Julie Fowlis
Folk singer Julie Fowlis is from North Uist, a small island in the Outer Hebrides, who sings in her native tongue, Scottish Gaelic. An accomplished musician, playing Highland bagpipes, smallpipes, whistle, and oboe, Julie brings ancient songs from the Hebridean Islands to new audiences around the world.
A mix of powerful yet sweet and expressive vocals intertwined with the driving rhythms of ‘Puirt-a-beul’ (music of the mouth), a traditional singing style native to Scotland, Ireland, Cape Breton Island and Nova Scotia, makes for enchanting music sets.
Multi award winning, Julie was publicly voted Gaelic Singer of the Year 2007 at the Scots Trad Music Awards and her album “cuilidh”, produced with husband Eamon Doorley, was voted “Album of the Year” at the same awards. Other awards include BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award 2006 for Best Emerging Artist and she was also voted Gaelic Singer of the Year 2005 at the Scots Trad Music Awards.
Julie presents two flagship music programmes on BBC Scotland – the traditional music programme “Travelling Folk” and the world music show “Global Gathering”.
Julie perfomed at cultural centre An Droichead in Belfast in April 2008 with her husband Eamon Doorley and guitarist Tony Byrne.