Eileen Ivers
(born 13 July 1965) is an Irish-American musician.
Eileen Ivers was born in New York City of Irish-born parents and grew up in the Bronx. She spent summers in Ireland and took up the fiddle at the age of nine. Her teacher was the Irish fiddler Martin Mulvihill. 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.
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Cherish the Ladies
Joanie Madden is the founding member of
Cherish the Ladies. Eileen was asked to join the group and tour for several years. Her greatest fame came when she replaced the original fiddler in Riverdance and began to tour with the
Riverdance Irish dance troupe in 1995, taking solos on stage. Her original blue Barcus-Berry electric fiddle was certainly eye-catching and inspired the name of her album
Wild Blue
. She later replaced it with a blue ZETA Strados acoustic-electric fiddle, which up until now was 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).
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).
She also recorded a traditional air for the soundtrack to the film
Gangs of New York
, entitled "Lament for Stalker Wallace". She also appears on the soundtrack for the film
Some Mother's Son
.
Ivers was also an inaugural member of the
Independent Music Awards' judging panel to support independent artists.
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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)
- An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas
(2007)
Cherish the Ladies
As a session or guest musician
- Seed
(2003) by Afro Celt Sound System
- "The Fiddling Ladies" by The Chieftains on the album Tears of Stone
(1999)
- "Becoming" by Micheál Ó Súilleabháin (1998)
- "Celtic Solstice" by Paul Winter
- "New York Town" by Black 47 on the album New York Town
(2004)
- Voice of Hope
by Tommy Fleming
- Absolutely Irish
, a multi-artist session recording (2008)
As a guest artist
- "The Violin" composed by David Yazbek, vocalist Brian Dewan on the compilation album "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego" by Rockapella (1992)
References
- Independent Music Awards - Past Judges