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Julie Fowlis
12+ albums
folkcelticScottishgaelicfemale vocalists
about
Julie Fowlis (born 20 June 1978 on North Uist, Outer Hebrides) is a Scottish folk singer and multi-instrumentalist who sings primarily in Scottish Gaelic. 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. British broadcaster Mark Radcliffe hailed her voice and songs as “enchanting, beguiling and as fascinating as songs by Kate Bush and Björk” and KT Tunstall described her voice as "formidable and amazingly rhythmic". She was the BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year 2008 and has gathered a small army of fans around the world including an impressive list of celebrities including the aforementioned Mark Radcliffe, KT Tunstall plus Ricky Gervais and Phil Selway from Radiohead. In 2007 she was invited to appear on "Later...with Jools Holland" and was a special guest on the critically acclaimed "Transatlantic Sessions" series and has entertained millions of radio listeners around the world with her engaging live sessions and live performances. She is somewhat of an enigma as she sings in a language only understood by around 60,000 people - which accounts for only approximately 1% of the population of Scotland. She sings in Scottish Gaelic and spends her time touring around the world bringing ancient songs from the Hebridean Islands to new audiences. She is an accomplished musician as well - playing Highland bagpipes, smallpipes, whistles, obo
top songs
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Touch The Sky - From "Brave"/Soundtrack
124,8432Into The Open Air - From "Brave"/Soundtrack
50,3553Touch The Sky
48,2764Into the Open Air
25,2225Hùg air a' Bhonaid Mhòir
18,2406Òran an Ròin
8,4737Mo Ghruagach Dhonn
8,4688Bodaich Odhar Hoghaigearraidh
6,8979Turas san Lochmor
6,76710'Ille Dhuinn, 'S Toigh Leam Thu
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