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Eileen Ivers (born July 13, 1965) is an American fiddler. ... She toured with Mick Moloney's band The Green Fields of America, founded in 1977.
Since 1985, she has been the central force behind Cherish the Ladies, driving them to international acclaim. The group has been a launchpad for many of the top female musicians in Celtic music, including Eileen Ivers, Winifred Horan of Solas, Cathie Ryan [2] Heidi Talbot, Liz Knowles, Aoife Clancy, and Deirdre Connolly.
In 1992 he joined Susan McKeown's band The Chanting House and appeared on a live album with them. Eileen Ivers was also a member of the band. In 1994 he founded Solas and has been on every one of their albums. In 1995 he recorded music for the quirky low-budget film The Brothers McMullen, directed by Edward Burns.
The critically acclaimed album The Green Fields of America Live in Concert in 1989 subtitled "Irish Music, Song and Dance in America" credited Mick Moloney, Robbie O'Connell, Jimmy Keane (all three members of the famous Moloney, O'Connell & Keane trio) and Eileen Ivers, Séamus Egan, Donny Golden and Eileen Golden.
1984: The Festival format was expanded to include big band music, and later jazz, folk and other types of music in addition to symphonic. 1985 : The Katharine Benchoff Performance Awards were established to recognize outstanding skill and accomplishments by Shenandoah Valley high school students.
As a teenager and young adult, she gained experience playing with her father's band, and with classmate Eileen Ivers. In 1983, at the age of 18, she won the All-Ireland Championship on both the flute and tin whistle, and in 1984 she travelled back to Ireland to compete once again and became the first American to win the Senior All-Ireland ...
It is the final album with Cathie Ryan as the band's singer. Track listing "The Old Favorite/The Flogging Reel/Leave My Way/The Kerryman" – 4:20
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