julie fowlis tour, march 2007 |
 
julie fowlis tour, march 2007 |
Stiege, Germany, Sept 06
Discussing the stage layout with my 'manager'! At Stiege's lovely old wooden church in Sachsen-Anhalt |
Aschersleben, Germany, Sept 06
Performing at the Grauer Hof, a sold out gig on my solo German tour |
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Stiege, Germany, Sept 06
Performing solo at the village church |
The Twa Faithers, Aschersleben
My Dad with my partner Ines's Dad in a bit of a bier crisis! |
Magdeburg, Germany -
At the wonderful Hundertwasser house
Designed by the late Austrian artist, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, this wonderful wacky building opened in Magdeburg in 2005. see www.gruene-zitadelle.de |
my new zouk!
at home in the kitchen with the new Andy Tobin bouzouki |
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Glasgow's Piping Live Festival
with Fred Morrison
launching Fred's new book of tunes at the street café, Aug 06 |
live at The Hairst 06
At Hospitalfield House in Arbroath, launching 'Songs from Home' at home (!) during the Angus Hairst festival, summer 2006 |
Launching Songs from Home
Press call in Arbroath during the Hairst 2006 |
Gig buddies
With fantastic LA-based duo Chris and Thomas who I shared the Hairst gig with. Check them out at www.chrisandthomas.com |
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Dumfries Theatre Royal
Soundchecking with Emily Smith at the oldest working theatre in Scotland, open since the time of Burns! |
back home at Lunan Bay
cultivating my afro with the help of the east coast wind off the north sea. Lunan Bay, north of Arbroath, August 2006 |
Arran Feisfest June 06
Accompanying the great Gaelic singer Maeve Mackinnon |
ah the daileys!
My dear friends Kevin and Gina Dailey on their first trip to Scotland, April 06. They were my hosts at the Goderich festival two years ago. Two of the finest people out there! |
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matt and shannon
two great players from Boston, again friends from Goderich! At a session in Edinburgh's legendary Royal Oak. |
jamie and emily's wedding
WORLD EXCLUSIVE! Man birls wife at wedding shocker. April 7th 2006, Mabie, Dumfriesshire. |
the oak
at the session with matt and shannon. i ran a weekly session in this same spot when i was a student nearly 10 years ago - yikes! |
Sparks Street Mall, Canada, August 05
having a wee cup o beer with my girlfriend Ines and Scots-Canadian singer David Francey. note the Dubliners beard attempt.... |
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chris wright
nouvel chansons
the mandolin player on 'songs from home' sent me this hilarious parody! oh yeah, the bit you don't know is he lived in Belgium at the time! |
danish tour
with emily smith, oct 05 |
canadian parliament, ottawa
oh dear, spot the tourist..... |
tim horton's, tweed, ontario
we were assured this was the best tim horton's in canada. tim was an ice hockey player who opened a coffee and donut bar in 1964. 'timmy's' is now a staple for us on canadian tours....especially the cream cheese everything bagel....yum!
note the 'miami vice' pontiac grand am.... |
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niagara falls
playing david bailey with a great old east german camera! |
still game
did you see the episode where the clansman regulars have a competition to see who gets the worst presents from jack and victor? eric got a thermometer "really sh*tty" he called it - they DO sell them at niagara falls gift shop! tee hee! |
zoukfest!
a side stage at the goderich celtic roots festival, with the fantastic pat broaders (bohola) and james fagan. one of the most fun times i had all year! |
tweener two
here I am "giein it laldy", oh the shearin's no for yooooo.....one of the in-between acts at Goderich festival, Canada |
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mr tambourine man
goderich celtic roots festival, aug 05
my great stage debut with the tambourine....here with 'mixolydia', eoin coughlan and ditte fromseier. eoin and i found ourselves in the pub with nothing but a bodhrán, a shaker and a tambourine. our efforts in the session that night became something of a standing joke...here we got our own backs! |
sundown over lake huron
watching the day die away after another splendid day at the goderich festival. note the nessie wannabe at my right shoulder! |
road trip
making our way up from toronto to north-eastern ontario, perth county. stopped to look at all the creeks and marshes. blisteringly hot day! |
wee guinnesses
the great james fagan acting the goat at the livery, the last night celebration at goderich festival |
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goderich
playing one of the side stages with emily and jamie. i'm not bored, just trying to remember where i come in! |
hummingbird
at david francey's house, the hummingbirds loved this sugar water feeder. could have spent all day just watching them - and we did! |
having a song
proving to david francey just how many times i've listened to his cds.....! |
old habits
rekindling my 'youth'! |
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doon at auchmithie
birdwatching on the coast just north of my hometown arbroath |
watching fulmars
on the coast at auchmithie, a whole cliff covered in squawking fulmars! |
rock pools
Down on the Angus coast - like a kid again! |
highland tour
near ardvreck castle, loch assynt, sutherland |
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da boss man
alan doherty, flute player with Irish band Gráda, at the vatican! emily smith tour, italy, aug 04 |
the one we didn't use
thankfully more of a memento than a publicity shot! at the McCann farm in the north of Ireland, june 03 |
lochgoilhead
gig with malinky at lochgoilhead fiddle workshop |
celtic connections 2004 |
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Bridgnorth Folk Festival 2004
with Malinky |
Shetland Folk Festival 2002
back in the days of no beer belly and short hair...! |
celtic chaos, skye 2003 |
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