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Horse McDonald (born Sheena Mary McDonald, 22 November 1958) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. She is noted mainly for her rich, sonorous voice,[1] and The Scotsman referred to her as "One of Scotland's all-time great vocalists, also possessed of a keen songwriting intelligence".^{[citation needed]}

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Horse McDonald
Horse McDonald performing on the ColognePride 2014
Background information
Birth name	Sheena Mary McDonald
Born	(1958-11-22) 22 November 1958 (age 63) Newport on Tay, Fife, Scotland
Genres	Indie, soul, pop
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1987–present
Labels	Capitol, MCA, Randan, Kosmic Music
Members	Horse McDonald (vocals, guitar) Andrew Samson (drums) / Gemma Filby (keyboards, vocals) Gordon Turner (lead guitar, vocals) Andy Jackson (sound)
Past members	George Hutchison Steve Cochrane Steve Cooke Steve Vanstis Angela McAlinden Graham Brierton Jennifer Clark (double bass, bass guitar)
Website	HORSEMcDonald.com

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.[2] To celebrate the 20th anniversary of her debut album The Same Sky, Horse and her band played the entire album on a tour of the United Kingdom in October and November 2010.

In 2011, McDonald performed a duet with Heather Peace, on a song they wrote together, Beechwood avenue.^{[citation needed]}

McDonald toured in March 2011, playing an 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".[3]

She was also slated to appear in the soundtrack of the ^{[needs update]} UK independent film, About Her.[4]

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.[5][6]

She performed a one-off show at the Barrowland, Glasgow 2 March 2013 with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of God's Home Movie and the release of her ninth studio album HOME.[7]

In January 2013 she married her long-term partner, Alanna, in the town of Lanark, Scotland, where she lived as a teenager.[2]

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

External links

• Official website

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