Ian Carr is an English guitarist and producer from Yorkshire, who has performed with Swåp and The Kate Rusby Band.
He learned to play mouth organ at the age of three before going on to learn piano, piano accordion and rock guitar at the age of 13, since when he's developed his highly original style of accompaniment. He cites one of his many influences as Peerie Willie Johnson.
Until the late 1990s, Carr was a part of The Kathryn Tickell Band. He plays a Collings acoustic guitar in both standard and dropped-D tunings.
Who He? - Ian Carr & The Various Artists (2013) DalakollektivetsSyncopace – Syncopace (1990) Black Crow Records CRO CD 226Hootz! - Ian Carr and Simon Thoumire (1990) Black Crow Records CRO CD 225The Kathryn Tickell Band – The Kathryn Tickell Band (1991) Black Crow Records CRO CD 227Signs – The Kathryn Tickell Band (1993) Black Crow Records CRO CD 230Shhh – Ian Carr & Karen Tweed (1995) Hypertension HYCD 200 147New Directions In The Old - Roy Bailey (1997) FuseFyace – Ian Carr & Karen Tweed (1997) Fyasco FYASCD001The Gathering – The Kathryn Tickell Band (1997) Park Records PRKCD39SWÅP – Swåp (1997) Amigo AMCD735Hourglass – Kate Rusby (1997) Pure Records PRCD02The Northumberland Collection – Kathryn Tickell and friends (1998) Park Records PRKCD42Cowsong – Kate Rusby (1998) Pure Records PRCD04[Sic] – Swåp (1999) NorthSide NSD6042Half As Happy As We – The Two Duos Quartet (1999) Ruf Records RUFCD07Knock John – Chris Wood and Andy Cutting (1999) Ruf Records RUFCD08Sleepless – Kate Rusby (1999) Pure Records PRCD06Little Lights – Kate Rusby (2001) Pure Records PRCD07Mosquito Hunter – Swåp (2002) Amigo AMCD750One Roof Under – Andy Cutting & Karen Tweed (2002) Fyasco records FYC004Faerd – Faerd (2002) Tutl SHD55Heartlands – Kate Rusby and John McCusker (2003) Pure Records PRCD11Underneath the Stars – Kate Rusby (2003) Pure Records PRCD12"Sings the Songs of Robert Burns" - Eddi Reader (2003 ) Rough Trade RTRADCDX097Step on it! – Ian Carr & Niklas Roswall (2003) Drone Music AB DROCD035Du Da – Swåp (2005) NorthSide NSD6085Black Water - Kris Drever (2006) Reveal Records REVEAL12PTimber! - Maria Jonsson, Ian Carr and Mikael Marin (2007) Nordic Tradition NTCD09Peacetime - Eddi Reader ( 2007) Rough Trade RTRADCD233Awkward Annie – Kate Rusby (2007) Pure Records PRCD23Sweet Bells - Kate Rusby (2008) Pure Records PRCD28Before the Ruin - Drever, McCusker & Woomble (2008) Navigator Records NAVIGATOR1Hold Your Horses — Ella Edmondson (2009) Monsoon MONMUCD001Mark the Hard Earth - Kris Drever (2010) Navigator Records NAVIGATOR30Levande - Sofia Karlsson (2011)Tänk Om - Imagine If - Sandén-Nygårds-Carr (2012) Westpark MusicHe Thinks He`s Invisible - Ian Carr and Simon Thoumire (2013) Foot Stomping'Angels Without Wings - Heidi Talbot (2013) Compass RecordsVagabond - Eddi Reader (2014) Reveal RecordsRegnet Faller Utan Oss - Sofia Karlsson (2014)If Wishes Were Horses - Kris Drever (2016) Reveal RecordsNatt blir dag - Sandén Nygårds Carr (2016) Dalakollektivet Records 
