Julie, with husband Éamon Doorley, have been collaborating with the amazing duo Zoe Conway and John Mc Intyre with the aim of creating new music and songs from Irish and Scottish poetry.
They will be performing at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland on OCT 3rd as part of Tradition Now ’17.
Thanks to Create Louth and the Irish Arts Council for support with this new venture.
Julie sits in for Mark Radcliffe this evening on the BBC Radio 2 Folk Show. Looking ahead to the Cambridge Folk Festival this weekend, Julie will also play some of her personal favourites.
You can listen live online or on BBC Radio 2, and the programme will be available shortly after broadcast.
The latest gig to be added to the calendar is part of a brilliant weekend of events based at Fort George, Inverness, called ‘Amazing Ages’. Julie and the band will be performing on Sunday August 13th, following their trip to Belgium on the 12th to perform at the Ham Folk Festival. Ticket links on the tour page here https://juliefowlis.com/tour-dates/
Tickets are selling well for the Queens Hall show in August, where Julie will be showcasing the material from her new album, which is due for release later in the year. Tickets available here:
http://www.thequeenshall.net/whats-on/shows/julie-fowlis-2017
More album news soon, plus some TV and radio too!
Julie is delighted to be heading out to the US again in October 2017, where she will be performing a selection of music from her back catalogue plus brand new tracks from her upcoming album. She will be accompanied onstage by her regular musical comrades Éamon Doorley, Duncan Chisholm and Tony Byrne. She will start in Ohio, then move North to New Hampshire and Vermont before heading South for shows in Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico, finishing off with a return to the wonderful BlackRock Centre for the Arts in Germantown, Maryland.
Full dates can be found here on the tour page.
Julie was invited to guest on Miriam O’Callaghan’s show on RTÉ (Ireland) on Easter Sunday, alongside Port co-presenter Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh. You can listen again to their performance and chat about the current series of Port on TG4 here:
You can find out more about the new series of Port on TG4 here:
The prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017 will be held in the Royal Albert Hall in London on Wednesday 5th April 2017. Julie is delighted to once again be co-presenting the Awards Ceremony with good friend and BBC Radio 2’s Folk Show presenter, Mark Radcliffe. For full details, how to get tickets for this exciting event; and to see a full list of nominees and performers, etc, visit: bbc.co.uk/events/e5qgwh
TV Series ‘Port’
The third series of ‘Port’; presented by Julie and her friend Muireann NicAmhlaoibh; has been broadcasting on BBC Alba TV over the last few months. The last 4 episodes (which includes 3 programmes showing the highlights from the entire series) are still available to view on the BBC iPlayer via the following link: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b06vjl58 The series is due to air on TG4 in Ireland from April 9th.
News about further shows in 2017 and Julie’s new album coming soon..
Julie’s last performance of 2016 was as part of the BBC ALBA ‘Cèilidh na Bliadhn’ Uire’ Hogmanay celebrations, live from Stirling and broadcast ‘live’ on BBC ALBA. If you missed it on New Year’s Eve itself, there is still time to catch it on the BBC iPlayer:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b087l9m1/ceilidh-na-bliadhn-uire-7-2016
As posted at the end of November last year, Julie was delighted to announce her involvement in an exciting and brand new musical line-up for the Music Network Tour project 2017. Performing alongside award-winning Kris Drever from Orkney, violin virtuoso Aoife Ní Bhriain and ground-breaking concertina player Pádraig Rynne, this group are currently in the midst of a nine show Tour throughout Ireland (with only 2 shows to go!). Full line-up information and tour dates can be found here at the Music Network Tour site or at the Tour Dates page.
Celtic Connections is here again, and as announced also last November, Julie is to be involved in several shows. Along with the band, Julie will perform at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Main Auditorium in an exciting triple bill with Altan and Mary Chapin Carpenter on January 30th. She will also sing as part of the ‘Starless’ concert with Paul McGeechan in the Mitchell Theatre on January 27th. Full ticketing links and details can be found here. There will also be some surprise appearances from Julie during the festival…keep your eyes peeled!
Finally, the latest (& third) Series of ‘Port’; presented by Julie and her close friend Muireann NicAmhlaoibh; is currently being broadcast on BBC Alba TV. If you want to watch it ‘live’, the 4th Episode is being broadcast tonight (Monday 23 January) on BBC Alba TV at 10.00pm (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06vjl58). If you have missed the earlier episodes you can catch them on the BBC iPlayer via the following link:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06vjl58/episodes/player
Tomorrow night (November 26th) Julie will perform as part of a special St Andrew’s night celebration which will be streamed live online to audiences around the world.
Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain will join forces with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for a St Andrew’s Day Party. Julie will perform specially arranged songs with Phil, Aly and the orchestra and other special guests include the incredible Eddi Reader, students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and pipers from the Youth Pipe Band of Scotland.
You can tune into the live stream at 7.30pm tomorrow on the RSNO website, Facebook or YouTube channel. Links below. Enjoy!
Following a successful tour of the USA, Julie returns home to perform at the wonderful Perthshire Amber Festival next week. Her duo performance with husband, Éamon Doorley, at Murthly Castle has been sold out for several months, but there are a few tickets left for the ‘Dougie MacLean and Friends’ concert in Perth Royal Concert Hall, where Julie and Éamon will perform as guests, on Saturday 5th November. For tickets and further information see http://www.perthshireamber.com