Horse: 35 years of The Same Sky

My special guest on this episode is a woman - an icon - whose brilliant debut album sounded like nothing else when it hurtled into our musical landscape 35 years ago - and there really is still nothing like it…

The record’s The Same Sky, the artist is the mighty Horse, and since that record’s release in 1990, she’s raised the roof, and fired up our hearts, with records like God’s Home Movie, and The Road Less Travelled… 

She’s shared a stage with Burt Bacharach, she’s toured with Tina Turner, and we chatted about all that - and about her early days making music with her former Horse collaborator Angela McAlinden… We also celebrated 35 years of The Same Sky, and looked forward to her Celtic Connections show, which is later this month…

It’s at Glasgow’s Barrowlands, in cahoots with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, three decades since their first groundbreaking union at the legendary venue. 

We recorded this chat live at The Stand in Edinburgh a few months back - thanks so much if you were in our joyous audience… 

Horse played three songs live for us too - You Could Be Forgiven and Sweet Thing - I can’t include the full versions, because there are so many rights issues around music and podcasts that I’m worried this episode will get taken down if I push my luck…

BUT - if you stay for our chat, then you’ll also hear Horse signing off with a stunning a capella version of Careful… Everything falls into place…