Saturday, 28 September 2013

Sarah McQuaid Enchanted the Audience at the Saltcellar Folk Club

The Saltcellar Folk Club was a great place to be on the first Saturday in September when Sarah McQuaid visited us.  She proved to be very popular. 


photo by Robin Tulloch

Sarah's songs are well-crafted and thoughtful and cover many topics from the historical to the movingly personal. Her performances at the Saltcellar were captivating, as she used the good acoustics in the venue to fine effect. She has a beautiful voice and accompanied this with virtuoso guitar playing (using DADGAD tuning). She also used technology to stunningly enhance the vocals on a couple of her songs.

We were also fortunate to have some brilliant floor performers to provide a variety of top quality songs. One of the performers, Robin Tulloch, took the photo of Sarah above (see his Facebook page for a few more).

On Saturday 5th October, the Saltcellar will host popular local duo, Chameleon, who promise an evening embracing British traditional songs, American country music (traditional and contemporary), ragtime and jug band music and a sprinkling of jazz classics.  The evening starts at 7.30pm and floor performers are welcome.