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Eddi Reader

Nascimento : 1959-08-29, Glasgow, Scotland

História

Scottish singer-songwriter Eddi Reader MBE was born Sadenia Reader on 29th August, 1959 in Glasgow, the eldest of seven children. Starting out as a busker on Sauchiehall Street, she became a backing singer and session vocalist for Annie Lennox, Alison Moyet, Billy MacKenzie and The Waterboys, before forming Fairground Attraction and scoring a big hit with 1988's Perfect. Following the band's split, Eddi went on to build an enduring solo career that has taken in genres such as pop, folk and country. She has also acted in John Byrne's Your Cheatin' Heart, Janice Galloway's The Trick Is to Keep Breathing on both the radio and in the theatre, and presented the Glasgow based music programme No Stilettos. She is a passionate supporter of Scottish independence.

Perfil

Filmes

St Andrew’s Day at the BBC

Self

Enjoy a collection of the best of Scottish rock and pop drawn from the BBC archives to celebrate St Andrew's Day, including performances by Texas, Travis, Lulu, Emeli Sande and Deacon Blue.

Burns by the Lagan

Self

A celebration in music of the Bard, Rabbie Burns, to mark Burns Night. Phil Cunningham, one of Scotland's most acclaimed traditional musicians, leads a star-studded line-up from the Titanic Building in Belfast. Scottish stars Aly Bain and Eddi Reader feature, alongside local talent Cup O'Joe, Andrew Calderwood and the Ulster-Scots Juvenile Pipe Band.

Eu e Orson Welles

Singer

Em Nova York, em 1937, Richard Samuels, um rapaz de 17 anos, conhece o diretor de teatro Orson Welles e quer um papel na peça Julius Caesar, o primeiro espetáculo da Broadway baseado em uma obra de Shakespeare. Mas o mundo detrás da cortina vermelha é complicado, e são necessárias artimanhas para o sucesso.

Fairground Attraction – Full House

Singer

Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl

Self

A documentary tribute to the singer/songwriter who died on 18th December, 2000.

Your Cheatin' Heart

In this fondly remembered mini series John Byrne, creator of Tutti Frutti, explores the country music scene in an unsentimental portrait of Glaswegian life and culture. Local food and wine correspondent Frank McClusky falls in love with waitress Cissie Crouch. Unfortunately for him, she’s the wife of a convict, who is serving time for a crime he didn’t commit. As Frank’s life becomes more embroiled with Cissie’s he goes on a mission to track down the guilty men.