Eileen Ivers will change the way you think of the violin. In a career that has spanned more than 40 years, Grammy-winning and Emmy-nominated, Eileen Ivers continues to push traditional fiddling boundaries from a folk music staple to an intensely driving, powerfully beautiful world stage experience. Eileen\u2019s band, Universal Roots, connects music, cultures, stories and emotions that tie us together \u2026celebrating the fact that we are more similar than different. Music truly is the universal language.<\/p>\n
She’s been called a “sensation” by Billboard Magazine<\/strong>, “the Jimi Hendrix of the violin,” by The New York Times<\/strong>, \u201cthe future of the Celtic fiddle\u201d by The Washington Post<\/strong>, and \u201ca virtuoso\u201d by The Irish Times<\/strong>.<\/p>\n