Clive Carroll

Award-winning guitarist, Clive Carroll, is widely known for his unmistakable sound, compositions, and versatility. He has toured across five continents, bringing his signature blend of warmth and humour to breathtaking, genre-bending live performances.
Carroll made his musical debut at age two as a banjo-strumming cowboy singing nursery rhymes, and went on to earn a 1st Class Honours Degree in Composition and Guitar from the famed Trinity College of Music in London. Upon graduation, he was taken on the road by the legendary folk-baroque pioneer, guitarist-composer John Renbourn, with whom he also collaborated over many years. He has also worked with guitar greats such as John Williams, D'Gary, Tommy Emmanuel, Xuefei Yang, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, and Ralph Towner.
Carroll has released five solo albums to wide acclaim, and has composed music for film and television. He most recently performed Pete Seeger banjo parts on the Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown.
Clive Carroll's 2026 solo concert programme features newly composed music that fuses his Irish musical heritage with contemporary vision; the darkness of a untamed landscape, wild dances of abandon, and the resonance of home.2000 - Probably the best and most original young acoustic guitarist/composer in Britain. - Acoustic Guitar Magazine USA2009 - Clive Carroll looks set to become the latest acoustic guitar hero - The Guardian, UK2021 - ...arguably the most accomplished fingerstylist in the world today... - Total Guitar Magazine2024 - one of the finest fingerstyle guitarists and instructors working today. His knowledge, technique, and passion for the art form are unparalleled - Acoustic Guitar Magazine USA