Horse McDonald
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Horse McDonald (born Sheena Mary McDonald, 22 November 1958) is an iconic Scottish singer-songwriter.
"One of the finest singers in Govan” - Q Magazine
Her voice has been described as 'a finely honed instrument', together with 'breathtaking stagecraft'. Her music is both moving and uplifting, the audience are totally absorbed whenever she performs.
Career
McDonald was born on 22 November 1958 in Newport on Tay, Fife, Scotland.
In the 1980s, she toured with Tina Turner and BB King.[1]
She has been performing with her band since 1990 and has nine studio albums to date.
McDonald toured in March 2011, playing an acoustic set.[2]
McDonald appeared on the 2012 charity single 'It Does Get Better' created by The L Project. The single benefitted LGBT charities and was written in response to the suicide of LGBT teenagers.[3][4]
She performed a one-off show at the Barrowland, Glasgow 2 March 2013 with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the God's Home Movie album and the release of her ninth studio album, HOME.[5]
In January 2013 she married her long-term partner, Alanna, in Lanark, where she lived as a teenager.[1]
In 2017, she was inducted into the Saltire Society Outstanding Women of Scotland.[6]
Her portrait was painted by Roxana Halls in 2019. It was acquired by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, where it now hangs.[7]
Discography
Albums
- The Same Sky (Capitol, 1990) – UK Number 44
- God's Home Movie (MCA, 1993) – UK Number 42
- Both Sides (Randan, 2000) (with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra)
- Hindsight ... It's a Wonderful Thing (Randan, 2001)
- Only All of Me (Randan, 2003)
- Coveted (Randan, 2004)
- Red Haired Girl (Kosmic Music, 2007)
- Coming Up For Air (Randan, 2009)
- Home (Randan, 5 August 2013)[8][9]
- Odds & Sods (Randan, 2015)
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [10] |
GER [11] | |||
| 1989 | "You Could Be Forgiven" | 76 | — | The Same Sky |
| 1990 | "The Speed of the Beat of My Heart" | 81 | — | |
| "Sweet Thing" | 96 | 58 | ||
| "Careful" | 52 | — | ||
| 1993 | "Shake This Mountain" | 52 | — | God's Home Movie |
| "God's Home Movie" | 56 | — | ||
| 1994 | "Celebrate" | 49 | — | |
| 1997 | "Careful ('97 Remixes)" | 44 | — | single only |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | ||||
Solo:
- "Sometimes I..." (1999)
- "Same Old, Same Old" (2006)
- "Something Wicked This Way Comes" (2010)[8]
- "I Am" (2012) Rocket Science Remix[12]
- "Home" ( Randan, 1 Jul 2013)
References
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External links
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- Living people
- Lesbian singers
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- People from Newport-on-Tay
- Scottish lesbian musicians
- Scottish LGBTQ singers
- Scottish LGBTQ songwriters
- Scottish women guitarists
- 20th-century Scottish women singers
- 20th-century Scottish singer-songwriters
- Scottish women singer-songwriters
- Scottish soul musicians
- 20th-century Scottish LGBTQ people
- 21st-century Scottish LGBTQ people
- 21st-century Scottish women singers
- 21st-century Scottish singer-songwriters