Eileen Ivers @ Kentucky Center
Thursday, March 10

Bomhard Theater, Kentucky Center
501 W. Main St. • 584-7777
www.eileenivers.com
$25-$30; 8 p.m.

Born in Ireland but raised in the Bronx, Celtic fiddler Eileen Ivers makes yet another return to Louisville on Thursday, towing along her band, Immigrant Soul, for a celebration of Celtic culture infused with American flash. Ivers’ decades-long career has no apparent valleys, only a series of peaks: The original musical star of “Riverdance” helped score Martin Scorsese’s 2003 film “Gangs of New York,” while taking home a Grammy and sharing stages with Sting, Hall & Oates and Patti Smith. In between, Ivers found time to produce “Beyond the Bog Road,” a multimedia examination of how traditional Irish and Celtic music enhanced American folk music. A former math student at Iona College, Ivers’ deep résumé is eclipsed only by her dexterous powers on the fiddle; she now has her own signature line of instruments. —Mat Herron