Left by a Noble Youth: Julie Fowlis and "Oganaich Uir a Rinn M'Fhagail"

Julie Fowlis brings us today's random tune, called Oganaich Uir a Rinn M'Fhagail. A Scottish folk-singer, multi-instrumentalist who sings primarily in the Scots-Gaelic language, Julie Fowlis grew up in the Outer Hebrides in a Gaelic speaking community. After earning a bachelor of arts in applied music in oboe and English horn, and attending a Gaelic language college on the Isle of Skye to improve her Gaelic, Fowlis began her musical career in the Scottish all-female sextet Dòchas. She released her first solo album in 2005, and has released six solo albums overall, as well as a noted single that she released on the anniversary of The Beatles White Album where she sings Blackbird in Scots-Gaelic. Oganaich Uir a Rinn M'Fhagail is a lament of a girl to a young noble who has gone away, and can be found on Fowlis' 2005 debut solo album Mar a Tha Mo Cridhe (As My Heart Is).

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Fowlis