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Eileen Ivers

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Eileen Ivers on stage in Lorient, Brittany in 2003

Eileen Ivers is an Irish-American musician.

Eileen Ivers was born in New York City of Irish-born parents on 13 July 1965 and grew up in The Bronx. She spent summers in Ireland and took up the fiddle at the age of nine. Her teacher was Irish fiddler Martin Mulvihill. She toured with Mick Moloney's band "The Green Fields of America", founded in 1977.

Cherish The Ladies

Eileen became a founding member of Cherish The Ladies. Her greatest fame came when she toured with the "Riverdance" Irish dance troupe in 1995, taking solos on stage. Her blue electric fiddle is certainly eye-catching, and up-until-now a one-of-a-kind instrument with unique sound and ambience, after which her album Wild Blue was named. It was custom-made for her by ZETA Music (who will be producing an "Eileen Ivers Signature Series" Blue Electric Violin exactly like hers).

Micheál Ó Súilleabháin is an Irish composer who uses folk, classical and jazz influences. Eileen has recorded with him on the television series "River of Sound" and on his album "Becoming" (1998).

Discography

Solo

  • Eileen Ivers - Traditional Irish Music (1994)
  • Wild Blue (1996)
  • So Far (1979 - 1995) (1995)
  • Crossing The Bridge (1999)
  • Eileen Ivers And Immigrant Soul (2003)

Cherish The Ladies

See Cherish The Ladies

As a session musician

  • "The Fiddling Ladies" by The Chieftains on the album "Tears Of Stone" (1999)
  • "Becoming" by Micheál Ó Súilleabháin (1998)
  • "Celtic Solstice" by Paul Winter
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