Item Description
Eileen Ivers' recording credits include over 100 contemporary and traditional albums and numerous movie scores. She's been called a "sensation" by Billboard Magazine and the "Jimi Hendrix of the violin" by The New York Times. The daughter of Irish immigrants, Ivers has been deeply rooted in traditional Irish music since the age of eight. Her latest CD, An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas, features traditional carols, holiday favorites, and dance tunes that were lovingly passed down through the generations.
Product Details
- Artist: Eileen Ivers
- Publisher: Compass Records
- Product Group: Music
- Manufacturer: Compass Records
- Binding: Audio CD
- Item Dimensions:
- Weight: 16
- Package Dimensions:
- Dimensions: 560L x 500W x 30H
- Weight: 15
- List Price: $17.98
- UPC: 766397446721
- ASIN: B000X6GE3I
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An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas
2010-01-21
Reviewer: S. Teisher
Loved it! We saw them live and had to have their CD. The CD is great and it was delivered in time for us to enjoy before Christmas!
Depends what you're looking for
2007-12-30
Reviewer: Tom Knapp
Eileen Ivers, one of the most innovative fiddlers to come out of the Irish-American music scene in a long while, wanted to create a Christmas gift of an album, one that suggests the sort of friends-and-family gatherings she remembers from her childhood and from stories of her parents' lives in Ireland. This recording suits that aim perfectly, evoking the mood of a group of friends taking turns offering up a song or tune at a casual Christmas party.
But I was expecting a fiddler's album, and I very much wanted to hear Ivers put her very unique stamp on a selection of holiday tunes. You don't get that here; on most tracks, her fiddle is just a background accent, skipping merrily along behind the voices of various guest singers (including, most notably, Susan McKeown on "Don Oiche Ud I mBeithill/One Night in Bethlehem").
The singing is fine, and it all falls together as a pleasant CD for the season. But for the fiddle fanatic who, like myself, is expecting Ivers at her musical best, you'll have to settle instead for a whole lot of fiddle harmonies that only hint at the possibilities.
by Tom Knapp, Rambles.(net) editor
Fiddle yes, Singing no...
2007-12-05
Reviewer: M. Davis
I love Elieen Ivers, but I was turned off by the vocal selections. They're just not up to par with her spectacular and innovative fiddling. There's no reason to pair her amazing talent with the lackluster singing and vocal arrangements. Still a good album, but I wish it was all Eileen and her fiddle.
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2007-12-02
Reviewer: Consummate Shopper
Just FYI this CD is available on her website. It's a lot less expensive too. :)