Horse (musician)
| Horse | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Horse McDonald |
| Born |
22 November 1958 Newport on Tay, Fife, Scotland |
| Genres | Indie, soul, pop |
| Occupations | Musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Labels | Capitol, MCA, Randan, Kosmic Music |
| Associated acts | Astrakhan, Rhesus Negative, Bachue, The Gospel Truth Choir, The Scottish Chamber Orchestra |
| Website | randan.org |
| Members |
Horse McDonald (vocals, guitar) Andrew Samson (drums) / Gemma Filby(keyboards, vocals) Gordon Turner (lead guitar, vocals) Jennifer Clark (Double Bass / Bass Guitar) Andy Jackson (sound) |
| Past members |
Angela McAlinden Graham Brierton |
Horse (born Horse McDonald, 22 November 1958, Newport on Tay, Fife, Scotland) is a Scottish female singer-songwriter. She has a wide following in the UK and worldwide and has toured with Tina Turner and secured several record chart hits in Europe. She is noted mainly for her rich, sonorous voice, and The Scotsman referred to her as "one of Scotland's all-time great vocalists, also possessed of a keen songwriting intelligence".
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of her debut album The Same Sky, Horse and her band played the entire album on a concert tour of the United Kingdom in October and November 2010.
Horse toured in March 2011, playing an unplugged acoustic set with the full band. These concerts featured "exclusive previews of several new songs from the upcoming ninth album, as well as Horse standards and rare B sides".[1]
She is also slated to appear in the soundtrack of the forthcoming UK independent film, About Her.[2]
Horse 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]
Horse and her band had a successful UK wide tour in 2012 and visited Australia (Perth, Sydney,Melbourne) for an up-close and personal tour to great reviews.
There will be a one-off spectacular show at the Barrowland, Glasgow 2 Mar 13 with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of God's Home Movie and the release of her ninth studio album HOME.
She will be touring later this year in the UK, Germany and Australia.
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, Aug 5, 2013)
Singles
- "You Could Be Forgiven" (1989)
- "The Speed of the Beat of My Heart" (1990)
- "Sweet Thing" (1990)
- "Careful" (1990) - UK Number 52
- "Shake This Mountain" (1993) - UK Number 52
- "God's Home Movie" (1993) - UK Number 56
- "Celebrate" (1994) - UK Number 49
- "Careful" (remix) (1997) - UK Number 44
- "Same Old, Same Old" (2006)
- "Something Wicked This Way Comes" (2010)[6]
- "I Am" (2012)Rocket Science Remix [7]
References
- ↑ "News item on the official Horse website". www.randan.org. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
- ↑ "Soundtrack contributors on the "About Her" website". www.abouther.org. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
- ↑ "The L Project". It Does Get Better. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 259. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ Allmusic.com - Discography - accessed March 2009
- ↑ {{cite book
- Home" ( Randan, Jul 1st 2013)
- ↑ "News item on the official Horse Newsletter". Horse Newsletter. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
- The Scotsman, 21 July 2006