Sarah McQuaid has a busy year ahead in 2012 with her new single "The Sun Goes On Rising" out on the 5th of February, to be followed by the release of her third solo album "The Plum Tree and the Rose" on the 5th of March.

Sarah will be on the road across Continental Europe in March followed by Ireland in April, the UK in May and the USA in September and October. Then in November its back to the UK to complete a series of dates across the country.

See Tour Dates for a complete listing of Sarah's world wide dates

See New Releases and Artist Roster for further information.  

This weekend (Jan28) I’m with Tim Grimm in Philadelphia, Bethlehem & New Haven, CT.  In February I’m debuting a collaborative work ‘Miracles, Myths, Legends & Lies’ with authors Philip Gulley and Scott R. Sanders and songwriter Carrie Newcomer. In all-new works, we're celebrating the wild, weird and wonderful world that is Indiana. I’m particularly proud of my contribution of the song about a man whose daughter is dating a centaur.       Half man, half horse - hilarity ensues.

In March, I’ll be facilitating an intergenerational songwriting workshop with Carrie Newcomer – an endeavor that will culminate in an intergenerational songwriting and storytelling festival later in the Spring.

I’ll return to Stanford as part of the ‘Art & Science of Sustainability’ colloquium in April, followed by my first trip to southern Europe (Italy & France).

May will bring the debut of ‘The Breeze Bends the Grass’ – my first full-fledged musical. Don’t run screaming. It won’t be thoroughly traditional and no one will be singing about their ‘gal’ or the French Revolution. I’m joining forces with the talented                    Arbutus Cunningham in an attempt to bring to life four influential women artists of the early 20th century. We intend to take the theater world by storm, or at least by cloud burst.

July will find me in the Southwest, teaching ‘Literature in Song’, a week-long songwriting workshop, at the famed Ghost Ranch Retreat in Santa Fe. Beautiful locale that should be a great experience! I’ll also do a run through the Mid- Atlantic, followed by Illinois, Michigan & Wisconsin.

I’ll be in India in the late summer, in residence in the theater department of the American Embassy School in New Delhi, India, working on a non-traditional musical piece with the theater students. This should be an amazing adventure.

From October 26th for about three weeks, I’ll be back touring in beautiful England & Ireland. This will be followed by the Great Plains, and the year will end with the traditional holiday shows, including Chicago and Georgia – new dates still coming!

Thanks for all your support in 2011. Here’s hoping 2012 brings much needed change to our fragile world. Everything is possible. 

Cheers,

Krista

Jim Reynolds will launch his new album "If Only" on February 24th.

Tue 24. The Hen & Chicken Theatre, 210 North St, Southville, Bristol BS3 1JF
Tel: 0117 966 3143 Tickets £10.00 -- From 7.00 p.m.
Album launch with musicians Dave Griffiths, Gina Griffin, Kit Morgan, Bethany Porter.

Jim Reynolds is a guitarist and singer who writes and plays an eclectic mix of music. The individual pieces tap into blues, ragtime, rhythm and blues, music hall and folk traditions. Some are extremely sensitive songs about life, people and relationships, while others are tongue in cheek. His albums are also sprinkled with classics from the likes of J.J. Cale, Nick Drake, John Martyn, Roy Orbison, The Ink Spots, Jelly Roll Morton and Jimmy Rogers.

Having played abroad and in the U.K. especially in Bristol, the South West, Wales, the Midlands and recently the South East, at clubs, pubs and festivals, he has honed his singing and playing, creating a rich and cohesive sound. His finely crafted songs and guitar are a pleasure to listen to and live performances are always memorable.

Tommy Sands new song “Tax The Billionaires” seems to be causing a bit of a stir especially with the people on the receiving end of the various austerity measures being imposed on the defenceless around the world.

There is now a You Tube video of Tommy performing the song outside Belfast City Hall in solidarity with the "Public Sector" strikes held on the 30 November 2011 in the UK & N Ireland which also represented all the workers affected by the combination of ideological
austerity and the economic crisis. Tens of thousands of ordinary working people joined rallies across the UK & N. Ireland.

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The British Prime Minister called the strike 'a damp squib' -- REALLY?