Carolina Celtic presents Clive Carroll

The Scoop

Clive Carroll’s unique tone, versatility, and unmistakable voice as a composer have seen him become one of the world’s premier acoustic guitar players and, according to Total Guitar Magazine, “arguably the most accomplished fingerstylist in the world today.” ​Clive made his musical debut at age two as a banjo-strumming cowboy singing nursery rhymes. His parents had a passion for Irish, American country, and old-time music, and it wasn’t long before he was playing in the family band on a homemade banjo. By his early teens, guitar in hand, Clive was traversing the worlds of soul, pop, funk, and traditional Irish music, balancing his affinity for Slayer with the etudes of Tárrega. This breadth of musical curiosity was to become one of his strengths; even as a child, Clive was as comfortable accompanying a group of folk singers as he was jamming along to Nirvana or performing on banjo and guitar in the orchestral pits for musicals.