EDDI Reader is best remembered for Perfect - the number one hit she had as the singer with Eighties band Fairground Attraction.

But there's a lot more to the Scottish chanteuse, pictured, than meets the eye. Who would have guessed, for instance, that she's currently putting the finishing touches to an album of songs by 18th century poet Robert Burns, recorded with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra?

"I'm really proud of the project," she says. "It's my blessing to his soul and it's dedicated to the sublime and the mundane, the glorious and the ordinary.

"Burns wrote for the working class and I wanted to give the songs my earthy approach to reach ears that didn't particularly get him before. I've been singing Burns songs like Ae Fond Kiss for years. Last year I joined Michael Marra on a TV celebration of Burns music.

"With Michael I learned a new version of My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose. I adored singing it so much that I learned to play it on my guitar using this new tuning that I had found." It was at a Burns Festival at Culzean Castle in Alloway last May that Eddi first teamed up with the Scottish National Orchestra.

"In hot sunshine with the beautiful island of Arran on the horizon I sang Green Grow The Rashes-O and Auld Lang Syne to a couple of thousand people in the castle grounds."

The album won't be ready for the concert at Ferneham Hall, Fareham on Thursday April 17, when Eddi follows another poetic Scottish performer, Jackie Leven, as part of the Gosport and Fareham Easter Festival.

"The album probably won't be ready until May or June, but I'll be giving the Fareham audience a taste. I'm looking forward to playing there. I enjoyed it when I played there two years ago." Tickets are £15. Box office: 01329 231942.