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'I want to use Gaelic as a strength, not apologise for it'

With Radiohead and Ricky Gervais among her fans, Julie Fowlis looks set to become the first Gaelic singer to enjoy mass-market success. She talks to Amy Parker.

Does a folk musician benefit from random celebrity endorsements? Julie Fowlis has recently had two: Philip Selway from the band Radiohead counts himself as a fan, while the other is someone even more obliquely related to the world of Scottish traditional music.