Posted: 5th February 2018

Wonder Fools in association with The Brunton Theatre and The Citizens Theatre are performing a play with songs and storytelling 549: Scots Of The Spanish Civil War at Prestonpans Town Hall, East Lothian.

The show runs from 7th to 10th February 2018 in Prestonpans, and then at The Citizens Theatre, Glasgow from 13th to 17th February 2018.

See more details, including links for booking tickets, at the Wonder Fools website.

For the duration of the show, Greentrax will be offering the album ¡No Pasaran! (They Shall Not Pass) - Scots In The Spanish Civil War at a Special Offer price.

Posted: 5th November 2017

Apologies for some recent mail order delays, normal service has now been resumed. This was entirely due to the very sad death of Ian Green’s wife June Green on 7th October, after a long illness.

This month’s Special Offer as we approach Armistice Day is Far, Far From Ypres - Songs, Poems & Music Of World War One. A double CD, this album consists of World War One soldiers’ marching and trench songs, with music hall songs of that period, as well as songs, poems and piping tunes composed about WW1 and performed by such artists as The Corries, The McCalmans, Eric Bogle, Dick Gaughan and many more.

Margaret Stewart and Hamish Moore have recently returned from the hugely popular Celtic Colours music festival held annually in Cape Breton Island. Other Greentrax artists on the bill included Seudan, Cathy-Ann MacPhee, Allan MacDonald and Paul McKenna.

Posted: 15th October 2017

Ian’s wife June died in the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh on Saturday 7th October 2017.

The funeral took place on 18th October at Mortonhall Crematorium, Edinburgh.

Posted: 25th September 2017

The best selling Greentrax albums in recent weeks in the Scottish Parliament shop are:

• A Highland Journey In Music From Scotland (Celtic Collections vol 8) - £6.99
• Celtic Women From Scotland (Celtic Collections vol 12) - £6.99
• Celtic Airs And Reflective Melodies (Celtic Collections vol 15) - £6.99
• The Scottish Diaspora - The Music and The Song (A Companion to the Tapestry) - £12.00 (double CD for the price of one CD)

The current best sellers by mail order and through retail outlets are:

• Far, Far From Ypres - Songs, Poems & Music Of World War One - £12.00 (double CD for the price of one CD)
• Celtic Women From Scotland (Celtic Collections vol 12) - £6.99
• Matt Tighe - £12.00
• Nick Keir 1953-2013 - £12.00

Posted: 25th September 2017

​The Tannahill Weavers continue their busy performance schedule with tour dates in the USA in October 2017 and Germany, Belgium & Netherlands in November/December. In February and April 2018 they tour the UK. See the Tannahill Weavers complete tour dates on their website.

​The Tannahill Weavers are Roy Gullane, Phil Smillie, John Martin and Lorne MacDougall.

As they approach their 50th anniversary in 2018, the Tannahill Weavers are one of Scotland’s premier traditional bands. Their diverse repertoire spans the centuries with fire-driven instrumentals, topical songs, and original ballads and lullabies. Their music demonstrates to old and young alike the rich and varied musical heritage of the Celtic people.

Over the years ‘the Tannies’ have been trailblazers for Scottish music, and their tight harmonies and powerful, inventive arrangements have won them fans from beyond the folk and Celtic music scenes. In 2011 the band was inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame, and in 2014 they are joined by innovative piper Lorne MacDougall. Lorne comes with a high pedigree, having arranged and performed pipes for the Disney Pixar movie Brave, along with a long list of other accomplishments.

See Lorne MacDougall’s Greentrax album Hello World.