Julie Fowlis - 'Hùg air a Bhonnaid Mhor'

Julie Fowlis in Concert at ABC Glasgow January 2008

[@teapoweredyugi]

I'm seriously impressed with her abilities and the fact that she's what amounts to a cultural ambassador for Scotland.

[@desertduke1]

Not only is she incredible, I love how she's pulled together so much talent from across the Celtic landscape! In this concert I see represented musicians from Capercaillie, Wolfstone, Danu, and others! I hope they all inspire more Gaelic language acquisition.

[@strangerdanger7945]

Personally I see the glory of the w h I t e r a c e

[@jojo1234a]

This is typical of songs that used to be sang by groups of women in the outer Hebrides when they had strenuous work to do, like making the dough, mixing the milk to make butter or washing clothes on a washboard. Life was very hard and work was not for the weak hearted, but there was no choice, work hard to feed and clothe the families or die of the harsh weathers. So they used to sing together and many old songs like this noticeably pick up the pace. So try to imagine the women all working together in the harsh conditions, singing together as they work and singing faster to encourage them to work faster and harder. It was a morale thing as well as adding some aspect of fun into the daily routine. There were no tv's, and a book was scarce to come by for an average family unit. So music and dance was a big part of life, it cost no money and various songs were over time created for different aspects of life.

[@jonesjack310]

Can you translate the lyrics into English,I am Chinese

[@jeremysmith54565]

Plus most of the commoners were illiterate anyway back then so books even if they were widely as such distributed wouldnt have been read much by the commoners, so making songs more important as they could remember them

[@mikegoldberg5261]

Thank you for that great history lesson

[@jojo1234a]

@@jeremysmith54565 that’s a very good point, yes singing and music were remembered by passing on through generations and by word of mouth, you are spot on! Isn’t it amazing how resilient they were? These days my teenage daughter thinks the world is ending if she looses internet connection for 2 minutes 😆☺️

[@jojo1234a]

@@mikegoldberg5261 no, thank you for taking your own time out of your day to read it. 🙏😊

[@jeffreystephens2658]

This song fills my soul's coffers like nothing else in the world. Thanks Julie.

[@mednmusic7889]

Sparks fly when she sings. Totally love Celtic music. :)

[@petermasterson8276]

Absolutely outstanding performance.

[@SnowmanOnGuitar]

As much as I appreciate her amazing and lovely voice.... I MUST draw attention to the guitar play! Such skill! :D

[@LowLaville]

Oh god I love that control she has on her voice!

[@michelleong2762]

beautiful! can't stop listening to it.

[@sjacktimmermans4994]

Julie you are realy incredible amazing so wonderfull voice. I love your performing.

[@anaterka13]

I love this song(s), partially because i don't understand a word from what she sings. Sometimes bad lyrics can ruin otherwise a very nice song. and sometimes you just cant help but listen to the lyrics if you understand the language.

[@thegreatselkie6009]

I adore Julie! 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎼🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@stvnnmnn]

That was totally freaking awesome! I've never heard anything like that before.

[@TheDauntless2468]

Wonderful voice! I love this song.

[@wuffpaw]

This music allows fairies to become real. Again.

[@petermasterson8276]

Yes,at the end of the rainbow.

[@miguelpereira7934]

ahha Hi from the future..ur right...

[@annmarietornabene]

I love her and what skills, talent and voice!

[@meganmitchell1110]

i'm absolutely in love with her and this song!

[@klickstarter]

Many thanks for this fantastic video. I hope I'll have the chance to see her live in the near future.

[@Payne2view]

Love the percussive tripping of the words.

[@tangledandfar]

Absolutely wonderful. Perfect. Thanks so much for sharing this performance.

[@robhay23]

wish i could speak our native language so i could understand what this beautiful lady is singing

[@leyeti95]

I think is scotish gaelig.

[@garrettjohnson4735]

Are you from the Hay clan sir?

[@robhay23]

yes i am

[@garrettjohnson4735]

Nice to meet you! ^-^ I am a descendant from the same clan. I do not have the last name because it was my Grandmother who had the name.

