Eileen Ivers (born July 13, 1965) is an American fiddler.
Ivers was born in New York City of Irish-born parents, grew up in the Bronx and attended St. Barnabas High School. [1] She spent summers in Ireland and took up the fiddle at the age of nine. Her teacher was the Irish fiddler Martin Mulvihill. [2] She toured with Mick Moloney's band The Green Fields of America, founded in 1977. She graduated magna cum laude from Iona College in New York and has done post-graduate work in mathematics.
Ivers was a founding member of Cherish the Ladies. She recorded and toured with them for several years. [3]
In 1995, she replaced the original fiddler in the Riverdance Irish dance troupe and toured with them. [4]
Her original blue Barcus-Berry electric fiddle was eye-catching and inspired the name of her album Wild Blue. She later replaced it with a blue ZETA Strados acoustic-electric fiddle, which is a one-of-a-kind instrument with unique sound and ambience. It was custom-made for her by ZETA Music Systems (who will be producing an "Eileen Ivers Signature Series" Blue electric violin exactly like hers).[ citation needed]
Ivers has recorded with Micheál Ó Súilleabháin, an Irish composer who uses folk, classical and jazz influences, on the television series River of Sound and on his album Becoming (1998).[ citation needed]
She also recorded a traditional air for the soundtrack to the film Gangs of New York, entitled "Lament for Stalker Wallace". She appears on the soundtrack for the film Some Mother's Son. [5]
Ivers was also an inaugural member of the Independent Music Awards' judging panel to support independent artists. [6]
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Fresh Takes (featuring with John Whelan) |
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Traditional Irish Music |
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Wild Blue |
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Crossing the Bridge |
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Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul (with Immigrant Soul) |
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An Nollaig – An Irish Christmas |
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Beyond the Bog Road |
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Scatter the Light |
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So Far: The Eileen Ivers Collection 1979–1995 |
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The Best of 1979-1996 |
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