Memorial Hall, UNC Campus—Born in New York to Irish immigrants, Eileen Ivers strengthens the ties between Irish and American music with her fiddling. She connects the Irish reel "Bunch of Keys" with its Appalachian descendent, "Paddy on the Turnpike," for instance. Ivers also introduces music from the immigrant neighborhoods of her childhood Bronx into the equation, with the influences of African drumming on "Afro Jig" and flamenco guitar on "Whiskey Sangria." Having toured with Riverdance and helped to found Cherish the Ladies, Ivers knows how to put on a high-energy show. For Beyond the Bog Road, button accordion, flute, guitar and drums feed off the dancers on stage in a juxtaposition of Irish and American culture. Ivers' earthy, lilting fiddle holds it all together with clear and breathless virtuosity. The fusion is a reminder that everyone's a little Irish on St. Patrick's Day. Pay $10–$75 for the 7:30 p.m. performance. See www.carolinaperformingarts.com. —Andrew Ritchey