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Hùg Air A' Bhonaid Mhòir
"Hùg Air A' Bhonaid Mhòir" (''Celebrate the Big Bonnet'') is the second single taken from Julie Fowlis's second album ''Cuilidh ''Cuilidh'' ("retreat") is the second music album by Scottish people, Scottish musician Julie Fowlis, which in 2008 won her the ''Album of the Year Award'' at the Scots Trad Music Awards and ''Best Folk Singer Award'' at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Musi ...'', released the previous year. The cover features a photograph by Louis DeCarlo. The subject of the song is particularly humorous. The song, which is actually made up of two, is a set of '' Puirt a beul'' or ''Mouth Music''. official sleeve notes Track listing #"Hùg Air A' Bhonaid Mhòir"References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hug Air A' Bhonaid Mhoir[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Fowlis
Julie Fowlis (born 20 June 1978) is a Scottish folk singer and multi-instrumentalist who sings primarily in Scottish Gaelic. Early life Fowlis grew up on North Uist, an island in the Outer Hebrides, in a Gaelic-speaking community. Her mother was a Gaelic-speaking islander from a family of fishermen and crofters which originated on the remote island of Heisgeir, while her father hailed originally from Pitlochry on mainland Scotland. Her parents ran a hotel for many years on North Uist. She moved with her parents to Ross-shire on the mainland when she was 15 years old after her father took a new job. The family lived in Strathpeffer and Fowlis finished her secondary education at Dingwall Academy. She then attended the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and studied the oboe and the English horn, earning a B.A. in Applied Music in 2000. After university Fowlis attended the Gaelic-language college Sabhal Mòr Ostaig on the Isle of Skye to improve her Gaelic and formally stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
