Half & Half

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#		Title	Length
1		We'll See	4:13	Play
2		Let the Sun Shine In	3:17	Play
3		Boy in Indiana	5:43	Play
4		To Belong	3:34	Play
5		Never Promised	4:40	Play
6		When You Turn 18	4:26	Play
7		Faces of Strangers	3:56	Play
8		Give Me Your Hand	3:47	Play
9		Shilo	5:08	Play
10		The Water is Wide	4:05	Play

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"Liz Carlisle is a promising local songwriter with a pure, welcoming soprano and a knack for smart folk-pop balladry" - Scott Alarik, Boston Globe

"'Half& Half' is a remarkably well-rounded record, full of soaring melodies and soft-voiced intimacies, stories of love and longing, all revealed through the lens of Carlisle's glassy, sweet-toned voice." - Joe Nickell, The Missoulian.

Less than three years since moving to Boston from Missoula, Montana, Liz Carlisle has already released two critically-acclaimed CDs, been featured twice in the Boston Globe, enjoyed a successful tour of the UK, and played such New England venues as the legendary Club Passim.

Carlisle self-produced her first recording in Montana at age 17, after winning a songwriting contest at Boston's Berklee School of Music. A top seller at local record store Rockin' Rudy's, Thief in the Night was also well received by local critics. Missoulian reviewer Erica Parfit praised the debut as a "breath of fresh mountain air," adding "Carlisle has a voice and style like that of Joni Mitchell, clear and lilting, with the simplicity of a home-cooked meal."

Despite the success of the album, Carlisle did not play out much at first: she had gone to Berklee for jazz drumset, and had only been playing guitar for six months when Thief in the Night was released. (Carlisle supplies her own keyboard and drum tracks on the album, but her father Ray plays guitar).

She found herself forced to learn fast, however, when she moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts less than a year later. An ethnomusicology student at Harvard, Carlisle frequented the open mics just down the street at Club Passim, where she found a supportive community of musicians who continue to help her hone her craft. Among Carlisle's mentors is Livingston Taylor, with whom she played at Memorial Church this past spring.

Though she describes her music as "acoustic folk-country," Carlisle's collaborations with such disparate artists as folk-pop producer Russell Wolff and English fiddler Jonathan Potts have created dynamic fusions. Half and Half (May 2004), produced by Wolff, acknowledges the inherently hybrid nature of Carlisle's Montana-bred/Boston-raised sound. The recording received several positive reviews and appears on the playlists of folk radio stations from France and Belgium to Alaska and Hawaii. Following tours of Montana and the UK in the summer of 2004 and several New England appearances, Liz plans another full touring schedule in 2005.

She is currently at work on her third studio recording, due out this year.


Selected Appearances:

United States
Club Passim
Johnny D's
Cantab Lounge
Postcrypt Coffeehouse
Fox Run House Concert Series
Kendall Cafe
Stone Soup Coffeehouse
Organic Garden Cafe
Nameless Coffeehouse
Quincy Courtyard Festival
Sanders Theater
Arts First Festival
Leaf and Bean
Plough and Stars
Break Espresso
Rockin' Rudy's
Shadows Keep

United Kingdom
Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival
Leigh Folk Festival
Edinbane Festival
Priddy Folk Fayre
Bute Live Festival
Hoy-at-Anchor Folk Club
Sandbach Folk Club