In the Hogmanay posts there has usually been a song or two from Eddi Reader. She deserves a post of her own.
Eddi Reader grew up in Glasgow and Irvine, Scotland and it was in those towns that she learned to use music as a vehicle for communicating with others through busking and performing at the local folk clubs. In the early 1980s, Eddi travelled around Europe with circus and performance artists before moving to London where she quickly became a sought after session vocalist. She famously harmonized with Annie Lennox touring with the Eurythmics, after her time with successful punk outfit Gang of Four. It was the short-lived but warmly remembered Fairground Attraction that really brought her into the limelight and to the attention of a much wider audience.
Eddi Reader - Dragonflies
Eddi Reader - Patience of Angels (Live on Later) HQ
Eddi Reader - Wild Mountain Side - East Lothian Homecoming
Eddi Reader - La Vie En Rose (Jools Annual Hootenanny 2020)
Eddi Reader - In a Big Country (Live HQ)
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I do love my Fairground Attraction CD. I must get it out and play it again.
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