representing the future of traditional music

Liz Carroll & John Doyle

dazzling Irish fiddle and guitar virtuosity

Booking: Mike Green & Associates 734.769.7254 www.mikegreenassociates.com

Publicity: Donica Christensen at Compass Records

615.320.7672 • donica@compassrecords.com

Separately, they are geniuses of their instruments—exciting performers and composers who take the tradition of Irish music in daring, inventive new directions. Together, Liz Carroll and John Doyle have combined their talents into dynamic live stage shows and recordings, including their first as a duet, which was released in 2005 on Compass Records and received an overwhelming number of stunning reviews. One of the masters of traditional Irish music living in America today, Chicago-born Liz Carroll has been amazing audiences with her fiddle ever since she won the Senior All-Ireland Championship at the age of 18. An award-winning recording artist known for her fiery performances full of inventiveness and intense emotion, Liz was awarded a Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts for her ongoing influence on Irish music in the US. John Doyle is among the most talented and innovative musicians to come out of Ireland in recent years. An extraordinary acoustic guitarist as well as an accomplished singer and songwriter, John can be heard accompanying many top Irish artists and has performed on such film and TV soundtracks as The Brothers McMullen and Out of Ireland. An original member of the acclaimed group Solas, John’s turns as a record producer have created critically successful CDs by Heidi Talbot (Cherish the Ladies), Liz Carroll, and his father, Sean Doyle. John’s second solo recording was released in 2005 on Compass Records and also received strong radio airplay and positive reviews. “Brilliant . . . [Carroll] does more than run through her finger-twisting reels and sustained slow airs. She and her listeners continually rediscover each melody.”

—The New York Times “Listening to John Doyle play guitar is like hearing a whole band performing at the peak of its groove. His sound pulses with life, simultaneously reaching to the edges and refining the center to a solid, resonant core.”

—Dirk Powell (continued)

Workshops, Master Classes, and Residency Activities

Liz and John are available for master classes and work-shops in guitar and fiddle, with emphasis on the tech-niques necessary for traditional Irish music. Composers of tunes played by all of the best in Celtic music, both are also available for composition workshops. Liz has taught at numerous fiddle camps in the US and Canada, including Mark O’Connor’s Fiddle Camp, Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp, Swannanoa Gathering and many others. In particular, Liz teaches traditional Irish fiddle

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representing the future of traditional music

Booking: Mike Green & Associates 734.769.7254 www.mikegreenassociates.com

Publicity: Donica Christensen at Compass Records

615.320.7672 • donica@compassrecords.com

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as she plays it. She helps students learn by ear, shows the mechanics of good sound, teaches ornamentation, and gives students a history of great fiddling from the past and present.

John has also taught extensively at music camps, includ-ing the Swannanoa Gathering, Goderich Celtic College, Augusta Heritage Center, and many others. He has released an instructional video, Irish Rhythm Guitar: Accompanying Celtic tunes, on Homespun Tapes. Performance formats: Liz Carroll & John Doyle (duo) Liz Carroll in duo or trio format with other accompanists John Doyle in solo, duo, or trio formats

(reviews continued) “ . . . a rich and varied collection of reels, jigs, hornpipes, airs, waltzes, polkas spiritedly played with élan, care and precision. You don't have to be Irish to value the artistry here, any more than one has to be Gaelic to appreciate the smoothness of good Irish whiskeys. And like a good shot of Bushmill or Jameson, the blended musical flavors of Carroll and Doyle goes down easy and still has a kick to it.”

—Pop Matters

“In Dublin-born guitarist John Doyle, Carroll has found a creative partner who shares her musical ferocity . . . As the partnership has evolved, each musician delights in goading the other into ever more breathtaking musical feats.”

—San Jose Mercury News