| Horse McDonald | |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Birth Name: | Sheena Mary McDonald |
| Birth Date: | 1958 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Newport on Tay, Fife, Scotland |
| Instrument: | Vocals, guitar |
| Genre: | Indie, soul, pop |
| Occupation: | Musician |
| Years Active: | 1987–present |
| Label: | Capitol, MCA, Randan, Kosmic Music |
| Associated Acts: | Astrakhan, Rhesus Negative, Bachue, The Gospel Truth Choir, The Scottish Chamber Orchestra |
| Website: | HORSEMcDonald.com |
| Current 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) |
Horse McDonald (born Sheena Mary McDonald, 22 November 1958) is a Scottish singer-songwriter.
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]
McDonald toured in March 2011, playing an acoustic.[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]
| 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. | |||||
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