Crossing the Bridge

Eileen Ivers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 9, 1999)
• Original Release Date: February 9, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000I0VX
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,082 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Gravelwalk

2. Jama

3. Bygone Days

4. Whiskey & Sangria

5. Crossing the Bridge

6. Nearer My God to Thee

7. Bunch of Keys

8. March up Fifth

9. Polka. Com

10. Islanders

11. Crowley's/Jackson's

12. Dear Irish Boy

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eileen Ivers Best Record By Far!, December 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Crossing the Bridge (Audio CD)

Crossing the Bridge is an incredible record. Not only is Eileen, who I happen to think is one of the very best fiddlers in the world, at her best ever, but each track is arranged and produced to an amazing level of artistic and emotional intensity.Each cut is unique and they're all great, but my favorites are the Afro-Celtic 'Jama',the Spanish-Celtic 'Whiskey and Sangria', and the incredibly beautiful 'Bygone Days'.I don't know why I wasn't aware of this CD earlier,but I noticed that on this site,this album is not listed with the rest of her discography.This is a shame because 'Crossing the Bridge' is by far Eileen Ivers best CD and she's made some great albums in the past.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SHE CAN CROSS ANY BRIDGE, March 21, 2001

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Harry Reinhart (Chicagoland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crossing the Bridge (Audio CD)

This is a HOT album!In this day and and age of communications making the world smaller,Eileen succeeds at doing this with music.She takes us to a lot of places,but she doesn't leave her Irish roots.They still shine thru.She starts out smokin' right away with 'Gravelwalk',and builds it to a nice intense climax at the end.This girl can rock!Like on her other CD's,her choice of textures and colors is superb.The title tune is a Monster!It's like taking a boat ride from Ireland to New York.Eileen plays over that slick 'bounce' groove,and then she has Lew Soloff come in on the bridge with muted trumpet over a fat bed of chords. VERY COOL!Her African and Latin influenced songs are great and she still plays those jigs as effortlessly as ever.Sweet soul always comes out when playing the Irish folk ballads.They are haunting.And last but not least,this girl can play over CHANGES!Eileen truely does cross the bridge on this album.Hope she keeps doing so. Love it!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars brilliant, April 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Crossing the Bridge (Audio CD)

Eclectic Irish-American musician extraordinaire makes compelling music again on this, her first studio effort since touring endlessly with Riverdance. Only drawback is that, by being signed to Sony Classical, she may not get pop crossover push she deserves; confusion can definitely ensue in minds of consumers and biz types alike: this effort is not listed in Amazon's pop offerings of hers, you have to enter the classical side to check it out.