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Lake Effect

Liz Carroll

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1. Rock Reel
   The Morning Dew
   Reeling on the Box Reels
2. Anlon McKinney
   Mind the Dresser [Slides]
3. Ghost
   The Hatchlings
   The Long Bow [Air and Jigs]
4. Jump Ball
   Whipple Hill
   How We Spent the Christmas Reels
5. Catherine Kelly's
   Lake Effect [Slip Jig and Tune]
6. Ornery Upright
   Sass Is Back Reels
7. Spinning out of the Turn
   Tom and Martin [Jigs]
8. Day and an Age [Air]
9. Tractor Driver
   A Tune for the Girls Reels
10. Oh, Bedad!
    For the Love of Music [Slip Jigs]
11. Blue Friesian
    Dancing on a Sixpence Reels
12. Hanley's House of Happiness [Waltz]
13. Potato on the Door
    Mary and the Tea Bag
    Perpetual Check Reels

Average customer rating:

Great CD

As an amatuer Irish fiddle player this CD is music to my ears. My fiddle teacher told me about Liz Carroll so I ordered this one and also "In the Loop". I like them both and have learned several of the tunes so I attempt to play along with her. [...]. I reccommend these CDs highly to listener and player.

Liz Carroll's "Lake Effect"

Outstanding recording. Liz Carroll is an innovative, passionate virtuoso of the Irish fiddle!

Bland Liz

Liz Carroll is a wonderful fiddler and a generally fine composer of Celtic tunes, but I don't think she's at her best on this album. There's just something missing here, it's all rather bland, with each track sounding pretty much the same as the next. If you want more variety, my suggestion is to leave this one, perhaps try her "Lost In The Loop" album. I think it's much better. Or for very creative other modern day Celtic fiddling, try Catriona MacDonald "Bold" or Eileen Ivers' earlier albums (before she got a bit too rocky).

Raises New Standards of Irish Fiddle Playing

Liz Carroll's 'Lake Effect' is the CD to be had. It's a fine one at that. 'Lake Effect' has moved to a higher parallel from her last album 'Lost in the Loop.' 'Loop' that became a smash hit is another fine album to listen to. In other words, both are a superfine tour de force. Reason I say this is that both albums were named by Irish Echo as "Traditional Artist of the Year" in 2000 and 2001, respectively. Founding member of "Cherish the Ladies," the Chicago-born Carroll has on her own done well for herself on a more adventurous solo undertaking. After some hiatus, Carroll's comeback produced a more freedom and style and much deeper tone and dynamic slides that not to far from dazzling traditonal dance rhythms. The pitch and tempo are graceful and dead-on riveting. Those who accompany Carroll are Solas guitarist John Doyle and Galway's own accordion player Máirtín O'Connor and Turtle Island String Quartet. Carroll does a stunning work-of-art of new mastering on an old tradition. 'Lake Effect' is sure to take Irish music by storm. This is a must own for those who appreciate a little different from the traditional to a new standard of Irish fiddle music.

Me Own Celtic Music Queen Elizabeth!

Liz Carroll is one of the very best Celtic fiddlers currently playing. I have no doubt that there are many other fine fiddlers and, if put together in the same pub, they would not worry about who is best due to the sheer fun of jamming with each other. I suppose it is this sense of having fun in pushing the envelope and collaboration that sets this CD apart from other CD's. Non traditional percussion and string instruments are used in various arrangements. At one end of the range is what sounds like chamber music. At the other, Latino percussion Salsa is added. Then you are admiring the traditional, old reels and jigs and realize Liz is composing her own. They sound as legit as the traditional songs that are as eagerly washed down with the traditional Guinness. I admire Liz's collaboration with other artists in finding different chemistries that work. My wish list, however, is that she maintain her collaboration with Solas band members, especially John Doyle. His counterpoint guitar chords to her fiddle are exquisite. Even in fast reels, such as the Jump Ball set, John and Liz are hitting the notes and chords together perfectly. Number two on my wish list : I can't help but wonder what some of the reels might sound like with a Tommy Hayes, Johnny McDonagh, Frank Torpey, Jackie Moran, or Donnchadh Gough on Bodhran (Irish Drum) for some Irish Salsa.