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.^[1]

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

• 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]

• 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

• 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