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The Plum Tree and the Rose

The Plum Tree and the Rose is the third album by singer-songwriter Sarah McQuaid. It is a collection of traditional centuries-old material and original songs.

Reception

Hot Press referred to the release as "an album that should feature on many end-of-year best-ofs." AllMusic's J. Poet commented about McQuaid's vocal on the album, stating it is "full of the tremulous emotion every parent feels".

Track listing

  1. Lift You Up and Let You Fly (S.McQuaid) - 3:10
  2. Hardwick's Lofty Towers (S.McQuaid) - 3:43
  3. Solid Air (J.Martyn) - 5:04
  4. Kenilworth (S.McQuaid) - 3:03
  5. In Derby Cathedral (S.McQuaid) - 5:03
  6. The Sun Goes On Rising (Sarah McQuaid & Gerry O’Beirne)- 4:14
  7. S’Anc Fuy Belha Ni Prezada (Cadenet, c. 1200, arr. Sarah McQuaid & Gerry O’Beirne) - 4:14
  8. Can She Excuse My Wrongs (John Dowland, published in 1597 in The First Booke Of Songes, arr. S.McQuaid) - 4:25
  9. New Oysters New(Thomas Ravenscroft, published in 1609 in Pammelia: Mvsicks Miscellanie, arr. S.McQuaid) - 1:00
  10. So Much Rain (Sarah McQuaid & Gerry O’Beirne) - 4:10
  11. What Are We Going to Do (Sarah McQuaid & Gerry O’Beirne) - 2:57
  12. The Plum Tree and the Rose (S.McQuaid) - 4:29
  13. In Gratitude I Sing (S.McQuaid) - 1:02

Personnel

  • Sarah McQuaid: vocals [1–13], guitar [1–6, 9–13], shruti box [7]
  • Gerry O’Beirne: tiple [1, 7], 12-string guitar [1, 5], guitar [2], vocals [13]
  • Rod McVey: keyboards [1–2, 5–7, 10–11]
  • Trevor Hutchinson: double bass [1–2, 4–6, 10–11]
  • Bill Blackmore: flugelhorn [1], trumpet [3, 5]
  • Rosie Shipley: fiddle [2]
  • Máire Breatnach: fiddle [2, 4]
  • Liam Bradley: percussion [4–6, 11]
  • Noel Eccles: percussion [4, 7]
  • Niamh Parsons, Tom Barry: vocals [9, 13]
  • Frances Hutchinson, Emer Ní Bhrádaigh: vocals [13]

Production

  • Produced by Gerry O'Beirne
  • Engineered by Trevor Hutchinson
  • Recorded and mixed at Marguerite Studios, Glasnevin, Dublin
  • Mastered by Sander van der Heide at Polyhymnia International, Baarn, The Netherlands
  • Design and original cover artwork by Mary Guinan
  • Photography by Colm Henry

Technical

  • McQuaid plays:
  • a 1965 Martin D-28 [5,10]
  • her custom-made guitar by Andy Manson [1–4, 6–13]
  • Both guitars are fitted with Fishman Matrix pickups
  • John Pearse strings
  • DADGAD tuning

References