Eileen Ivers

Eileen Ivers (born July 13, 1965) is an American fiddler.

Eileen Ivers on stage in Lorient, Brittany in 2003

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.[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).

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).

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]

Discography

Solo
  • Traditional Irish Music (1994)
  • Wild Blue (1996)
  • So Far (1979–1995) (1995) [compilation]
  • 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)
  • Beyond the Bog Road (2016)
  • Scatter the Light (2020)

Collaborations
  • Eileen Ivers and John Whelan - Fresh Takes (1993)

Cherish the Ladies
Main article: 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. https://irishfestscrapbook.com/Scrapbook_Media/Milwaukee-Irish-Fest-Grounds-Brochure-1989-IF-EP-00-009.html
  4. Mullins, Emer. "Eileen Ivers: Bringing It All Back Home." Irish America. May/June 1996: 48+.
  5. Some Mother's Son (1996), retrieved January 18, 2019
  6. Independent Music Awards – Past Judges Archived July 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Song of the Irish Whistle". Valley Entertainment. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  8. "Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World". Valley Entertainment. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  9. "Copper: Original Soundtrack". Valley Entertainment. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
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