Liz Carlisle
Half & Half
© 2004 Liz Carlisle (783707915227)
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"Smart folk-pop balladry" - Boston Globe
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Montana native and Harvard graduate Liz Carlisle was best known as a frequent opening act for country artists like LeAnn Rimes, Sugarland, Miranda Lambert, Travis Tritt, Little Big Town, and Diamond Rio during the touring seasons of 2006 and 2007. She began her career on the New England folk circuit while still a student at Harvard, opening for singer-songwriters like Richie Havens, Catie Curtis, and John Gorka, and released her first full record as a college senior. Five Star Day earned Liz press in the Boston Globe, Washington Post, and BBC and won her honors in several national and international competitions. She released a second record in 2007, Big Dreams, a Nashville studio effort that spent 18 weeks on the Music Row Chart. Although Big Dreams was Liz's most visible national release, she is perhaps best remembered for the song "Montana," the hit track from Five Star Day that remains a favorite in her home state.
Half & Half was Liz's first demo after moving to Boston. Includes the version of "The Water is Wide" featured in Mitsui's national advertising campaign in Japan. Also includes "Take Me Home," written by Liz's dad Ray, who plays guitar on several songs.
Liz Carlisle is no longer actively touring, but questions about her catalog may be directed to Neale Eckstein at neale@foxrun.org.
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Awesome
author: MollyAwesome cd, very original. Awesome site to order from.
Terrific sound -- you go girl!
author: Sandy KolbI heard Liz Carlisle talk about her senior thesis at a panel for alumni at Harvard a few weeks ago -- and she performed a couple of songs as well. I immediately went home and searched for her CD. And am I ever glad I did -- she's terrific (and I'm not even a huge fan of country music). I bought a second copy to send to a friend, who proclaimed Liz "wonderful."
Faces of Strangers
author: Chris MartinsonGreat voice and I love the hat! Faces of Strangers is a haunting song that will always remind me of this year's Leigh-on-Sea Folk Festival. Come again next year. Enjoy Skye.
Cool Tunes
author: Tony Graham (CDBABY ARTIST)Great Buy!!! It's albums like this that are keeping cdbaby real.
Pure, welcoming soprano ... smart folk-pop balladry
author: Scott Alarik, Boston GlobeLiz Carlisle is a promising local songwriter with a pure, welcoming soprano and a knack for smart folk-pop balladry. She celebrates her new CD, "Half and Half," with a free concert at Quincy House, 58 Plympton St. in Cambridge, Thursday, 5:30 p.m.
Missoula Woman Comes Home With a New CD
author: Joe Nickell, The MissoulianLiz Carlisle's name is probably familiar to anyone who has kept up their Missoulian subscription over the past decade. From her selection to Montana's All-State Band several years in a row, to her top placings at state and county science fairs and spelling bees, to the awards and accolades - Hellgate class valedictorian and class president, Who's Who Among American High School Students, etc. etc. etc. - Carlisle has seen her name in some 39 Missoulian articles and news briefs since 1991. Not bad for a college sophomore who hasn't lived in Missoula since 2002, when she moved to Boston to attend Harvard University. But she's back in town this coming week, performing all over the place to promote her newest CD, "Half & Half," a wholly fine collection of nine originals and one traditional tune. Coming from a singer who's still not old enough to legally buy a beer, "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. Carlisle knows better than to try and write beyond her experience. "When You Turn 18" speaks to tribulations of youth - puberty, dating, running laps as punishment - with a directness and empathy that could make the song an anthem of awkward teens. The record is Carlisle's second full-length release, following her 2001 CD, "Thief in the Night." That record was hailed upon its release as "a breath of fresh mountain air" by this paper; and that accolade befits the new record as well. "Half & Half" also reflects an increased level of artistic sophistication from Carlisle. And it doesn't hurt that her voice has matured a good bit since her first record. But hey, she's an artist and scholar whom Missoula has watched grow for years. Remember this? "We celebrate Christmas with presents and trees / We hang stockings on the mantle can't you see." Those are a couple of lines from a Carlisle poem, published in the Missoulian back in 1991, when she was 7 years old. Girl, ya come a long way . . . Liz Carlisle will perform on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Shadow's Keep; Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. at Sean Kelly's; Thursday, May 20, at 8 p.m. at the Garden Bar & Grill in Bigfork; and Saturday, May 22, at 8 p.m. at Break Espresso downtown. She'll also celebrate a CD Release Party for "Half & Half" at Rockin Rudy's on Friday, May 21, from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.