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28/10/2009

Mike Harding presents his usual selection of the very best in folk, roots and acoustic music, including an interview with Julie Fowlis.

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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland for the past two years and also presents regularly on Scotland's new Gaelic digital TV channel, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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.

1 hour

Last on

Wed 28 Oct 2009 19:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Cara Dillon

    Johnny Lovely Johnny

    • Hill of Thieves.
    • Charcoal Records CHARCD002.

  • Jamie Smith's Mabon

    The Hustler

    • OK Pewter.
    • Artists' Own Label MABONCD004.

  • Sam Carter

    Yellow Sign

    • Keepsakes.
    • Captain Records CAP002.

  • Jackie Oates

    The Isle of France

    • Hyperboreans.
    • Unearthed TPLP1034CD.

  • Nic Jones

    Sir Patrick Spens

    • Ballads and Songs.
    • Trailer LER2014 LP.

  • Colum Sands

    Fred Jordan's Boots

    • Look Where I've Ended Up Now.
    • Spring Records SCD1059.

  • Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller

    Saints and Sinners

    • Live Session.

  • Julie Fowlis

    M'fhearnann saidhbhir

    • Uam.
    • Shoeshine Records SPIT038.

  • Julie Fowlis

    He gradh, ho gradh

    • Uam.
    • Shoeshine Records SPIT038.

  • Julie Fowlis

    Wind and Rain

    • Uam.
    • Shoeshine Records SPIT038.

  • Leon Rosselson

    Tim McGuire

    • RosselSonGs.
    • Fuse Records CFCD001.

  • Hamish Imlach

    Bourgeois Blues

    • Cod Liver Oil & Orange Juice.
    • Castle Music CMDDD1369.

Broadcast

  • Wed 28 Oct 2009 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2