Greentrax Recordings
Greentrax Recordings

1986-2024: Celebrating Scotland's Music for 38 years

Ian Green: 1934-2024

Gill Bowman - Toasting The Lassies

 — Robert Burns — Solo Singers & Songwriters — CD — CDTRAX085

Gill Bowman launched her Toasting The Lassies show at the 1994 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and it was highly acclaimed by the critics. A selection of the love songs of Robert Burns, Greentrax released this album in celebration of the Burns bicentenial. This album was recorded at Kevock Digital Studios… read more

Gill Bowman - Perfect Lover

 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Solo Singers & Songwriters — CD — CDTRAX081

Gill Bowman is a weel kent face around the Edinburgh folk scene and was prominent in the late 1990s when she made two albums for Greentrax. This album comprises mainly her own songs, plus a couple of traditional ones. Gill sings in a beautiful clear voice with excellent diction. She also plays… read more

Dougie Pincock - Something Blew

 — Bagpipes — More Instrumental — Stream or Download only — CDTRAX080

A solo album by Dougie Pincock, not long after leaving Battlefield Band. On the album Dougie plays the Highland bagpipe, Scottish small pipes, whistles, flute, low whistle, soprano, alto and tenor saxophones, bodhran and sequence programming. He is accompanied by a number of outstanding musicians… read more

Smalltalk

 — Bands — Stream or Download only — CDTRAX079

Smalltalk are Iain MacInnes (small pipes), Billy Ross (guitar, vocals) and Stuart Morison (fiddle). This was a forerunner to their Ossian album on Greentrax, on which they were joined by Billy Jackson. Although short-lived, Smalltalk produced an excellent sound and built up a good following before… read more

Christine Kydd & Janet Russell - Dancin’ Chantin’

 — Solo Singers & Songwriters — Stream or Download only — CDTRAX077

Janet Russell and Christine Kydd (vocals) with James Mackintosh (bongos, kashinshi), Jim Sutherland (bodhran), Mairi Campbell (viola, stepdance), Jack Evans (bass, whistle) and Michael Byrne (vocals). An album with a very ‘live’ feel. ‘A stunning display of two-part singing.’ (The Scotsman) read more

Shooglenifty - Venus In Tweeds

 — All Time Top Sellers — 2021 Top 20 — Bands — CD — CDTRAX076

The first album from the band who have transcended categories and genres, sampled the music from past and present and stirred it together in a loud, proud mix that’s taken them to the position of one of Scotland’s top live bands. Wild crossover music played on fiddle (Angus Grant), banjo (Garry… read more

Gordon Duncan - Just For Seamus

 — Bagpipes — CD — CDTRAX075

The late Gordon Duncan (Highland bagpipes) with Ross Kennedy (bouzouki), Conrad Ivitsky (bass), Jim Sutherland (djembe, congas) and Pipe Band Drum Corps. Traditional and contemporary tunes (several written by Gordon) played on the Highland bagpipe by the maestro himself. This was the first album… read more

Stravaig - Movin’ On

 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Vocal Groups — CD — CDTRAX074

Stravaig are an all-women, four-piece group singing a-capella when live. They are Moira Greenwood, Susie Kelly, Phyllis Martin and Jean McMonies. Davy Steele produced the album and played bodhran, congas, bongos and bouzouki, with Patsy Seddon (electro harp), Eilidh Shaw (fiddle), Fred Morrison… read more

Hamish Moore - Stepping On The Bridge

 — Bagpipes — CD — CDTRAX073

Hamish Moore has had a long connection with Cape Breton, and as a highly regarded pipe-maker he was instrumental in the re-introduction of the ‘Cauld Wind Pipes’ to Scottish piping. His pipes have been exported all over the world. Sets of tunes from Scotland and Cape Breton played by Hamish on… read more

Robin Laing - Walking In Time

 — Solo Singers & Songwriters — Stream or Download only — CDTRAX072

This is the second album from this outstanding singer/songwriter, which most certainly lives up to his first, the classic Edinburgh Skyline. A mix of traditional items and several of his own compositions, including the award-winning The Forth Bridge Song. Robin wrote the song for a competition to… read more