Julie Fowlis hits you at Gael force
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If I mentioned Julie Fowlis, from The Outer Hebrides, sings Traditional Folk Music in nothing else but Scottish Gaelic and the opening song from her latest album, Cuilidh, is about a bonnet, then, if you weren’t a folkie you would pass that statement by and move on to the next.
However, if I just left the statement as Julie Fowlis is a young female singer with a great voice and she’s got a MySpace page, then you’d go and have a look.
Now go and find her MySpace page, play Hug air a Bhonaid Mhoir and before the song has finished , all the misgivings that you may have had perceived from the opening statement will have instantly disappeared. Moreover, you will want hear it again and again.