2024 Targhee Music Camp Instructor Bios

Carol Elizabeth Jones – Singing

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Carol Elizabeth Jones has made her mark as a singer of traditional mountain music, a guitar player, and as a writer of new songs in the traditional style. She has many albums to her credit including those with Jones & Leva, Laurel Bliss, and the New Reeltime Travelers. Rounder Records featured Carol Elizabeth on several anthologies including the bestselling O Sister – Women In Bluegrass collection. She was a member of the Hopeful Gospel Quartet with Garrison Keillor and Robin & Linda Williams on A Prairie Home Companion.

Carol Elizabeth toured Africa and Southeast Asia as cultural ambassador for the U.S. Information Agency and has performed and taught at festivals throughout North America. Originally from Berea, Kentucky, Carol Elizabeth now lives in Lexington, Virginia.

Dave Higgs of Bluegrass Breakdown says “…Carol Elizabeth has one of the most haunting and honest voices in acoustic music.”