Julie Fowlis on the Shores of Loch Ness
Folk on Foot
Matthew Bannister
4.8 • 526 Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2019
⏱️ 51 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
The Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis takes Matthew Bannister for a snowy walk on the dramatic shores of Loch Ness near her home in the Scottish Highlands. Accompanied by her husband Eamon Doorley, we hear Julie’s beautiful clear voice singing a song linked to the area and a love song that brought the couple together for the first time. As they head to the spectacular Foyers Falls, Julie explains that understanding the Gaelic language is the best way to form a true connection with the landscape.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | I'll have to say this is a first for folk on foot. |
| 0:18.9 | We're in the Highlands of Scotland and it's thick with snow |
| 0:22.4 | and it's beautiful, a white coating over the hills |
| 0:26.0 | and mountains and hanging off the trees as well |
| 0:29.5 | and it's bitterly, bitterly cold, minus one. |
| 0:33.2 | I think at the moment, pools of ice |
| 0:35.7 | have formed on the track. |
| 0:38.1 | And we're here to meet a wonderful singer who lives in the Highlands. |
| 0:55.0 | Music I'm Oh, and I'm |
| 0:56.0 | the and I'm the |
| 1:13.6 | I'm |
| 1:16.6 | Oh my |
| 1:22.6 | and and I'm and the Today's folk-on-foot guest is the Gaelic singer Julie Fowles. |
| 1:51.3 | She's made it her mission to bring Gaelic song and poetry to her wider audience. |
| 1:57.2 | She was born and brought up in a Gaelic-speaking community on the island of North Eust off the west coast of Scotland, |
| 2:03.1 | but she now lives here near to Loch Ness, and that's where we'll be meeting her today. |
| 2:09.6 | She's won Radio 2 Folk Award, she counts Ed Sheeran amongst her fans, |
| 2:14.0 | and she reached an enormous audience when she recorded songs for the soundtrack of the Disney Pixar film Brave. |
| 2:20.3 | But today she and her husband and musical collaborator, Aymond Doherly, are going to take us for a walk on the snow cupboard shores of Loch Ness. |
| 2:29.3 | The hair turns white as the year turns black, oh the rain is falling. |
| 2:44.0 | The hair turns white as the year turns black. |
| 2:50.0 | Oh, the dark is rising |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Matthew Bannister, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Matthew Bannister and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.