Eileen Ivers & The Brigideens @ Pittsburgh Irish Festival

The Pittsbrugh Irish Festival runs from Sep 11-13 Eileen Ivers & The Brigideens will be performing Saturday & Sunday. Please refer to the festival's website for the entertainment schedule. THE BRIGIDEENS, the new acoustic powerhouse fiery female band, formed and led by Grammy awarded, Emmy-nominated Eileen Ivers, features critically acclaimed musicians and vocalists from the Celtic and Americana traditions: Caitlin Maloney (vocals), Hilary Hawke (banjo, bass, vocals), Anna Colliton (bodhran, percussion), Colin Forhan (guitar, banjo, vocals). The group highlights the power and beauty of acoustic roots music - "soaring vocals and equally stellar playing, you don’t want to miss... the crowd went wild for them!" as Presenter, Carol Noonan of Stone Mountain Arts Center exclaimed. Eileen Ivers will change the way you think of the violin. Grammy-winning and Emmy-nominated, renowned career as a performer, composer, producer, songwriter, band leader, educator, multi-instrumentalist and revered pioneer in connecting her American, Irish traditional, jazz, blues, and world roots. Recent News • Grand Ole Opry debut to multiple standing ovations • Performs for President Biden in Ireland • Authors critically acclaimed children’s book winning Family Choice Award • Appointed to Iona University’s Board of Trustees • Releases “Scatter the Light” album Eileen Ivers continues to push traditional fiddling boundaries from a folk music staple to a fiercely fresh, powerfully beautiful, intensely driving world stage experience. In a career that has spanned 30 plus years, Ivers has performed and/or toured with such diverse artists as Sting, Patti Smith, Al Di Meola, Hall and Oates and The Chieftains. She has guest starred with the London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, over 60 symphony orchestras to date, and was the groundbreaking musical star of Riverdance, a featured instrumentalist on Back to Titanic and film soundtracks including Gangs of New York. She is a 9-time All-Ireland fiddle cha