Eileen Ivers: Beyond the Bog Road

“The Jimi Hendrix of the violin” The New York Times

Eileen Ivers will change the way you think about the violin. Grammy awarded, Emmy nominated, the original Musical Star of Riverdance, Nine Time All-Ireland Fiddle Champion, founding member of Cherish the Ladies, movie soundtracks including Gangs of New York, performed for Presidents and Royalty worldwide…this is a short list of accomplishments, headliners, tours, and affiliations. Fiddler Eileen Ivers has established herself as the pre-eminent exponent of the Irish fiddle in the world today.

Eileen created Beyond the Bog Road, a multimedia concert of music, story, dance and film to celebrate the journey of the Irish immigrant and to showcase how Irish music and dance have integrated with various roots music of North America to create one of the richest cross fertilizations of folk music styles in the world. This is a celebration of the immigrant’s journey, the story of the Irish immigrant’s impact on American and America’s impact on the Irish immigrant.