Liz Carroll

Liz Carroll
Carroll at the Dublin (Ohio) Irish Festival, August 2011
Carroll at the Dublin (Ohio) Irish Festival, August 2011
Background information
BornSeptember 19, 1956
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
GenresFolk music
Celtic
Irish traditional
Occupation(s)Musician, music teacher
InstrumentFiddle
Years active1974 – Present
LabelsCompass
Shanachie
Flying Fish
Green Linnet
WebsiteOfficial website

Liz Carroll (born September 19, 1956) is an American fiddler and composer. She is a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship Award. Carroll and collaborator Irish guitarist John Doyle were nominated for a Grammy Award in 2010.[1] She is considered one of the greatest contemporary Irish fiddlers.[2]

  1. ^ "Liz Carroll & John Doyle Grammy nomination on The Session". thesession.org. February 2010. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  2. ^ Sawyers, June (March 11, 1994). "Irish Music Has A Sweet Home In Chicago". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 13, 2015.