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June 2010 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — CD — CDTRAX349

Mike Vass and Dave Wood are members of Malinky, one of Scotland’s top touring folk bands. Mike Vass, who plays fiddle, is one of a family of musicians from Morayshire - for many years The Vass Family appeared at traditional music festivals around Scotland. Dave Wood also has a great deal of… read more

May 2010 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Fiddle — CD — CDTRAX346

BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Of The Year 2009 - Ruaridh (Rua) MacMillan is an exceptional talent amongst the many fiddlers in Scotland today. Part of his Young Traditional Musician prize was this debut solo album with Greentrax Recordings. Originally from Nairn, near Inverness in… read more

April 2010 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Scottish Tradition Series — Gaelic Song — Spoken Word — CD — CDTRAX9007

Scottish Tradition Series vol 7. Calum Ruadh, a crofter and bard from Skye, died on February 25th 1978. This album is comprised of several stretches of conversation, mainly in English, and eight songs in Gaelic composed by Calum himself. Unique recordings from the archives of the School Of Scottish Studies, at long last available… read more

April 2010 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Scottish Tradition Series — Gaelic Song — CD — CDTRAX9008

Scottish Tradition Series vol 8. James C M Campbell (1896-1979) was indubitably one of the most distinguished Gaelic concert singers that Scotland has known, but he was also representative of a far rarer breed - a singer whose formal education in music, perfected far away from his native Highlands, never led him to deny the virtues… read more

April 2010 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Scottish Tradition Series — Gaelic Song — Spoken Word — CD — Double CD — CDTRAX9013D

Scottish Tradition Series vol 13. Calum & Annie Johnston were born on the Scottish Hebridean island of Barra. As this album amply demonstrates, both were fine singers - by which is meant not so much that they possessed voices which would have been at home on the concert stage, as that they performed their songs with great… read more

March 2010 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Solo Singers & Songwriters — CD — CDTRAX328

The debut solo album from Ewan Robertson, a talented singer and guitarist and a member of Breabach. Ewan was accepted into the National Centre Of Excellence For Traditional Music in 2000, where he studied fiddle and pipes. A shortage of accompanists at the school led Ewan to experiment with the… read more

March 2010 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Scottish Tradition Series — Gaelic Song — CD — Double CD — CDTRAX9016D

Scottish Tradition Series vol 16. During his years as lecturer and reader in the Department of Celtic in the University of Edinburgh, William Matheson was regarded by the staff of The School of Scottish Studies as their most reliable consultant on questions of Gaelic oral tradition, especially on songs and their melodies. William… read more

January 2010 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — All Time Top Sellers — 2023 Top 20 — Vocal Groups — CD — Double CD — CDTRAX350

A double CD compilation of song highlights marking the folk vocal group’s 24-year association with Greentrax Recordings. The McCalmans released their first Greentrax album Peace And Plenty in 1986, the year the label was launched - it was subsequently awarded a Gold Disc by The Scottish Music… read more

November 2009 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Solo Singers & Songwriters — CD — CDTRAX344

One of Scotland’s finest traditional-style singers, who deserves to be more widely recognised - this album should certainly enhance Mick’s reputation. A regular act at festivals, concerts and folk clubs in Scotland, Mick West has performed in many other countries including England, Ireland,… read more

June 2009 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Compilations — Solo Singers & Songwriters — CD — CDTRAX338

Songs and music reflecting the rich cultural heritage of Scotland’s fishing, with recordings from some of Scottish music’s finest artists. Shona McMillan, of the Thorburn fishing family from Fisherrow, set up the People And Songs Of The Sea exhibition to celebrate this heritage from a Firth of… read more

April 2009 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Bands — CD — CDTRAX332

The third album from the four young and hugely talented Johnson sisters, from near Edinburgh, showing a new maturity in their vocal and instrumental presentation. Produced again by Phil Cunningham. The first two albums received excellent reviews and the band is now popular in the UK, Europe and USA.… read more

February 2009 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Solo Singers & Songwriters — CD — CDTRAX334

The Songs Of Lady Nairne Celebrating The Scottish Year Of Homecoming 2014 Lady Nairne (Caroline Oliphant) was born in 1766 in Perthshire. As she grew and blossomed in beauty, she was called The Flower of Strathearn or The White Rose of Gask. The family had strong Jacobite connections, and some 45… read more

July 2008 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Bands — CD — CDTRAX325

Winners of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award competition of 2006, this is the young Scottish band Bodega’s second album - a mix of instrumentals and songs in both Gaelic and Scots. Bodega are Gillian Chalmers from Fraserburgh (pipes, whistle, fiddle), Ross Couper from Shetland (fiddle), Tia Files… read more

May 2008 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Bagpipes — CD — CDTRAX327

Gordon Duncan, from Pitlochry in Perthshire, a piper, folk musician and composer, died in December 2005 aged 41. He was widely regarded as one of the most skilled and innovative traditional music performers and composers of modern times. While steeped in the art of traditional Highland piping, his… read more

May 2008 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Scottish Tradition Series — Solo Singers & Songwriters — Spoken Word — CD — CDTRAX9023

Scottish Tradition Series vol 23. Volume 23 in this classic series of recordings from the archives of The School of Scottish Studies draws together a selection of songs, tunes and customs from across Scotland, connected with marriage. Materials from both the Scots and Gaelic traditions is included, as are items from different… read more

