Eileen Ivers

Ivers was born in New York City of Irish-born parents, grew up in the Bronx and attended St. Barnabas High School.

She later replaced it with a blue ZETA Strados acoustic-electric fiddle, which is 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).

[citation needed] Ivers has recorded with Micheál Ó Súilleabháin, an Irish composer who uses folk, classical and jazz influences, on the television series River of Sound and on his album Becoming (1998).

[citation needed] She also recorded a traditional air for the soundtrack to the film Gangs of New York, entitled "Lament for Stalker Wallace".