[@RaghnaidAnnaNicGaraidh]

Halò! ‘S mise Raghnaid NicGaradh ‘s tha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig. ‘S e cànan glè bhreagha a th’ ann. Tha mi a’ fuireach ann Astràilia ach bha mo sheanair Teàrlach MacGaradh, co-ogha Joick à Delgatie. Hello! I’m Rachel Hay, and I’m learning Gaelic. It’s a very beautiful language and I’m pleased to be learning it... even if our clan was French originally! I live in Australia, but my grandfather, Charles Hay, was cousin to the late Laird Jock of Delgatie.

[@dubmait]

absoulutely brilliant

[@KelticKabukiGirl]

What a Pictish Goddess!!!!!!!!!! The sound of a Faery Queen!

[@PanicBeach]

Loving these videos! I first saw Julie in Brussels in July 2010 and will be in Durham, England on 29 September 2011. In the meantime getting my daily fix from her CDs and KZbin ...

[@procrastinator99]

Two songs under a one-song title, what a pleasant surprise!

[@jacobedwards215]

Vackert röst, fantastisk melodi.

[@hobertlee7598]

BEAUTIFUL VOICE,BEAUTIFUL MUSIC

[@Toxinaran]

I saw there concert in Loveland, Colorado and having Irish blood in me, it moves you to hear thier music.

[@matomartin922]

I do not understand a word, no it's so wonderful that you can listen to it all day

[@joasia989]

I cannot say it to you in Scottish Gaelic, but I think you'll understand Irish: Is brea liom, go raibh mile maith agat!!!

[@polaroidboekelo1]

don't understand a word but it's beautifull...

[@katharinakopp813]

Such a beautiful language! Keep up with the great work! :)

[@xxlyndixx]

Wow. I wish I could sing gaelic like that...

[@pascalaudoin-go5ji]

Super 💚

[@SargonnasIncarnate]

So many words sung so fast. Fowl is the Magick! Rappa of the glen

[@irishjane47]

lots of us have both and are proud of it

[@bigjesse1985]

Seeing her in 18 days at Perthshire Amber!!! CAN'T WAIT!!!

[@katharinakopp813]

Such a beautiful language! :)

[@bobbymcgee2325]

Cheers,Nova Scotia

[@jumpinphippo]

WoW! Don't know what that is in Gaelic but WOW anyway this lady is amazing in the highest!!!

[@khongorkhulan3972]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@whizz549]

J'aime beaucoup la personnalité de cette écossaise très talentueuse. Son mari est membre du groupe de folk irlandais Danú que je tiens également en estime.

[@lennonstark6104]

Waulking song

[@hebrianailailai]

❤️

[@theflash1952shodan]

Hey mate, we can't ALL be Irish! Though the blessed are, the Scots are pretty close! Love Julie's music! Who's the idiot who pressed "dislike"?

[@lucindawinehouse2002]

I can sing this song in Scottish Gaelic even though I’m not a native speaker of Scottish or Irish Gaelic My main languages I speak are Spanish and English

[@aheadrec6659]

now we know where rap came from...shes brill..

[@allisonforfornsed]

I love the shout.

[@mairead4303]

Tha seo direach breagha :)

[@porker964c2]

+Mairead Morgan Tha e ceart gu leòr

[@WOUTERJOYCOMPANYORG]

LIEVE JULIE WAAROM WORD ER NIET MEE GEZONGEN ZIJN GEEN OUDE MAAR NIEUWE SONGS HET BLIJFT TRADITIONEEL KELTISCH MAAR OOK EEN BEETJE WESTERNS DANK JE WEL HEEL GOED JULIE WAT BIJZONDER VOL LIEFDE GEEF JIJ MIJ OP DEZE AVOND WOUTER

[@Whizzbizz]

Yep!

[@tigerlillylight]

thank you. my own!

[@allisonforfornsed]

It's not Irish, it's Scottish- however the languages are related. Scottish people called it "Gaidhlig" pronounced gal-ick.

[@KelticKabukiGirl]

Picts mixed with Scotti Gaels in the 8th century along with Viking invaders, to form the nation Alba, after Alpine's death, Kenneth MacAlpine Overcame the Picts with an alliance with the Vikings. All modern Scottish people are Gael, Pict, and Nordic..........

