Liz Carroll
Folk music of Ireland, Musical Artist
Who is Liz Carroll?
Liz Carroll is an American musician of Irish descent. She was born in Chicago of Irish parents. In 1974 she won the All-Ireland under 18 fiddle championship. The next year she won the All-Ireland Senior Fiddle Championship.
Liz's first recording was in 1978, a collaboration with Tommy Maguire called "Kiss Me Kate". She recorded her first solo album "A Friend Indeed" the following year, and recorded another solo album in 1988. In 1992 Carroll joined up with Billy McComiskey and Dáithí Sproule to form Trian. The group recorded two albums. Liz received the National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship Award in 1994. A third solo album, Lost in the Loop, was released in 2000. It received the Indie award for best Celtic/British Isles recording that year. In 2002, Liz recorded another solo album entitled 'Lake Effect', and most recently, 'In Play' and 'Double Play', with guitarist John Doyle.
In 2005, Liz recorded a live album and DVD with String Sisters titled Live, released in 2007.
Her recent CDs are on the Green Linnet and Compass Records labels. She appears in concert solo, as well as with John Doyle.
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- Also known as
- Liz Carrol
- Carroll, Liz
- Ethnicity
- Irish American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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