Liz Carroll is one of the masters of traditional Irish music. A recipient of a National Heritage Fellowship Award and an All-Ireland Senior Champion on the fiddle, Liz has honored the tradition by mastering the time-honored fiddle tunes of Irish musicians from both here and abroad. She has gone on to compose hundreds of tunes which mark part of her unique contribution to Irish music.

Liz Carroll & John Doyle: Double Play

    GRAMMY nominated for the 2010 Best      Traditional World Music Album! Check Liz's MySpace to hear this richly honored music!

     Earle Hitchner of the Irish Echo honors Double Play as one of the top ten traditional albums of 2009. He writes, "Nominated for a Grammy, "Double Play" is the second formal duet album by Liz Carroll and guitar and bouzouki player and singer John Doyle. They are one of the world's most accomplished Irish traditional duos, and this is their finest CD yet. It features 14 tunes from the prolific pen of Carroll, and Doyle's growth as a composer himself and as a singer is obvious. Never before have I heard Carroll play with such combined ferocity, finesse and invention, all matched by Doyle.

1. The Chandelier / Anne Lacey's

2. Before the Storm / The Black Rogue

3. A Pound a Week Rise

4. Lament for Tommy Makem / Within a Hen's Kick / The Slippery Slope

5. Nearby, Long Ago

6. Ricky's White Face / The Boys from Bolinas

7. Down at the Wakehouse / The True Love of My Heart

8. Paddy Glackin's Trip to Dingle / On the Lam / The Waves at Dingle / The Top of the Stairs

9. John Cahill's Jig / Tommy Doyle's

10. The Hare's Lament / Pat Mahon's Jig

11. Little Christmas / The Old Course / The Twilight Child

12. Rushin' Dressing / The Quitter / Remove the Rug

Liz Carroll & John Doyle: Double Play

1.  The Ronan Boys/ Ralph's 2-3-5
2.  Northern Jig/ The Box Man
3.  Rolling in the Barrel/ The Laurel Tree/ O'Rourke's
4.  The Island of Woods
5.  Smokies in Arbroath/ Mystery Writer/ The Blessings of Gold
6.  Kieran's Polka/ The Bike to Ballyhahill
7.  Hunter's Moon/ Getting There/ The Morris Minor
8.  The Man With One Kidney/ The Spy Czar
9.  Fremont Center/ The "Vornado"/ Minutemen
10. Dennehy Dancers/ The McSweeney Side
11. Ashleigh Roach's/ With Ourselves/ Wild Pitch
12. A Long Night on the Misty Moor
13. Ceisel's Sword/ The Monasterydan Fancy

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1.  The Rock Reel / The Morning Dew / Reeling On The Box
2.  Anlon McKinney / Mind The Dresser
3.  The Ghost / The Hatchlings / The Long Bow
4.  The Jump Ball / Whipple Hill / How We Spent The Christmas
5.  Catherine Kelly's / Lake Effect
6.  The Ornery Upright / Sass Is Back
7.  Spinning Out Of The Turn / Tom And Martin
8.  A Day And An Age
9.  The Tractor Driver / A Tune For The Girls
10. Oh, Bedad! / For The Love Of Music
11. The Blue Friesian / Dancing On A Sixpence
12. Hanley's House Of Happiness
13. The Potato On The Door / Mary And The Tea Bag / Perpetual Check

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1.   Sevens / Michael Kennedy's / The Cup Of Tea
2.  The Champaign Jig Goes To Columbia / Pat And Al's
3.  See It There / Con Cassidy's
4.  The Golden Legs / The Flogging Reel
5.  Lament Of The First Generation
6.  The Drunken Sailor / The Bag Of Spuds
7.  The Old Maid Of Galway / Lizzy In The Lowground
8.  The Crow In The Sun
9.  The Ugly Duckling
10. On The Boulevard / Crabs In The Skillet
11. Letter To Peter Pan
12. The Silver Spear / The Earl's Chair / The Musical Priest
13. The Didda / Fly And Dodger
14. Lost In The Loop

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1.  Reel Beatrice/Abbey Reel
2.  Out on the Road/Princess Nancy
3.  For Eugene/Gravity Hill
4.  Clarke's Favorite/Pigeon on the Gate
5.  Tune for Mairéd & Anna Ní Mhaonaigh
6.  Sock in the Hole/Hole in the Sock
7.  Mrs. Carroll's Strathspey/Chapter 16
8.  Helicopters/Crossing the Delaware
9.  Sister's Reel/Wynding the Hay
10. Lacy's Jig/A Tune for Charles
11. Par Cark/Baiting the Hook/Jumping White Nut Eater
12. Greenleaf Strathspey/Setting Sun
13. Wee Dollop/Houseboat
14. G-Reel/ Merle's Tune
15. Western Reel/Road to Recovery

