JULIE FOWLIS has had a bit of a roller-coaster year since we last spoke to her early in 2005. Northings catches up with the Dingwall-based Gaelic singer as she prepares for this month’s Hebridean Celtic Festival in Stornoway

Piping Centre, Glasgow, 19 January 2006

Lyth Arts Centre, 7 September 2005

JULIE FOWLIS has been very busy of late, what with her own debut solo album, a new disc from Dòchas, and lots of touring and gigging. We caught up with her on an increasingly rare return to Dingwall, where she was catching her breath before Dòchas launched on an eagerly anticipated Tune Up tour with the Michael McGoldrick Band

The Arts Journal takes a look at the latest developments for DÒCHAS, one of the top young bands on the Scottish folk scene

FIONA MACKENZIE hears two young singers who epitomise the feature of Gaelic – and Gaelige.

Glasgow, 24-25 January 2004