Gordeanna McCulloch
Gordeanna is recognised as one of the finest singers of Scottish traditional songs of her generation. Born in the outskirts of Glasgow into a family of strong singing women she was encouraged to sing from an early age. Her interest and involvement in traditional song began at school in the 1960s. There she came under the influence of Norman Buchan who ran the now famous Ballads Club. As a teenager she was invited to London by Ewan MacColl to participate in one of his seminar weekends with the Singers Club. At the age of 19 she joined the prestigious Scots group, Clutha, within a year of its formation in 1964. Up until 8 years ago she sang with Palaver . Since then Gordeanna has appeared occasionally with Chris Miles as a duo performing a wide mix of material – a partnership from which she derives a great deal of pleasure.
Recently she has had a much lower profile but from time to time still sings with Eurydice, the Glasgow based Socialist Women’s Choir, which she helped to form and led for some 17 years. In the past three years her partnership with Clutha has also been re-kindled, Gordeanna hopes to be able to devote more time to singing.
No teaching at the moment.