Praise has been showered on a Gaelic singer who has been nominated for a best song Oscar.
Julie Fowlis from North Uist and her song Touch the Sky is the feature track of the Disney Pixar film Brave, set in the Scottish Highlands.
Her song has made in onto a long-list of seven for best song at the awards ceremony held at the end of February in Los Angeles.
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