Posted: 8th March 2016

​The Poozies are embarking on another tour in March 2016 around England and the Isle Of Man - see all dates at their website. This will be an especially poignant tour for them, as at the end they sadly say goodbye to Sally and Mairearad.

Sally Barker is having a great time touring with the reformed group Fotheringay as well as doing numerous solo gigs in and around Leicester, many for the charity LOROS.

Mairearad Green has just finished her solo album about the Summer Isles, has moved back home to the Highlands and is living the idyllic lifestyle of peace and tranquility.

Mary Macmaster has hit the charts with her star-studded project Songs Of Separation, a beautiful collection of traditional and self-penned songs recorded in the fairy-tale setting of the Isle of Eigg in the Scottish Inner Hebrides.

Eilidh Shaw has been touring in Denmark with world/roots outfit Himmerland, depping in Iceland with Dàimh, running the epic annual festival Fèis na Mara and has also set up a new club called the Arisaig Acoustic Music Club.

Posted: 25th January 2016

2015 was an amazing year for Dàimh. They started the year by picking up the award for Best Folk Band In Europe at the Folkherbst competition in Plauen, Germany, and finished the year by being named Folk Band Of The Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards in Dundee.

They also embarked on their first tour of the US, going coast to coast with gigs in New York City all the way to San Francisco.

Dàimh kicked off 2016 with a special concert at Celtic Connections celebrating fifteen years since their first album Moidart To Mabou. They invited seven Gaelic singers that have sung, toured and recorded with the band over these years for a special one-off evening of songs.

The band have two more tours in the US to look forward to this year, with the first one starting at the end of February 2016 - check out their website for dates.

Dàimh have two albums on Greentrax - Diversions and Crossing Point - and fiddle player Gabe McVarish has recorded a solo album Eclection.

Posted: 18th December 2015

​View or download our Christmas 2015 Newsletter (Adobe pdf format) with news on releases and events, and also our Top 20 Albums in 2015.

Posted: 26th November 2015

The first track Gravel Path from Ross Munro’s recent album Twisted Tradition is currently sitting at Number 2 in the Celtic Song Charts on Schotten Radio in Germany.

Well done Ross.

Posted: 20th October 2015

The Greentrax application for funding to Creative Scotland for the project Scotia Nova - Songs For The Early Days of a Better Nation has been turned down but we are forging ahead with it, despite the much-needed funding. There will be some 16/17 tracks on the album, most of which have been recorded by Ian McCalman at his Kevock Digital Studio.

A concert of the same title will be presented in the Strathclyde Suite at Celtic Connections on 20th January 2016. The singer/songwriters who were successful in having their songs selected and recorded for the album are: Fiona J Mackenzie, Gill Bowman, Mairi Campbell & Dave Francis, Yvonne Lyon, David Lyon, Brian McNeill, Ian McCalman, Findlay Napier, Iain MacDonald, Duncan McCrone & Cy Jack, Scott Murray, Simon Kempston, Frank Rae, Chris Finnegan, Charlie Milne and poet Alistair Findlay. Most have also agreed to take part in the Celtic Connections Concert, which will be produced by Ian McCalman with Gary West acting as linkman.

The launch of A Tribute in Music and Song to John Bellany was held in The John Bellany Day Centre, Port Seton on Thursday 1st October 2015, and was a huge success. The guests included John’s widow Helen and other members of the family, who all love the album. There were songs from Alex Hodgson and Simon Kempston, plus a tune from Hamish Moore, and the Day Centre folk were persuaded to sing The Boatie Rows (on the album). The album contains a fine collection of John Bellany favourites, including a stunning version of Moon River by Siobhan Miller. This track in particular has been getting a lot of attention on radio.

Ian Green is hoping to attend the 2015 Scots Trad Music Awards to be held in The Caird Hall, Dundee on Saturday 5th December 2015, when Greentrax will share a table with the Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust members. Ian had to pull out of the 2014 Awards at the last minute due to wife June’s ill-health.

Gordon Duncan’s tunes continue to be recorded by artists and groups all over the world and very soon a second book of Gordon’s tunes will be published by the Trust.