December 2, 2009! Liz and John Doyle Nominated for GRAMMY!
Double Play has been nominated for Best Traditional World Music Album! Nominations were announced tonight in ceremonies in Los Angeles, resulting in this honor for Liz and John! The 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on Sunday, January 31, 2010, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and on CBS, and don't you know that Liz and John will be there (even though the winner in their category will likely be announced "at ceremonies held earlier this evening")!
Click on MySpace to hear music from Double Play as well as other music from Liz's career.
Liz Carroll & John Doyle  & the President!!
Liz Carroll & John Doyle entertained President Barack Obama at the annual St. Patrick's Day luncheon at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. The event was hosted by Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, and guests included the new Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, Mr. Brian Cowen.
To see the YouTube video, click here!
To see a brief web album, click here!
Double Play It's another powerhouse recording, with amazing new compositions by both Liz and John. Click here to order Double Play at the Compass Records web site - in fact, take two!
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Praise for Double Play!
"'Double Play' captures Liz Carroll and John Doyle at their studio peak, making the album a must-have. During this season of St. Patrick, why not avoid the irritation of the usual musical blarney by listening instead to this virtuosic, imaginative, inspired and inspiring, altogether superb album?"
Earle Hitchner, The Irish Echo
"... features some of the best fiddling that Carroll has ever done. Doyle is equally superb in his playing... This is a masterwork for the pair. Carroll and Doyle complement each other’s playing in unparalleled fashion. Double Play, in a continuation of the language of American baseball, hits a home run."
Brian G. Witt, Irish Music Magazine
"The slow air, Nearby, Long Ago, is a divine embodiment of Carroll’s genius: meditative but never brooding, lightly stepping through the ether, glorying in the oxygen of the tradition that gave it life."
The Irish Times
"This is brilliance. Three songs and a ton of tunes make this an early contender for Album of Year."
Bill Margeson, Live Ireland
"Double Play sings with quiet, conversational dialogues of guitar and fiddle. [Van] Morrison might still wrestle with enlightenment on his revisit to Astral Weeks, but on Double Play, Carroll and Doyle sound as if they've found it."
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 Liz on tour and myspace
Liz's busy schedule is at her Google Calendar. Catch up on concerts, festival appearances, and teaching worksops.New and classic Liz Carroll tunes, as well as news and features, can be found at Liz's myspace page. Send messages, find Liz's musical myspace friends, and see a featured You Tube video!
Liz & John on DVD
Liz and John live, with some of America's finest fiddlers, including Darol Anger, Stuart Duncan, and Sara Watkins. All these great fiddlers captured live at Nashville's Violin Shop. Get your copy by clicking here! "The Violin Shop's Fiddle Masters Concert Series is capturing performances essential to the history and future of Roots Music." - Alison Krauss
Liz with the String Sisters
Watch here for news about Liz and the Sisters' 2010 tour in France and Sweden!
String Sisters Live
Recorded while on tour in Norway, this live CD & DVD recording brings together masters of the Celtic and Norwegian Traditions.   "What makes the String Sisters different is not only their collective virtuosity, but their adventurous, irrepressible spirit... These six sisters make tunes and songs swing. Musical kinship like theirs is cause for celebration."
Earle Hitchner, The Irish Echo
The String Sisters are
Annbjørg Lien from Norway, Catriona Macdonald from Shetland, Liz Carroll and Liz Knowles from America, Mairead ni Mhaonaigh (Altan) from Ireland and Emma Härdelin from Sweden.
Released in Norway, UK, France and Germany,the recording has just been released on Compass Records to stellar reviews.
More information is available at www.stringsisters.com and www.grappa.no.
Liz Carroll & John Doyle
For information about Irish music's dynamic duo, click here or on their picture. Liz and John's first recording, In Play, released in 2005, documented the fiery musicianship Liz and John have honed in
live concerts over the last several years. Their new album, Double Play, demonstrates the continuing maturity and invention as the recording features new compositions by both Liz and John. Click here for a direct link to Compass Records, for more information about Double Play, which is scheduled for release on March 3, 2009.
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