April 2008 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Guitar & Mandolin — Solo Singers & Songwriters — CD — CDTRAX322

Dick Gaughan remains one of the most highly respected folk singers in the United Kingdom. He is also one of the most sought-after artists, and commits himself to regular tours both in the UK and abroad, particularly North America and Australia. Dick’s gig at the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge, North… read more

February 2008 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Solo Singers & Songwriters — CD — CDTRAX321

Mary Kathleen Burke developed her lifelong passion for music through being exposed to regular performances at parties and events within the family home and local community in the small village of Park in County Derry, Northern Ireland. Singing from a young age, by the time she was 15 years old Mary… read more

November 2007 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — 2022 Top 20 — 2020 Top 20 — Gaelic Song — CD — Double CD — CDTRAX320D

A Gaelic Christmas. Fiona J Mackenzie is a former Gaelic Mod Gold Medal winner, and also received a Scots Trad Music Award in 2004. This is a unique double album of both traditional and contemporary Scottish Gaelic Christmas songs and carols. Vocal harmonies are provided by Maggie MacDonald, Katie Mackenzie (who also… read more

October 2007 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Guitar & Mandolin — Solo Singers & Songwriters — CD — CDTRAX317

Ross Kennedy has been a professional folk musician for over 25 years. He has toured, recorded and played with Scottish legends The Tannahill Weavers and was also the founding member of great bands such as The Iron Horse, The Jura Ceilidh Band and Canterach. Ross also had a very successful and long… read more

April 2007 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Solo Singers & Songwriters — CD — CDTRAX306

Alison McMorland was born in Renfrewshire into a musical family. She has enjoyed a long involvement in traditional music at various levels: singer, collector, broadcaster, author and tutor on the Scottish Music course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow. Alison came to wider… read more

February 2007 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Compilations — CD — CDTRAX310

This album was first released by the RSAMD as a limited edition in 2002, and includes many of the top students at the Academy at that time, plus their tutors. The students are Liam Brown, Neil Cameron, Stuart Cassells, Kirsty Cotter, Dominique Dodge, Gillian Frame, James Graham, Kathleen Graham,… read more

September 2006 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — CD — CDTRAX298

Sandy Meldrum, steeped in a Scottish musical background from childhood, plays both the piano and piano accordion. He is the first-ever Honours graduate in Traditional Piano from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Scottish Music Degree Course. In a very short time he has established… read more

August 2006 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Bands — CD — CDTRAX295

Their self-titled debut album. Award-winning band Bodega are highly talented and versatile, and together their music has a kind of fierce energy, imagination and joie de vivre that you just do not hear very often. They sing songs brilliantly and they play tunes superbly. They sing in both Gaelic and… read more

June 2006 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Bagpipes — CD — CDTRAX293

The second part of a live recording from the previous four-time World Champions, under the direction of Pipe Major Terry Lee. Recorded at The Simon Fraser University Theatre, BC, Canada, and celebrating the Band’s 40th Anniversary in 2005. The solo pipers on the album are Alan Bevin, who continues… read more

May 2006 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Scottish Tradition Series — Solo Singers & Songwriters — Spoken Word — CD — CDTRAX9022

Scottish Tradition Series vol 22. Volume 22 consists of children’s songs and rhymes and is an important addition to the Scottish Tradition Series. The School of Scottish Studies Archives is an important source of Scottish children’s lore. On this album, a selection of material in Scots recorded over a period of three decades… read more

April 2006 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Guitar & Mandolin — Solo Singers & Songwriters — CD — CDTRAX290

Another original album from one of the foremost and highly regarded folksingers of our time - Dick Gaughan was recently voted one of the Top 10 Folk Voices Of The 20th Century by listeners of BBC Radio 2’s Mike Harding Show. Dick is acknowledged as one of Scotland’s most outstanding musicians.… read more

February 2006 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — More Instrumental — CD — CDTRAX284

Pianist James Ross studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, and graduated with a BA in Scottish Music in 2000. He then completed the MA in Traditional Irish Music Preformance in 2001, studying piano under Professor Michael O’Suilleabhain at the University of Limerick,… read more

November 2005 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Vocal Groups — CD — CDTRAX276

Few new Scottish bands of recent times have made such an impact as Malinky - this Scots/Irish five-piece band has emerged as one of the hottest properties on the international Celtic scene. Winners of a Danny Award for their open-stage performance at the Celtic Connections festival in 1999, Malinky… read more

November 2005 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Bands — CD — CDTRAX280

GiveWay are four young sisters - Fiona Johnson (fiddle, guitar, vocals), Kirsty (piano accordion, two-row button box, lead vocals), Mairi (keyboards, piano, vocals) and Amy (drum kit, percussion, vocals). They play a heady mixture of Scottish traditional music, from haunting airs to lively jigs and… read more

August 2005 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Pipe Band — CD — CDTRAX283

A live album from the previous four-time World Champions, under the direction of Pipe Major Terry Lee. Recorded at The Simon Fraser University Theatre, BC, Canada, and celebrating the Band’s 40th Anniversary. In 2004 the SFU Drum Corps won the World Drumming title for the second time - the Simon… read more