Eileen Ivers

Eileen Ivers was born in Chicago of Irish-born parents on 19th September 1965. 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 founder member of Cherish The Ladies. Her greatest fame came when she toured with "Riverdance" 1995, taking solos on stage. Her blue electric fiddle was certainly eye-catching. 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).

Eclecticism

Eileen sometimes seems to deliberately setting out to offend purists. Her solo albums mix jazz, blues, African east European, swing and new age. There are overwhelming synthesisers and bizarre drums used, according to her critics, for no better reason than they could be used. "Wild Blue" uses traditionalist Seamus Egan and African percussionist Kimati Dinizulu.

discography

solo

- Eileen Ivers (1994)
- Wild Blue (1996)
- So Far (1979 - 1995) (1995)
- Crossing The Bridge (1999)

some recordings with Cherish the Ladies

as session musician

- "Becoming" by Micheál Ó Súilleabháin (1998)
- "Celtic Solstice" by Paul Winter