Founder Ian Green Official website www.greentrax.com | Location Cockenzie, Scotland Founded 1986 | |
Genre Scottish traditional music Albums A Whisky Kiss, Venus in Tweeds, Faerie Stories Artists Tony McManus, Shooglenifty, Barbara Dickson, Paul McKenna Band, Peatbog Faeries Profiles | ||
Greentrax Recordings are a Scottish record label that specialises in Scottish traditional music.
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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 and at festivals, 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.
Artists
Their catalogue include releases by Gordon Duncan, RURA, Barbara Dickson, The McCalmans, Paul McKenna Band, Jean Redpath, Catherine-Ann MacPhee, Adam McNaughton, Archie Fisher, Aly Bain, Brian McNeill, Judy Small, Shooglenifty, Tony McManus, Fiddlers' Bid, Chris Stout, Willie Hunter & Violet Tulloch, Bodega, Peerie Willie Johnson, Shoormal, Ceilidh Minogue, Dick Gaughan, The Whistlebinkies, The Poozies and the Peatbog Faeries.