intuitive strategy was serving them well. Compass Records had grown to include nearly 50 artists under contract. and the company averaged about 20 releases a year. Their label was largely centered on roots music and included marquee names like Victor Wooten who was considered one of the best bass players in the world; Kate Rusby a sensation among fans of traditional Anglo Irish music Colin Hay, the former front man and songwriter for the group Men At Work Glenn Tilbrook. the former lead songwriter for the 1980s pop group Squeeze lair port Convention one of the inventors of the folk-rock sound and of course the dynamic bluegrass-jazz fusion of Alison Brown. who won a Grammy for her 2000 release Fair Weather.