Compass Records is a Nashville-based independent record label founded in 1995 by Garry West and Alison Brown. Presently home to nearly 100 folk, bluegrass, Celtic, jazz, and new acoustic artists, the label releases about 20 records a year. Jump to: navigation, search The Nashville skyline Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee. ... Jump to: navigation, search A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jump to: navigation, search Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... Jump to: navigation, search Bluegrass music is considered a form of American roots music with its own roots in the English, Irish and Scottish traditional music of immigrants from the British Isles (particularly the Scots-Irish immigrants of Appalachia), as well as the music of rural African-Americans, jazz, and... Jump to: navigation, search Celtic music is a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic peoples of Western Europe. ... Jump to: navigation, search Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ...

Partial list of Artists

• Darol Anger
• Paul Carrack
• Beth Nielsen Chapman
• Judith Edelman
• Fairport Convention
• Farmer Not So John
• Thea Gilmore
• Colin Hay
• Leftover Salmon
• Cathal McConnell
• John McCusker
• Pierce Pettis
• Kate Rusby
• Sharon Shannon
• Glenn Tilbrook
• Ciaran Tourish
• Vigilantes Of Love
• The Waifs
• Victor Wooten
• Andrea Zonn

Violinist extrodinare, Darol Anger has played in dozens of groups since he first rose to fame playing second fiddle to David Grisman in The David Grisman Quintets 1977 debut. ... Paul Carrack (born April 22, 1951 in Sheffield, England) is a British keyboardist, singer and songwriter who worked with numerous groups, including Ace and Squeeze. ... Fairport Convention is often credited with being the first British folk-rock band. ... Jump to: navigation, search Receiver Farmer Not So John was a popular music group based in Nashville, TN that was often catagorized as alternative country. ... Thea Gilmore (November 25, 1979-) is an Oxfordshire-born British female singer-songwriter. ... Colin James Hay (born June 29, 1953) is a Scottish-born musician who made his mark in the 1980s as a member of the Australian group Men at Work. ... Leftover Salmon is a genre-bending band from Boulder, Colorado. ... Still only 31, he first picked up a fiddle at 7. ... Pierce Pettis is an American singer/songwriter from Alabama. ... Kate Rusby. ... Jump to: navigation, search Annika Johanssons promotional photo of Sharon Shannon captures the spirit of her lively accordion performances. ... Glenn Tilbrook, born in South East London on August 31, 1957, was the lead singer of the British group Squeeze, a power pop band formed in the mid-1970s. ... From left: Vikki Simpson, Josh Cunningham, and Donna Simpson The Waifs are a folk-rock band from Western Australia. ... Victor Wooten Victor Lemonte Wooten (born September 11, 1964) is a highly respected electric bass player and is regarded by many of his peers as one of the finest players to emerge in the 1990s. ... Andrea Zonn on the cover of her album Love Goes On Andrea Zonn is a bluegrass singer and virtuoso fiddle player who grew up in Champaign, Illinois. ...

See also

• List of record labels

Jump to: navigation, search The following is a partial list of record labels, both past and present. ...

External link

• Official Site