[@xWHITExEAGLEx]

Celtic language and culture was spread over the isles long before the Romans arrived and there was currently a shift in the language throughout the Celtic world from Q to P. This was interrupted by the Romans and so Spanish Celts, Ireland and western Scotland, were the last places to retain Q Celtic. The Romans referred to any Gaelic raider as a "Scot", many of these coming from the sea kingdom of Dalriada based on Scotland's west coast.

[@PrinciaFunnybunnysgf]

I'm so happy Assassins Creed Valhalla brought me here🔥🔥💯💯

[@ddjay1363]

This tune is in that game?

[@sologabbygirl1954]

I would have passed out from lack of oxygen......beautiful song though! :)

[@ranadushyant]

agreed !

[@eoinocribin7502]

savage tune :)

[@keithlomas6107]

Electric performance.

[@eachmara187]

Sponsored by Scottish Power!

[@kimsingu]

And the another people who dislike... Prince William August, Duke of Cumberland.

[@WOUTERJOYCOMPANYORG]

LIEVE JULIE FOWLIS NU JE TOCH AAN HET HOF SPEELT EN IK VOOR JE HEBT GEDANST WIL IK JE VRAGEN OF JIJ MIJ VROUW WIL WORDEN GRAAG ZOU IK MET JE TROUWEN OM MIJN KONINGIN TE WORDEN MET LIEFDE VAN EEN MAN DIE JOU LIEFDE WIL BEANTWOORDEN ALS IK JOU STEM HOOR VOEL IK JOU ZIE IK JOU BEANTWOORD JIJ MIJ IN LIEFDE IN EEN TAAL DIE IK NOG NIET KENDEN VERLANGEN DOET NAAR TIJDEN VAN WELEER DIE JIJ MIJ GEVEN KAN WOUTER JOANNES HENDRICK

[@scottyoung3501]

there is no Irish bouzouki planxty member Andy Irvine discovered it in his journeys he used it in the 70 to recreate Irish songs the origin is Greek

[@nikgeo8690]

It reminds me a bit of myheritage's song for irish/scottish/welsh dna results...does anyone know if that song is hers? And how is it called...

[@tonniebaumeister]

At 2:37 she is somewhat "barking" between the incredible quick speech. How does she do that?

[@jovanabibic5086]

Oh how I wish I knew Gaellic!

[@ltngbkr]

Gle mhath! tha isen bhregha smoanich mise

[@Whizzbizz]

Sure I had!

[@raysie34]

Chan eil aon chànan gu leòr

[@drillsargentadog]

4 Brit Nats are frightened by the Gàidhlig.

[@StrandedPixels]

Is that Survivorman playing the accordion?

[@bocceball63]

Who is the Bodhran player?

[@eachmara187]

Martin O'Neill

[@guyfihi]

Rumor has it that Julie is married to that Irish lad on the Bouzouki. No doubt Scotland produced a good one in Julie. Long live Gaeldom!

[@michaelwhitestone7078]

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[@VictoriaBlogger]

What is the name of the second song, please? The kind of happy, bouncy one ... :-)

[@stevenpearce2756]

Or any of the three in the Puirt-a-beul Set: 'S Toigh Leam Fhìn Buntàta 's Ìm Tha Fionnlagh Ag Innearadh Hùg Oiridh Hiridh Hairidh

[@VictoriaBlogger]

Steven Pearce Thank you so much!

[@inactive3651]

Guitar chords anyone? Been trying to work them out myself just can’t get it right :( Tapadh leat x (First song)

[@eachmara187]

tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/julie_fowlis/hug_air_a_bhonaid_mhoir_chords_2383367

[@xWHITExEAGLEx]

While the P Celtic (Pictish) speaking east was dominant and conquered Dalriada, Gaelic Christianity spread to the east and with it Gaelic, nobility first. The first records of a self name, rather than a foreign/Latin one, was the Gaelic: Alba - an old term for Britain, which is what they were the last remains of, apart from Wales. The conquest of Alpin and destruction of the Picts was a medieval myth, the culture would not have been very different to their western counterparts. we are "Picts".

[@EmmiJesse]

The name of this song is Hùg air a Bhonaid Mhoir, not Hùg air a Bhonnaid Mhor. My ma noticed and is making me comment about it. XD

[@acecat2798]

What instruments are these? (The lute-thing specifically)

[@Mullewarp]

That's an Irish Bouzouki. Invented by Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny in the sixties.

