Greentrax Recordings are a
Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
record label that specialises in
Scottish traditional music.
History
The label was founded in 1986 by former police inspector Ian Green, who played the bagpipes and was responsible for arranging folk music at the police social club.
He was also involved with the magazine Sandy Bell’s Broadsheet. Prior to his retirement, Green had been selling an increasing number of
records at the
Edinburgh Folk Club, at festivals, and via his Discount Folk Records mail order service, and continued this on retiring. He invested some of his pension into setting up the label, and the name came from a competition run by
BBC Radio Scotland.
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Artists
The Greentrax catalogue include releases by Gordon Duncan
Gordon Duncan (14 May 1964 – 14 December 2005) was a Scottish bagpiper, low whistle player and composer, born in Turriff, Aberdeenshire.
Early life
Duncan was born in Turriff, Aberdeenshire on 14 May 1964. His parents were tenant farmer and ...
, RURA
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The town is located at a distance of 49 k ...
, Barbara Dickson, The McCalmans, Paul McKenna Band
The Paul McKenna Band are a five piece folk musical group from Glasgow, Scotland.
Music career
The band was formed in 2006. Early members of the band were singer and songwriter Paul McKenna (guitar), Sean Gray (flute, whistles), David McNee (bo ...
, Jean Redpath
Jean Redpath MBE (28 April 1937 – 21 August 2014) was a Scottish folk singer, educator and musician.
Career
Jean Redpath was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to musical parents. Her mother knew many Scots songs and passed them on to Jean and her ...
, Catherine-Ann MacPhee
Catherine-Ann MacPhee (Cathy-Ann MacPhee; Scottish Gaelic: Catriona-Anna Nic a' Phi; born 1959) is a Scottish Gaelic singer from Barra in the Hebrides, now resident in Canada. She has worked in the theatre and broadcasting as well as giving musical ...
, Adam McNaughton
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, Archie Fisher, Aly Bain, Brian McNeill, Judy Small
Judith Margaret Small is a retired judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and former folk singer.
Small was known for her feminist, often patriotic, and political songs, usually following a traditional theme. She produced twelve albu ...
, Shooglenifty, Tony McManus, Fiddlers' Bid
Fiddlers' Bid are a Shetland based instrumental group known for playing contemporary arrangements of traditional Shetland fiddle tunes. The seven piece line-up consists of four fiddles, acoustic guitar, bass guitar and piano/Clàrsach.
The band ...
, Chris Stout, Willie Hunter & Violet Tulloch, Bodega, Peerie Willie Johnson
"Peerie" Willie Johnson (William Henry Johnson) (10 December 1920 in Yell, Shetland – 22 May 2007 in Lerwick, Shetland) was a Scottish folk guitarist and bassist. He was respected as an influential and innovative musician in the Shetland folk ...
, Shoormal, Ceilidh Minogue
Ceilidh Minogue is a Scottish ceilidh band, which formed in 1995. The band played at the Ceilidh Culture Festival in 2008 and at the Fest'n'Furious festival in Dundee in 2006. They also performed at the Orkney Folk Festival in 2011. Ceilidh Minog ...
, Dick Gaughan, The Whistlebinkies
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, The Poozies and the Peatbog Faeries
The Peatbog Faeries are a largely instrumental Celtic fusion band. Formed in 1991, they are based in Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.
Their music embodies many styles and influences, including folk, electronica, African pop, rock and ...
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See also
* Lists of record labels
References
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Scottish record labels
Record labels established in 1986
1986 establishments in Scotland