Now preparing to embark on a three-month autumn UK and USA tour, Hoover singer-songwriter Sarah McQuaid has had a busy summer. Not only has she been working hard writing songs for a new album to be recorded in the garage she’s converting to a studio, she’s also released several “Garage Sessions” videos featuring some of that new material – plus a new archival album, Walking Into White Live In Rapid City.
“The work on the studio is nearly finished,” Sarah reveals, “and I’m looking forward to getting properly stuck into tracking the album! I’ve already been playing a few of the new songs in my current concert set and they’ve been going down really well, so I can’t wait to share them with a wider audience.”
The first three of what Sarah anticipates will be an ongoing series of “Garage Sessions” videos can all be viewed on Sarah’s website and YouTube channel, and were recorded and filmed during breaks in the building work, before doors and windows had even been installed.
The first of them, “I’m Slowing Down As I Get Older (And That’s Good),” has been mooted as the new album’s title track, and has a bluesy flavor that evokes Sarah’s roots in Chicago, where she spent most of her childhood before moving to Ireland and then on to Cornwall.
The garage studio — where Sarah plans to write, rehearse and record all her future albums — has been made possible in part by a crowdfunding campaign that’s still in progress, with thank-you gifts for donors ranging from CDs and LPs to original artwork, online guitar lessons and free downloads for life to all Sarah’s current and future releases.
On top of all this activity, in May of this year Sarah quietly released Walking Into White Live In Rapid City, recorded back in 2015, when she was performing that year’s album Walking Into White live, track for track.
Sarah’s autumn concert dates include a concert at the Hoover Public Library on Nov 12.
For details sarahmcquaid.com
