Julie Fowlis at Chicago Cultural Center

Fowlis is the BBC Radio 2 “Folk Singer of the Year 2008” and in a few short years she has taken the music scene by storm, gathering a small army of fans around the world including an impressive list of celebrities including actor Ricky Gervais and Phil Selway from Radiohead. She was publicly voted Gaelic Singer of the Year 2007 and 2005 at the Scots Trad Music Awards, the only singer to have won this prestigious award twice.

Her most recent recordings are Cuilidh and Mar a tha Mo Chridhe.

Photo: Julie Fowlis at Celtic Connections 2009. photo by Kontxi Diez

 

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