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* ''Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul'' (2003)
* ''Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul'' (2003)
* ''Yours Truly'' (2006)
* ''An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas'' (2007)
* ''An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas'' (2007)
* ''Cape Breton Girl'' (2011)
* ''Live in Cape Breton'' (2013)
* ''Beyond the Bog Road'' (2016)
* ''Sketches'' (2019)


===Cherish the Ladies===
===Cherish the Ladies===

Revision as of 15:22, 15 August 2020

Eileen Ivers on stage in Lorient, Brittany in 2003

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.

History

Ivers was a founding member of Cherish the Ladies. She recorded and toured with them for several years.[citation needed]

In 1995, she replaced the original fiddler in the Riverdance Irish dance troupe and toured with them.[3]

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.[4]

Ivers was also an inaugural member of the Independent Music Awards' judging panel to support independent artists.[5]

Discography

Solo

  • Eileen Ivers – Traditional Irish Music (1994)
  • Wild Blue (1996)
  • So Far (1979–1995) (1995)
  • Crossing the Bridge (1999)
  • Gangs of New York "Lament for Stalker Wallace" (2002)
  • Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul (2003)
  • Yours Truly (2006)
  • An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas (2007)
  • Cape Breton Girl (2011)
  • Live in Cape Breton (2013)
  • Beyond the Bog Road (2016)
  • Sketches (2019)

Cherish the Ladies

As a session or guest musician

As a guest artist

References

  1. ^ Sauro, Tony (September 19, 2013). "Former math star takes the fiddling world by storm". Recordnet. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  2. ^ Mullins, Emer. "Eileen Ivers: Bringing It All Back Home." Irish America. May/June 1996: 48+.
  3. ^ Mullins, Emer. "Eileen Ivers: Bringing It All Back Home." Irish America. May/June 1996: 48+.
  4. ^ Some Mother's Son (1996), retrieved January 18, 2019
  5. ^ Independent Music Awards – Past Judges Archived July 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Song of the Irish Whistle". Valley Entertainment. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  7. ^ "Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World". Valley Entertainment. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  8. ^ "Copper: Original Soundtrack". Valley Entertainment. Retrieved May 30, 2013.