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What’s the difference between a fiddle and a violin? In the hands of connecting her American, Irish traditional, jazz, blues, and
a celebrated guest soloist with over 50 Symphony Orchestras, who world roots.
also shreds electric fiddle through fuzz, wah and looping effects … Eileen’s most recent CD, Beyond the Bog Road and its
who is called “the future of the Celtic Fiddle” by the Washington extensively researched sixteen-page liner notes focus on the
Post, and “the Jimi Hendrix of the violin” by the New York Times …
influences of the Celtic tradition on Roots music (bluegrass,
who is Bronx born, yet the 9-time All-Ireland Fiddle Champion,
French-Canadian, Cajun, Appalachian, Americana) and how
what’s the difference? Nothing, in the hands of Eileen Ivers. the music journeyed on to become a fundamental ingredient
Grammy®-Awarded and Emmy-nominated, Eileen Ivers, continues of the American country music tradition. Irish Music Magazine
to push the fiddling tradition boundaries from a folk music staple to called it “a triumph …a musical Magnus-Opus” and the album
a fiercely fresh, powerfully beautiful, intensely driving world stage reached number one on the Alt-Country Roots Music Chart.
experience. Eileen has performed with Sting, ‘Fiddlers 3’ with Nadja Eileen’s new, energetic, joyous and passionate band, Universal
Salerno-Sonnenberg and Regina Carter, Patti Smith, Al Di Meola, Roots, connect music, cultures, stories and emotions that tie
and The Chieftains. She was the groundbreaking Musical Star of us together …celebrating the fact that we are more alike than
Riverdance, a founding member of Cherish the Ladies, a former dissimilar. Music truly is the universal language. The
member of the Hall & Oates band, a featured instrumentalist on ensemble, with a broad array of instrumentation, features
soundtracks including “Gangs of New York” and "Back to Titanic” Matt Mancuso (lead vocals, guitar, trumpet, fiddle), Buddy
and she is one of the most awarded All-Ireland Fiddle and Banjo Connolly (button accordion, whistles, piano, vocals), Lindsey
champions ever. Eileen has been proclaimed “a national treasure” by Horner (upright and electric bass, baritone sax, vocals), Dave
NCTA Board Chairman George Holt as she celebrates her 30 plus Barckow (lead vocals, percussion, guitar), together with Eileen
year career as a performer, composer, producer, songwriter, band on fiddle, mandolin, banjo, bodhran, and live looping.
leader, educator, multi-instrumentalist and renowned pioneer in

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