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With tunes from Scotland's past, she finds a resonance with the present

Julie Fowlis performs Scottish Gaelic tunes from the Hebrides. Julie Fowlis performs Scottish Gaelic tunes from the Hebrides. (Ashley Coombes/Epicscotland)
By Andrew Gilbert
Globe Correspondent / September 23, 2008

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Julie Fowlis is the gentlest of revolutionaries. Singing in Gaelic, a language spoken by only about 1 percent of her fellow Scottish citizens, she's at the forefront of a cultural movement that threatens the very foundation of the United Kingdom. (Full article: 726 words)

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