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]

Early life and education
Carroll's parents were born in Ireland; her father Kevin was from Brocca, County Offaly, and her mother Eileen[3] was from Ballyhahill, West Limerick.[4] Her maternal grandfather played the violin[5] and her father played button accordion.[5] Carroll was born September 19, 1956, in Chicago, Illinois[5] and raised on Chicago's south side. She took classical music lessons from nuns at Visitation Catholic School.[2][5] On Sunday nights, Carroll and her family visited a south side Irish pub that hosted a live radio show featuring traditional Irish music. She earned a degree in social psychology at DePaul University.[6] Carroll's...