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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.
Eileen was a founding member of Cherish the Ladies. She recorded and toured with them for several years.
in 1995, she replaced the original fiddler in the Riverdance Irish dance troupe and toured with them.
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


This album was recorded between 1979 and 1995. 
Released after Eileen Ivers became known as the fiddler in Riverdance, So Far: The Collection 1979-1995 is a good summation of her career, containing highlights from her entire career (including a couple of unreleased cuts) and wisely concentrating on her early-'90s records. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Tracklisting:
1. The Kerryman's Daughter/Lord Gordon's 
2. The Orphan/Paul Montague's 
3. The Red-Haired Lass/Paddy O'Brien's/The Scholar 
4. Lorraine's Waltz Sean Coughlan's/Gan Ainm/Sean Coughlan's 
5. The Noisy Curfew/Farewell To Erin 
7. Flowing Tide/Crock Of Gold/Julia Delaney's 
8. Humours Of Ballyloughlin/Knocknagow 
9. Pachelbel's Frolics 
10. On Horseback 
11. The Rights Of Man 
12. Lament For Stalker Wallace 
13. The Harvest