Liz Carroll

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For the Liz Carroll found guilty of murder, see Marcus Fiesel.

Liz Carroll is an Irish-American musician. She was born in Chicago of Irish parents. In 1974 she entered the All-Ireland under 18 fiddle championship and won. 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 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 finally, in September of 2005, 'In Play', with guitarist John Doyle, was released on Compass Records.

[edit] Discography

Solo

  • A Friend Indeed (1979)
  • Liz Carroll (1988)
  • Lost In The Loop (2000)
  • Lake Effect (2002)

Liz Carroll and Tommy Maguire

  • Kiss Me Kate (1978)

Liz Carroll & John Doyle

  • In Play (2005)