Ivor Cutler

One of the most unique figures on the pop music fringe, Ivor Cutler is a musician, singer, songwriter, poet, actor, painter, author of books for children, and humorist. His droll, often surreal, sometimes melancholy humor permeates all of his work. His singing voice, a mordant baritone with perhaps the thickest Scottish burr ever captured on tape, is as singular as his idiosyncratic worldview. Born on January 15, 1923, Cutler grew up in a large middle-class family in Glasgow, Scotland. Memories of his childhood, both sweetly funny and painful, figure prominently in much of hi...