Julie Fowlis
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| Julie Fowlis | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1979 North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland  |
| Genre(s) | Celtic Folk Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Singer Flautist Piper Musician |
| Years active | 2005 – present |
| Label(s) | Machair Records Shoeshine Records Macmeanmna |
| Associated acts | Dòchas |
| Website | Official site Official Myspace site |
Julie Fowlis is a Scottish folk singer and multi-instrumentalist who sings primarily in Scottish Gaelic. She grew up in North Uist, a small island in the Outer Hebrides, in a Gaelic speaking community, and has been involved in singing, piping and dancing since she was a child.
She is a member of the successful Scottish sextet, Dòchas, who were voted winners of Best Newcomer award at the Scots Trad Music Awards in 2004, where Julie herself was nominated for the Best Gaelic Singer award. In 2005, Julie Fowlis released her first solo album Mar a Tha Mo Chridhe ("As My Heart Is"). The album was produced by Iain MacDonald and Julie Fowlis and instantly gained her worldwide acclaim. It was the busiest year until then in her career, having also released a new album with Dòchas. Julie has travelled worldwide with the group and as a solo artist with her own live band.
Her second solo album Cuilidh was released in March 2007, becoming a worldwide top-seller in the Traditional and World Music charts. Her album is a treasury of songs from her native North Uist home. Her husband, Éamon Doorley plays fiddle on the album and is a member of Irish traditional group Danú.
Fowlis won the Horizon award at the 2006 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, won Folk Singer of The Year at the 2008 awards and was nominated for the Folk Singer of the Year award at the 2007 awards. She appeared on Later With Jools Holland on BBC Two on May 25, 2007, and performed Hùg air Bhonaid Mhòir on the show. This cast Julie into the mainstream, gaining her fans such as Björk, Ricky Gervais and Mark Radcliffe and Radiohead's Phil Selway.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Chronological listing
- Mar a Tha Mo Chridhe (2005)
- Cuilidh (2007)
[edit] With Dòchas
- Dòchas (2002)
- An Darna Umhail (2005)
[edit] Guest roles & Misc recordings
- Evolving Tradition 3 - Various artists (2003)
- Best in Show - Various artists (2003)
- Ceòlmhor Ostaig - Various artists (2004)
- Braighe Loch Iall - Rachel Walker (2004)
- When All is Said and Done - Danú (2005)
- Orain nan Rosach - Fiona Mackenzie (2006)
- Fáinne An Lae : Daybreak - Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh (2006)
- Everything You See - Runrig (2007)
- An Cailín Rua - Dòchas (2008)