[@johnjazz6652]

Detlef Stockhaus that is a greek instrument and not an invention by any irish person i have been listening to and playing greek music since the fifties get you facts right

[@Mullewarp]

Yes, the bouzouki is a greek Instrument. And Andy Irvine first used a greek bouzouki in the 60's, but in a different tuning. And then an irish Luthier build him a lute like instrument like this in the video. And they called it Irish Bouzouki. So, the greek bouzouki is the ancestor oft the irish bouzouki and Andy Irvine "invented" this Instrument to the irish music. So, I didnt talk about greek bouzouki in my post before and the Instrument played here isnt a greek bouzouki.

[@JJ-ph9dj]

:)

[@Sabhail_ar_Alba]

Peurt a' beul - a tune from the mouth.

[@attilatoth7783]

see a little?

[@Xfrond]

No language like Gallidgh

[@DonegalRaymie201]

+xfro djalili Gaidhlig, but close!

[@xWHITExEAGLEx]

Picts were Celtic, Picts defeated the Gaels but took up Gaelic themselves.

[@Patrilafea]

Peopl still speak this language?

[@keithdonald7429]

Eugeniusz Dupczyński aye they do

[@Patrilafea]

I have never been to Scotland, but I have no compagnie to travel :( Is it a safe place foa a lonely woman?

[@Scotirishsamurai]

Did you have to pinch yourself to see if she was really there?

[@pjotr60dvd]

No, he got Parkinson, so he accidently pushed twice...

[@KelticKabukiGirl]

They never were a nation, they were an ethnic tribal group living in Northern Caledonia........Does it seem like I don't know what I am speaking about by the statements I make???

[@scottishqueen10]

The picts who lived in scotland wiped eachother out a very long time ago. It was the celtics that took over in place of the picts we are celtic. Not pictish. Atleast not anymore.

[@r2o90]

gaelic song = french germany no english ..

[@yukilightbow4028]

r2o what do you try to say?

[@SoupcanIndustries]

please just stop.

[@robertdigout5008]

One doesn't have to understand Gaelic to love this music-Hell, I'm a Frenchman from St. Peter's ,Cape Breton Island and I can't get enough of this wonderful group of musicians. Thanks for making this great music available.

[@Biffo316]

Don't worry not many celts understand their native language these days. But in Ireland it's making a resurgence with a lot of public office jobs requiring a certain level of Irish to be considered for a position. There's also been a notable increase in the demand for fluent Irish speakers in contact centres across the country

[@robertdigout5008]

@@Biffo316 Thanks, that makes me feel so much better.

[@skoolier]

Boromir is jamming that Bass

[@Biffo316]

He took time off from protecting Gondor from Saurons orcs and fighting to keep middle earth free to follow his dream of being a bass player in a Scottish folk band

[@artdecco8617]

Talent on a higher level.............

[@stonehorn59]

Beautiful voice, beautiful woman, and a wonderful band! I'm exited. I appreciate the discipline in the dynamic playing: All for the song, not for the player. Great! And - btw - wonderful music! Greetings from Berlin.

[@tareqhossain7492]

Music at its best! love to hear you. .... ভালোবাসা।

[@oldgunny9642]

Do not understand the words. But who needs to? Beautiful !

[@esterherschkovich5002]

I agree or even its orgin as previous remarks...I do so appreciate people with talent..singing and playing instruments :) enjoyed it ...!

[@oldgunny9642]

So true. This girl is nothing but Beauty and talent. Two of Gods pure blessings.

[@oldgunny9642]

stella david So true. This girl is nothing but Beauty and talent. Two of Gods pure blessings.

[@salfordruffryder]

Doesn't get much better, perfect for a foot workout lol, wish I see her live one day

[@best6933]

Like Julie's music, thank you on nice, old songs form history !

[@ZKETCH42591]

i may be american but i have irish in me and this makes me feel great, magickal, happy. and to know were some of my roots are. every time i here this or flogging molly or dropkick murphys i have a sense of power in me. and god damn why cant they teach gaelic or dutch german from the amish. i mean yeah spanish n german are cool but with gaelic you know a language no one really know and its a beautiful magical language :)