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28/10/2009

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Last broadcast on Wed, 28 Oct 2009, 19:00 on BBC Radio 2.

Synopsis

Mike Harding's guest this week is singer, musician and broadcaster Julie Fowlis.

No stranger to accolades, Julie Fowlis was voted Folk Singer of the Year at the BBC Folk Awards in 2008 with the Daily Telegraph predicting "Fowlis could be the first Scottish Gaelic crossover star in the making". Last year, she became the first Scottish Gaelic artist to feature on the BBC Radio 2 Playlist with her Gaelic translation of the Beatles song Blackbird.

Julie was the first person to receive the honour of being made Scotland's Gaelic Ambassador, 'Tosgaire na Gaidhlig', bestowed on her by the Scottish Parliament in 2008. She has presented her own series Fowlis and Folk on BBC Radio Scotland for the past two years and also presents regularly on Scotland's new Gaelic digital TV channel, BBC ALBA.

Mike Harding chats to Julie about all of the above and plays tracks from her third solo release Uam, including a stunning duet version of the traditional ballad Wind And Rain, a duet on which Julie sings in Gaelic and fellow Scots singer Eddi Reader sings in English.

Plus, there's Mike's usual selection of the very best in folk, roots and acoustic music including the latest album releases and news from the world of folk.

JULIE FOWLIS

Julie Fowlis - the first Scottish Gaelic artist to feature on the BBC Radio 2 Playlist - talks to Mike about her new album ‘Uam’

Visit Julie's website

Music played

  1. Cara Dillon Cara Dillon Johnny Lovely Johnny

    Hill of Thieves, Charcoal Records CHARCD002
  2. Mabon The Hustler

    OK Pewter, Artists' Own Label MABONCD004
  3. Sam Carter Sam Carter Yellow Sign

    Keepsakes, Captain Records CAP002
  4. Jackie Oates Jackie Oates The Isle of France

    Hyperboreans, Unearthed TPLP1034CD
  5. Nic Jones Sir Patrick Spens

    Ballads and Songs, Trailer LER2014 LP
  6. Colum Sands Fred Jordan's Boots

    Look Where I've Ended Up Now, Spring Records SCD1059
  7. Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller Saints and Sinners

    Live Session
  8. Julie Fowlis Julie Fowlis M'fhearnann saidhbhir

    Uam, Shoeshine Records SPIT038
  9. Julie Fowlis He gradh, ho gradh

    Uam, Shoeshine Records SPIT038
  10. Julie Fowlis Wind and Rain

    Uam, Shoeshine Records SPIT038
  11. Leon Rosselson Tim McGuire

    RosselSonGs, Fuse Records CFCD001
  12. Hamish Imlach Bourgeois Blues

    Cod Liver Oil & Orange Juice, Castle Music CMDDD1369

Broadcast

  1. Wed 28 Oct 2009
    19:00

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