Horse (Scottish singer-songwriter)

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 and grew up in Anstruther, also in Fife. In the 1980s, she toured with Tina Turner and BB King. She has been performing with her band since 1977 and has nine studio albums to date. McDonald toured in March 2011, playing an acoustic set. 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 Glasgow's Barrowland Ballroom on 2 March 2013 with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her album God's Home Movie and the release of her 9th studio album, HOME. In January 2013 she married her long-term partner, Alanna, in Lanark, where she lived as a teenager. Now Divorced 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. 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) "My Scotland – Horse McDonald". The Scots Magazine. DC Thompson. December 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2025. Dingwall, John (8 January 2013). "Music star Horse McDonald returns to home town that shunned her for being gay to wed love of life". Daily Record. "News item on the official Horse website". www.randan.org. Archived from the original on 19 March 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011. "The L Project". It Does Get Better. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012. "It Does Get Better - The L Project (Official LGBT Charity Song)". It Does Get better. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2020 – via YouTube. "Barrowland Ballroom History". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2019. "Horse McDonald". Saltire Society. 18 December 2020. "Horse McDonald, b.1958. Singer-songwriter". National Galleries of Scotland. "HORSE songs and albums full Official Chart history". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 October 2025. 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 "Official Charts Company: Horse". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 April 2014. "Horse – German Chart". charts.de. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014. "News item on the official Horse Newsletter". Horse Newsletter. Retrieved 1 June 2012. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Horse McDonald. Official website