Liz appears in concert with the cream of Celtic musicians, including John Doyle, Dáithí Sproule, and Billy McComiskey.
Influences
Read Liz's interview with Fiona Ritchie of the Thistle & Shamrock radio program by clicking here!
Sounds Like
Like the music you're hearing? Liz's next duet recording with John Doyle, Double Play, will be released on March 3, 2009. Go to Compass Records (click here), and her best solo recordings are at the Green Linnet web site (click here)!
We're placing a round-robin of edited writings about Liz in this space. Enjoy! Los Angeles Times, June 24, 2005 by Andrew Gilbert As a female, American-born fiddler who insists on honing an expansive repertoire of original tunes, Liz Carroll has become a revered figure in traditional Irish music despite what many on the scene consider three strikes against her. In an art form long dominated by men, she's an instrumentalist with such technical poise and unbridled energy that her concerts are thrill-inducing affairs. In a field where a player's sound is often defined by his county of origin in Ireland, Carroll, the child of Irish immigrants, is a product of Chicago's vibrant Celtic music scene. But her most unlikely achievement might well be that Carroll has composed more than a dozen tunes that have become standards among her peers. Judging by the work of her colleagues, Carroll's tunes are as intoxicating as a stiff shot of whiskey, as musicians throughout the Celtic world have included her music on their recordings. Irish accordionist Sharon Shannon digs into a Carroll reel on her new album "Tunes." Cape Breton, Canada, fiddler Natalie MacMaster interprets Carroll's trademark arrangement of "The Silver Spear" on her latest CD, "Blueprint." Scotland's Battlefield Band covers Carroll's "The Sisters Reel" on the 1999 album "Leaving Friday Harbor." And fiddler Darol Anger opens 2004's American Fiddle Ensemble album "Republic of Strings" with a blazing version of Carroll's "Lost in the Loop," the title track of her acclaimed 2000 album. "Liz is one of the most intense Irish fiddlers on the scene," says Anger, who first gained notoriety as a founding member of mandolin master Dave Grisman's "Dawg Music" Quintet and went on to create the jazz-oriented Turtle Island String Quartet. "She's playing with such heightened emotional and technical concentration that every note is like a dart aimed at the heart, and her compositions reflect her intensity. You can see her thinking, 'How can I stretch this? How can I play something even more amazing?' She'll pursue an idea until she's completely run it down and mastered it."
Liz's music set to dance by Childsplay, a wonderful group that features all kinds of fiddle music. Visit childsplay.org for more!Liz and John Doyle perform on Radio Siena during their recent shows in Italy.
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After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
HEY LIZ CARROLL WHEN ARE YOU GONNA PLAY IN THE WEST SUBURBS AGAIN. MY GIRLFRIEND (WHO THINKS YOU ARE THE BEES KNEES) AND I SAW YOU AND JOHN AT BALLYDOYLES IN DOWNERS GROVE AND THEN AT IRISH FEST WHERE I SHOOK YOUR HAND AND SHE WAS SOOOO JEALOUS. YOUR THE BEST
Liz, I don’t know how this happened but I somehow got nominated for this... how metal - I know, but here ya go anyways, feel like voting for this metalhead? hehe (intructions on how are on my Profile) ...and - if you could mobilize & rev up some of your fellow VOTER forces, that would be way cool, cuz I gotta win! (2nd place is not good!) :) Thanx a bunch! PS. in case you'd be interesed - check it out, I finally gave in ...you can follow me around on www.Twitter.com/ArmandVio7 Ciao for now, - Armand
Listened to it on my way into Santa Monica tonight. Excellent project. Let me know when you'll be in the LA area again, as I'd love to do more photography of you.
