 Fowlis won the "Horizon" award at the 2006 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, won "Folk Singer of The Year" at the 2008 awards and was nominated for the "Folk Singer of the Year" award at the 2007 awards.She appeared on "Later With Jools Holland" on BBC Two on 25 May 2007, and performed "Hùg air Bhonaid Mhòir" on the show.Notable fans of Fowlis include Björk, Ricky Gervais and Radiohead's Phil Selway.