Compass Records is Nashville's leading eclectic music label, featuring bluegrass, world music, Celtic and jazz.

The Compass Records Group was formed in 1994 by musicians Alison Brown and Garry West.

The label's diverse catalog includes releases from Colin Hay, Solas, The Waifs, Altan, Catie Curtis, Victor Wooten, Kate Rusby, Alison Brown, Old Blind Dogs, Richard Julian, Dale Ann Bradley and the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band.

In 2006, the Compass Records Group acquired the rights to the Green Linnet catalog. Founded over 30 years ago, Green Linnet has been the home to many Celtic artists worldwide and boasts over 200 recordings from many of the best known artists of the genre, including Niamh Parsons, Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, Altan, Eileen Ivers, Cherish The Ladies, Lunasa, Kevin Burke, Old Blind Dogs, Patrick Street and Tannahill Weavers. Green Linnet’s world music imprint Xenophile includes several seminal world music artists such as Tarika, Inti-Illimani, Ad Vielle Que Pourra and Samite.

In 2008, the Compass Records Group acquired Dublin, Ireland-based legacy Irish music label Mulligan Records, home of cornerstone releases from The Bothy Band, Andy Irvine & Paul Brady and Matt Molloy; with that acquisition, the Compass Records Group became the largest catalog of Celtic music in the world.

Address: 916 19th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37212
USA
Phone: +1-615-320-7672
Fax: +1-615-320-7378
http://www.compassrecords.com

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