Horse McDonald (born Sheena Mary McDonald, 22 November 1958) is a Scottish singer-songwriter.

Career

McDonald was born on 22 November 1958 in Newport on Tay, Fife, Scotland.

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In the 1980s, she toured with Tina Turner and BB King.

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McDonald toured in March 2011, playing an acoustic.

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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.

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.

In January 2013 she married her long-term partner, Alanna, in Lanark, where she lived as a teenager.

In 2017, she was inducted into the Saltire Society Outstanding Women of Scotland.

Her portrait was painted by Roxana Halls in 2019. It was acquired by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, where it now hangs.

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) Odds & Sods (Randan, 2015)

Singles

Solo: "Sometimes I..." (1999) "Same Old, Same Old" (2006) "Something Wicked This Way Comes" (2010) "I Am" (2012) Rocket Science Remix "Home" ( Randan, 1 Jul 2013)

References

External links

Official website

1958 births

Living people

Lesbian singers

Lesbian songwriters

People from Newport-on-Tay

Scottish lesbian musicians

Scottish LGBT singers

Scottish LGBT songwriters

Scottish women guitarists

20th-century Scottish women singers

20th-century Scottish singer-songwriters

Scottish women singer-songwriters

Scottish soul musicians

20th-century Scottish LGBT people

21st-century Scottish LGBT people

21st-century Scottish women singers

21st-century Scottish singer-songwriters