Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul to Sizzle at the Met

Mar 18, 2005

For Immediate Release

Contact: Annie Matlow 509-326-3136

Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul to Sizzle at the Met

SPOKANE: Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul, Nine Time All-Ireland Fiddle Champion, London Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony at The Kennedy Center, Boston Pops, musical star of Riverdance, The Chieftains, Hall and Oates, founding member of Cherish the Ladies 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.

She will bring that sizzling Irish fiddle and her band Immigrant Soul to Spokane on Saturday, April 2, at 8 p.m. at the Met.
She's been called a "sensation" by Billboard magazine and "the Jimi Hendrix of the violin" by The New York Times. "She electrifies the crowd with a dazzling show of virtuoso playing" says The Irish Times. Ivers' recording credits include over 80 contemporary and traditional albums and numerous movie scores. Her latest CD, entitled 'Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul' continues to display why Ivers is hailed as one of the great innovators and pioneers in the Celtic and World music genres.
In 1999 Eileen established a touring production to present the music which now encompasses Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul. With this mixture of African and Latin percussion and bass, Irish instrumentalists, and American soulful vocals, she performs at major festivals worldwide and has appeared on national and international television.
The daughter of Irish immigrants, Ivers grew up in the culturally diverse neighborhood of the Bronx, New York. Rooted in Irish traditional music since the age of eight, Eileen proceeded to win nine All-Ireland fiddle championships, a tenth on tenor banjo and over 30 championship medals, making her one of the most awarded persons ever to compete in these prestigious competitions.
Being an Irish-American, the intrigue of learning more about the multicultural sounds of her childhood took hold. After graduating magna cum laude in Mathematics from Iona College and while continuing her post-graduate work in Mathematics, Eileen fully immersed herself in the different genres of music which she experienced growing up in New York. Perhaps it was the mathematical mind coupled with her passion for seeking parallels in certain traditional music styles that contributed to what has become the signature sound featured in much of Eileen's recordings since the late 1980's.
Tickets are $16, $21, $26 and $30. Tickets are available in advance without service charge at the Spokane Symphony ticket office, 818 W. Riverside, Suite 100, or by calling 509-624-1200. Tickets are also available at all TicketsWest outlets or by calling 1-800-325-SEAT or at spokanesympony.org.

This concert is presented by the Spokane Symphony but the Symphony does not play.