folk album of 2018,” the UK’s fRoots said it was “a collection to savour” and the USA’s PopMatters called it “a gateway into a true innovator’s soul.”

“I’m really looking forward to getting out on the road again,” says the singer, who recently won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ards International Guitar Festival; electric guitar, piano and drum also feature in her arsenal of instruments onstage.

“After the intensity of last year’s album-release touring, I made the decision not to do any long tours in the first half of this year,” Sarah continues, “although I did manage to get over to Ireland to perform at the Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival, which was fantastic, and I’ve just come back from playing at a folk festival in Belgium.

“But it’s all been short little trips out, so it’ll be great to be finally getting my teeth into a proper tour. The US tour is coast-to-coast — we start off in North Carolina, then head northwest to Colorado via St Louis and on to Idaho and Oregon, then down into California, then back east again through Wyoming, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana to South Carolina and Virginia, then north up the east coast, finishing with a week of New England gigs – so we’ll see a massive range of different terrains and landscapes. I can’t wait!”

Tour dates are as follows (see http://www.sarahmcquaid.com/tour for details of addresses, times, ticket prices etc):

USA

Sep 6  Kernersville, NC: Paddison Memorial Branch Library

Sep 7  Gastonia, NC: Live @ Your Library

Sep 7  Black Mountain, NC: White Horse Black Mountain

Sep 9  St Louis, MO: Schlafly Library

Sep 12  Ridgway, CO: Sherbino Theater

Sep 13  Moab, UT: Moab Arts & Recreation Center (MARC)

Sep 14  Ephraim, UT: Ephraim Public Library

Sep 15  Liberty, UT: Mountain Arts and Music

Sep 17  Post Falls, ID: Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center

Sep 19  Roseburg, OR: Umpqua UU Congregation

Sep 20  Cottage Grove, OR: The Cottage Events Venue

Sep 21  Sweet Home, OR: Sweet Home Public Library

Sep 22  Bend, OR: Tumalo House Concerts

Sep 24  Cerritos, CA: Cerritos Library

Sep 26  Foster City, CA: Foster City Library

Sep 27  Penngrove, CA: House Concert

Sep 28  Kensington, CA: Hollander House Concerts

Sep 29  Redding, CA: The Bohemian Art Loft

Oct 2  Rawlins, WY: Rawlins Music Academy

Oct 3  Lusk, WY: Niobrara County Library

Oct 5  Des Moines, IA: Progressive Voices Concert Series

Oct 6  Bishop Hill, IL: Bishop Hill Creative Commons

Oct 7  Tell City, IN: Perry County Public Library

Oct 9  Blacksburg, SC: Blacksburg Library

Oct 9  Morganton, NC: Burke County Public Library

Oct 10  Rocky Mount, VA: Franklin County Public Library

Oct 12  Branford, CT: Branford Folk Coffeehouse

Oct 13  Beacon, NY: Towne Crier Cafe

Oct 14  Hillsborough, NJ: Somerset County Library – Hillsborough

Oct 15  West Brookfield, MA: Merriam-Gilbert Public Library

Oct 16  Keene, NH: Keene Public Library

Oct 17  Glens Falls, NY: Live! Folklife at Crandall Public Library

Oct 18  Essex, NY: Whallonsburg Grange Hall

Oct 19  Sharon, MA: Not Just Another Coffeehouse

Oct 20  Rockport, MA: House Concert

 

UK

Nov 1  Teignmouth: Pavilions Teignmouth

Nov 2  Praa Sands Community Centre

Nov 3  Ivybridge: Folk On The Moor

Nov 4  Blandford Forum: Chettle Village Hall

Nov 6  Preston: The Willows Folk Club

Nov 7  Caerleon Arts

Nov 8  Farnham Maltings

Nov 9  Box (Corsham): Schtumm Extra

Nov 10  Haverhill Arts Centre

Nov 12  Felton (Morpeth): Gallery Forty5

Nov 14  York: Black Swan Folk Club

Nov 15  Ulverston: Water Yeat Village Hall

Nov 16  Buxton: The Green Man Gallery

Nov 17  East Cowton Village Hall

Nov 18  Newcastle: The Bridge Folk Club

Nov 20  Leicester: The Musician

Nov 23  Northampton: Folk By The Green

Nov 24  Hardraw: The Green Dragon Inn

Nov 25  Stockport: The Green Room @ The Plaza

Nov 28  Luton: The Hat Factory

Nov 29  Tewkesbury: The Old Baptist Chapel

Nov 30  Liskeard: Sterts Studio

Full tour details are also displayed at http://www.pattynanmedia.com/index.html

Catalogue — Available on request to accredited media world wide

If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous

Walking Into White

The Plum Tree & The Rose

I Won’t Go Home ‘Til Morning

When Two Lovers Meet

Crow Coyote Buffalo (As the duo Mama – Zoë Pollock & Sarah McQuaid)

For further information, review copies of Sarah’s albums, images, live music sessions and interviews contact Pat Tynan