Eileen Ivers was natural around Just released York City of Irish-born parents in 13 July 1965, but grew higher in the Bronx, NY. She spent summers around Irel& and took higher a violin at a age of nine. Her teacher was Irish fiddler Martin Mulvihill (professional people may call for out supplementary just about him & hear him swimming the tune at his boy's places on this button: http://www.brendanmulvihill.com). She toured sustaining Mick Moloney's band "The Green Fields of America", founded inside 1977. The additional complete bio may be witnessed in her site, following.

Cherish The Ladies

Eileen became A instauration member of Cherish The Ladies. Her greatest fame come whenever she toured sustaining "Riverdance" within 1995, ingesting solos in stage. Her blue electrical violin is for sure eye-attention-getting, & higher-until-at present the 1-of-the-variety instrument sustaining unique healthy & ambience, when which her album "Wild Blue" was known as. It was custom-custom for her by ZETA Music (world health organization is producing an "Eileen Ivers Signature Series" Blue Electric Violin exactly rather hers).

Micheál Ó Súilleabháin is an Irish composer world health organization utilizes folk, authoritative & jazz influences. Eileen has recorded by having him on the television series "River of Sound" & in his album "Becoming" (1998).

Eclecticism

Eileen periodically seems to deliberately placed intent on offend purists. Her solo albums mix jazz, blues, African, East European, Swing & Up to date Age. There are overwhelming synthesisers & outre drums utilized, based on data from her critics, for there is no better cause than it can be utilized. "Wild Blue" utilizes hidebound Seamus Egan & African percussionist Kimati Dinizulu.

Note: The recently writer doesnorth't concur by using many of the above contentions, & would add of these; viz., that there exists likewise the Rock 'n' Roll influence - Eileen's been in comparison the petty version of Jimi Hendrix! (We thought We'd got an original observation, on this button, however late encountered that A Up to date York Days & others got beat maine to that...)

I personally've met Eileen, & saw her together twice. She doesn't placed intent on offend (Celtic) purists - she upright doesn't give a damn! :) There was non one keyboard present - the just form of synthesizer was a ZETA footbox MIDI Controller Eileen utilized for her 'Jimi Hendrixier' fiddle results, & it weren't 'overwhelming'. There were there are no 'eccentric drums' - simply the standard drum placed-higher, two or three congos, & traditional Irish Drums. A drums utilized are non utilized gratuitously - a music she creates would only non exist as a equivalent while forgoing the children. A overall sense of the concert case is eclectic Celtic Globe Beat. (& might We add that inside Twenty-one years of summertime outdoor concerts at this venue, numbers of population commented that hers was far & away a better indicate ever false there.)

Eileen's website

http://www.eileenivers.com

Includes tour dates, bios in Eileen & her bandmates world health organization comprise Immigrant Soul, pics, etc. When of 7/1/05, even so, a band member's bios requisite updating - Adriathere are no Santos & Emanuel Gatewood come no yearn in the band (or even at least weren't present at a concert this writer saw in 6/12/2005), & there's ton text is no bio however in their freshly member, bass guitar player Bakithi Kumalo from either South Africa - that you could locate retired all about him here: http://www.music.org.za/artist.asp?id=93

All the members of Immigrant Soul keep around telling credentials.

Discography

'solo' (patently using more musicians)

- Eileen Ivers - Traditional Irish Music (1994) - Uncivilized Blue (1996) - Then Far (1979 - 1995) (1995) - Crossing A Bridge (1999) - Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul (2003)

a few recordings by using Cherish a Ladies

when session musician

- on the album "Tears Of Stone" on the song "The Fiddling Ladies" per Chieftains (1999) - "Becoming" by Micheál Ó Súilleabháin (1998)