TV alert! 📺 Julie and Éamon will be playing a song for Susan Calman tomorrow night on BBC Scotland alongside Janey Godley, Ashley Storrie, Robert Florence and Joe MacFadden on her new show, Socially Distant. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000hd2h Tune in at 8.30pm.
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Folk on Foot Front Room Festival
**Watch from 2pm today at the Folk on Foot YouTube Channel** Julie is delighted to be part of this amazing virtual folk festival on Easter Bank Holiday Monday. Supporting UK musicians whose livelihoods have been decimated by the coronavirus lockdown, 50% of all the proceeds will go to the charity Help Musicians UK. You can […]
Seirm, BBC ALBA
Julie recorded a session with husband Éamon Doorley, Zoë Conway and John Mc Intyre in the stunning Mackintosh Church, Glasgow for the BBC ALBA series ‘Seirm’, from Celtic Connections last month. You can watch the first programme of the series here plus you can also catch a clip of one of their songs here.
BBC World Service: The Cultural Frontline
Julie was recently invited to talk to The Cultural Frontline on the BBC World Service about Gaelic language and song. Faodaidh sibh èisteachd ris a-rithist aig a’ cheangal gu h-ìosal. Unlike other BBC services, anyone worldwide can listen at this link below. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07wnnfs
Upstream
Tonight on BBC 4 TV at 2030: Upstream is a new film by the writer Robert Macfarlane and the director Rob Petit. The film, which is shot entirely from the air, follows the course of the River Dee in Scotland all the way to its source in the Cairngorm mountains, the highest of any river […]
New single release: Selkie-boy
A new song has been released into the wild today – ‘Selkie-boy’ by Spell Songs, the collaborative musical response to the incredible book by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris. The full backstory to the writing of the song can be found on Julie’s Facebook page and you can listen from today on Spotify The stunning […]
Summer shows
Fresh from her performance at Carnegie Hall, New York, Julie has recently announced two more Summer shows, the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival (August 3rd) and Live by the Loch (June 1st). These two festival slots are Julie’s only planned band performances in Scotland this year. This weekend sees her and the band travel to Gran […]
BBC 2 Scotland Celtic Connections Highlights
Julie will be presenting two programmes of musical highlights from the renowned Celtic Connections Festival on BBC 2 Scotland this week. Featuring music from Graham Nash, John Grant, Gretchen Peters, Ímar, Strung and Loudon Wainwright III. Tuesday 2200 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0c1r1vm Thursday 2200 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0c1r4sz
‘An Treas Suaile’ (The Third Wave)
Just announced – on January 27th 2019, Eden Court Theatre in Inverness will host ‘An Treas Suaile’ (The Third Wave) which I was commissioned to write with fellow musician Duncan Chisholm. Late on New Year’s Eve 1918, HMY Iolaire set sail from Kyle of Lochalsh carrying nearly 300 seamen home to the Isle of Lewis […]
‘Allt’ new album!
I’ve been quietly working on a new collaborative album with Éamon Doorley, Zoë Conway and John Mc Intyre – which we are launching today! Recorded live in the round, ‘Allt’ is the culmination of a composition project inspired by old and new Gaelic poetry from Scotland and Ireland. Emotive and powerful melodies coupled with thoughtful […]