Eddi Reader

Penyanyi-penulis lagu Skotlandia Eddi Reader MBE lahir Sadenia Reader pada tanggal 29 Agustus 1959 di Glasgow, anak tertua dari tujuh bersaudara. Dimulai sebagai pengamen di Sauchiehall Street, ia menjadi penyanyi latar dan vokalis sesi untuk Annie Lennox, Alison Moyet, Billy MacKenzie dan The Waterboys, sebelum membentuk Fairground Attraction dan mencetak hit besar dengan Perfect tahun 1988. Setelah band bubar, Eddi melanjutkan untuk membangun karir solo abadi yang mengambil genre seperti pop, folk dan country. Dia juga berakting dalam Your Cheatin' Heart karya John Byrne, The Trick Is to Keep Breathing karya Janice Galloway di radio dan teater, dan membawakan program musik No Stilettos yang berbasis di Glasgow. Dia adalah pendukung kemerdekaan Skotlandia.

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.