 “cuilidh”
A BRAND NEW STUDIO ALBUM BY
Julie Fowlis
Released on Spit & Polish, a division of Shoeshine Records, Glasgow.
Release Date : March 26 2007
32 date UK tour March / April 2007 – details attached.
“Fowlis could be the first Scottish Gaelic crossover star
in the making."
DAILY TELEGRAPH
“Sings with mesmerizing beauty and passion."
WORD MAGAZINE
“Sings the songs of the Outer Hebrides with coolest grace.”
SONGLINES
“For those of us who don't speak the language, Julie's records are
like beautiful messages from another world. As enchanting, beguiling,
and fascinating as songs by Kate Bush and Bjork.”
MARK RADCLIFFE, BBC RADIO 2
"Julie Fowlis has a beautiful voice. It is rich, percussive and truly soulful. You'd need a cold heart indeed, to not be touched by her music."
PHILIP SELWAY (RADIOHEAD)
Following on from “mar a tha mo chridhe” (As My Heart Is), her 2005 award-winning debut, Hebridean songstress Julie Fowlis is back with the brilliant follow-up “cuilidh” – a Gaelic noun, (pronounced Kool-ee) meaning a treasury or secret hiding place for precious things.
As ever the songs and tunes are shrouded in the historical folklore of her native North Uist in the Western Isles of Scotland. Julie’s beautiful voice, coupled with an all star crew - including Eamon Doorley (Danú), John McCusker (Kate Rusby, Eddi Reader, Roddy Woomble, etc.), Chris Thile (Nickel Creek), Mark Kelly (Altan), John Doyle (ex - Solas) and Donald Shaw (Capercaillie) - all combine to create another spellbinding selection of traditional material gathered by Julie from the tradition-bearers of her homeland. CUILIDH promises to push Julie, and the Gaelic culture she represents, way beyond the wild shores of the Outer Hebrides.
Julie Fowlis burst onto the wider music scene in 2006 when she became the first ever Scottish Gaelic singer to win a prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Award. Since winning the Horizon Award for best newcomer, she has won the hearts of audiences around the globe, played every major folk festival in Britain, showcased in Texas and New York, and is in constant demand as a performer of Gaelic music.
Julie’s natural charm, humour and animated story telling have become almost as appealing as her “heart-melting vocals” (Scotsman). Her first English tour in 2006 proved a huge success and 2007 promises to be yet another adventure with the release of her eagerly awaited follow-up album “CUILIDH”.
A true pioneer, Julie has helped to take Gaelic music from specialist to more mainstream BBC radio throughout the UK and beyond. A mere eight months after winning Best Newcomer Julie was nominated for Singer of the Year 2007 at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
Julie on the making “CUILIDH”:
“It is an honour for me to sing these songs that have been so kindly passed to me by my family and friends. It has been a joy making this record with such talented friends old and new.”
And on her influences:
”Lots of amazing old singers from Uist, many of whom aren't around any more. The wonderful Mary Smith. Iain MacDonald. The Bothy Band, Iain Maclaughlin - Madonna.”
If you haven’t heard her before - or if you didn’t think you liked Scots Gaelic music - be prepared to be surprised.
"Traditional music at its most seductive."
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Both “cuilidh” and Julie’s debut “mar a tha mo chridhe” are released on Spit & Polish / Shoeshine Records, Glasgow.
JULIE FOWLIS forthcoming Tour Dates
March
Thur 8th Aros Centre, Isle of Skye 01478-613750
Fri 9th An Lanntair, Stornoway 01851-703307
Tue 13th An Tobar, Tobermoray, Mull 01688-302211
Wed 14th The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen 01224-642230
Thur 15th Newton Stewart Cinema 01387-253383
Sun 18th Middlebie Community Centre 01387-253383
Fri 23rd The Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh 0131-665-2240
Sat 24th The Rothes Halls, Glenrothes 01592-611101
Mon 26th Colchester Arts Centre 01206-500900
Tue 27th The Ship, Leigh on Sea, Essex 01702-715111
Thur 29th Union Chapel, London 0870 5344444
Fri 30th The Met, Bury 0161-761-2216
Sat 31st Southport Arts Centre 01704-540011
APRIL
Sun 1st Mechanics Theatre, Burnley 01282-664400
Tue 3rd Swindon Arts Centre 01793-614837
Wed 4th Wiltshire Music Centre 01225-860110
Thur 5th The Citadel Arts Centre, St Helens 01744-735436
Fri 6th Trinity Theatre,Tunbridge Wells 01892 678678
Sat 7th The Empire Hall, Graffham 01234-781312
Tues 10th Wycombe Swan 01494 512000
Wed 11th The Junction Theatre, Cambridge 01223-511511
Thurs 12th Sheffield Library Theatre 01274 588614
Fri 13th Waterside Arts Centre, Sale 0161 912 5616
Sat 14th Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal 01539-725133
Mon 16th Telford Warehouse, Chester 01244390090
Tues 17th Leeds City Varieties 08456 441881
Wed 18th Aberystwyth Arts Centre 01970-623232
Thurs 19th Muni Arts Centre Pontypridd 01443 485934
Fri 20th Teatr Gwynedd Bangor 01248 351708
Sat 21st The Welfare\Neuadd Les Ystradgynlais 01639 843163
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