1. Julie Fowlis was born on 20 June 1979 and is a Scottish folk singer and multi-instrumentalist who sings primarily in Scottish Gaelic.
27 Facts About Julie Fowlis
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Julie Fowlis's mother was a Gaelic-speaking islander from a family of fishermen and crofters which originated on the island of Heisgeir, while her father was originally from Pitlochry on mainland Scotland.
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Julie Fowlis's parents ran a hotel for many years on North Uist.
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Julie Fowlis moved with her parents to Ross-shire on the mainland when she was 15 years old after her father took a new job.
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The family lived in Strathpeffer and Julie Fowlis finished her secondary education at Dingwall Academy.
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Julie Fowlis attended the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and studied the oboe and the English horn.
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Julie Fowlis graduated in 2000 with a BA in Applied Music.
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Julie Fowlis had been involved in singing, piping and dancing since she was a child.
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The group formed while four of its members were students at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and Julie Fowlis was a student at nearby University of Strathclyde.
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Julie Fowlis herself was nominated for the Gaelic Singer of the Year award the same year.
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Julie Fowlis's album is a collection of songs from her native North Uist.
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Julie Fowlis is accompanied by John Doyle, Ross Martin, John McCusker, Iain MacDonald, Kathleen MacInnes, and many others.
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Julie 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.
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Julie Fowlis appeared on Later With Jools Holland on BBC Two on 25 May 2007, and performed Hug air Bhonaid Mhoir on the show.
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Notable fans of Julie Fowlis include Bjork, Ricky Gervais and Radiohead's Phil Selway.
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In 2008, Julie Fowlis recorded an album with long-time friends and collaborators Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Ross Martin and husband Eamonn Doorley.
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Julie Fowlis toured extensively around Scotland, Ireland, central Europe and America and launched both her solo albums while on tour.
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Julie Fowlis recorded a Scottish Gaelic cover of The Beatles' song Blackbird for Mojo magazine to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Beatles' The White Album.
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On 24 April 2009, Julie Fowlis announced that she would begin recording her third studio album in May and that she would preview tracks from the project on her May 2009 tour of England.
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In 2012, Julie Fowlis contributed to the Pixar film Brave with the songs "Touch the Sky" and "Into the Open Air", sung in the off-screen musical thoughts of the lead character Merida.
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In 2013, Julie Fowlis was named "UHI Alumnus of the year".
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All of Julie Fowlis' albums including Dual have been released on the Machair Records.
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The label, which is operated by Julie Fowlis and her husband Eamon Doorley, is an outlet for their music.
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Julie Fowlis has a notable broadcasting career complementing her musical accomplishments.
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Julie Fowlis appeared as a guest on BBC Radio Scotland's flagship traditional music programme Travelling Folk and the world music show Global Gathering.
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Julie Fowlis campaigned for independence in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.
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Julie Fowlis was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in March 2021.