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Liz Carroll: A Friend Indeed

Included on the fourteen tracks of this CD are Lord McDonald's, The Judge's, Tom Fitzmorris's, John Bowe's and Drowsy Maggie (reels), Dan Sullivan's, and Teahan's Favorite (polkas), The Humours of Bandon and Planxty Mary O'Neill. Accompanied on piano by Marty Fahey, recorded in 1979.
CD SF-34013
Label: SHA
Released: 06/20/95

1.    Monemohill Reel and the Brocca Reel
2.    North Carolina Tune and Child of My Heart
3.    Paddy Shannon's and the Rose Garden
4.    Humours of Bandon and Planxty Mary O'Neill
5.    Johnny Harling's and Marty Fahey's
6.    Dan Sullivan's,Teahan's Favorite, and Riding on a Load of Hay
7.    Lord Mcdonald's and the Judge's
8.    Cold Night and O'Doherty's
9.    Eddie Kelly's and the Rookery
10. John Brady's
11. John Bowe's and Drowsy Maggie
12. Dowd's Number Nine and Johnny Doherty's Yellow Tinker
13. Ride to Durham
14. Tom Fitzmorris'

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Liz Carroll and Tommy Maguire: Kiss Me Kate

Liz Carroll's first recording from 1978 with Tommy Maguire on accordion. Spirited duet playing from two All-Ireland senior champions accompanied by Jerry Wallace on piano. Twelve sets of tunes including, Fahey's Reel/Finbar Dwyer's, John Brady's/King of the Clans, Jimmy Keane's/The Cuckoo and Kiss Me Kate/Richard Dwyer's.
CD SH-34012
CARROLL,LIZ/ MAGUIRE,TOMMY KISS ME KATE

1.  Fahey's Reel/Finbar Dwyer's
2.  Paddy Kelly's/Tommy Maguire's # 3
3.  Controversial Reel/Tear the Calico
4.  Tommy Maguire's # 1 and # 2
5.  Charlie Mulvihil's/O'Donnell's
6.  John Brady's/The King of the Clans
7.  Connie O'Connell's/Tommy Maguire's # 4
8.  Jimmy Keane's/The Cuckoo
9.   Both Meat and Drink Jig/Sean Ryan's
10. Curly Mike/Miss Campbell's
11. Fiddler Round the Fairy Tree/Planxty Toby Peyton
12. Kiss Me Kate/Richard Dwyer's

Trian

The first recording by a powerful group of traditional Irish musicians. Liz Carroll-fiddle, Billy McComiskey-button accordion and Dáithí Sproule-guitar and vocals. Liz contributes four originals - The Diplodocus, That's Right To, The Leading Roll and The Plane of the Plank.
CD Fly-586
Released: 09/29/92

Trian II

Trian's second recording in 1995 features many original tunes from both Liz and Billy along with some fine songs from Dáithí. Special guests include Ciarán Curran, bouzouki-guitar and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, piano, synthesizer, bodhran. Included here are The Air Tune/The Cliff Dwellers/Cutting the Waves and The Poor Man's Fortune/ The Fiddler's Key/ The Blessings of Silver.
CD SIF-1159 Label: GLR
Released: 11/30/95

1.    Little Man with the Brown Shoes/Ducks in a Row/Butterfly Reel/Pauline C 4:45(Trian)
2.    I Once Knew a Little Girl 3:59(Trian)
3.    Ohm's Law/Eleanor Neary's/Poor Timing 3:36(Trian)
4.    Humors of Ballyconnell/Red Eboulement/Richie Dwyer's 4:41(Trian)
5.    Lurgy Streams 3:53(Trian)
6.    Air Tune/Cliff Dwellers/Cutting the Waves 5:09(Trian)
7.    Music Book/Béla Bartók's Highland 2:15(Trian)
8.    Westland/King Robert the Bruce 5:44(Trian)
9.    Death of Queen Jane 5:11(Trian)
10.  Poor Man's Fortune/Fiddler's Key/Blessings of Silver 4:17(Trian)
11.  Úrchnoc Chéin Mhic Cáinte 4:17(Trian)
12.  Ratholdran Castle/Fergus Reel/Martin Wynne's 4:07(Trian)