Liz Carroll & Steve Cooney | Gradam Ceoil TG4 2000 

Sure is.

I think the late Arty McGlynn gave this to Steve , possibly a Santa Fe type Tak

Excellent anyways

Liz Carroll plays 3 reels here, starting off with one of her own. Sevens (0:00), Michael Kennedy's (1:35) & The Cup of Tea (2:35). Bain sult astu !!

Well, depends who you ask, and where you are, I suppose. I think she has a very Chicago style, American Irish, more than anything. Her mom is from Clare so actually that steady playing tradition is in her blood… this performance was hardly the fastest I’ve ever seen. More than speed I think American fiddlers have a sort of groovy backbeat, percussive thing going on…look at Eileen ivers and her swinging style. I’m from southern California, and despite being heavily influenced by the music of Donegal (which has a very straight-ahead sort of drive to it without much backbeat), in Ireland, I was always told that I have “that American swing”… which I never denied. I guess when you’re used to things, you can become too used to them? But this swing is very clearly heard in the fiddling of Liz Carroll, Eileen Ivers, Winnie Horan…even the Cape Breton fiddlers count as “North American,” and they clearly have a lot of swing and rhythm, even though they’re an “Irish-adjacent” tradition. Many similar and borrowed tunes between both styles. Eileen ivers and Natalie macmaster duet where they play strathspeys and Scottish tunes, very perfect for Eileen and her style!

Liz Carroll is well versed in traditional Irish fiddling. Music evolves. In her case very nicely. Th dynamics of her playing, are not just 'riffs', she has found her own voice, and what a beautiful voice it is.