Ciaran Dorris - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Not only an acclaimed singer-songwriter, but also a fine interpreter of song, Ciaran Dorris moved to Glasgow from his native Belfast in 1988, after several years carving out a name for himself on the Ulster folk scene, including a support slot to Eric Bogle at the Belfast Folk Festival. Success in Scotland soon followed when Ciaran began working with Kentucky-born fiddler Kate Kramer in 1992, a relationship which spawned the band Arran Bede whose album 'The Gossamer Mansion' was released on the KRL label in 1994. His time with Arran Bede earned Ciaran many plaudits from the likes of Billy Connolly, The Herald's Rob Adams and the Glasgow Evening Times. Also during this period, he was a regional finalist in the TDK International Songwriting Competition. Since Arran Bede broke up in 1995, Ciaran has spent many years doing concerts thoughout the British Isles for the Council For Music In Hospitals, and has also toured extensively with Perthshire-based singer Heather Innes. The duo of Ciaran and Heather was invited to join the 'Britfolk' contingent to the North American Folk Alliance conference in 2002, and their much lauded album 'Waiting For The Calm' (2004) was described by Irish Music magazine as 'An aural feast...one of the most invigorating collections of folk songs issued this year'. Ciaran's debut solo album of mostly self-penned material, 'Chasing Dreams Down A Dirt Road', is now available (www.ciarandorris.com and www.cdbaby.com) and has been hailed as 'a fine, literate collection' by Sarah McQuaid in the Irish Evening Herald.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/29/2006
Band Website: ciarandorris.com
Band Members: Solo artist. CD available from www.ciarandorris.com and www.cdbaby.com'Stunning' - Billy Connolly
'A sensitive original' - Rob Adams, the Herald
'Tugs at the heartstrings with his emotionally charged singing' - Glasgow Evening Times
'A powerful voice and an accomplished guitarist, with some exquisite moments of string plucking' - Evening Echo, Ireland

Influences: Joni Mitchell, Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Dar Williams, Nanci Griffith, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen, Martyn Joseph, Mike Silver, Patty Griffin, Eliza Gilkyson, Emmylou Harris, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, John Denver, Iris Dement, Maddy Prior, June Tabor, Benny Andersson

Sounds Like: Dar Williams, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Simon and Garfunkel, Joan Baez, John Denver, Brian Kennedy
Record Label: Penthouse Records.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

CELTIC MUSIC RADIO- DJ DORRIS !!!

Hey guys, A new radio station has been launched in the Glasgow area on 1530 AM. Celtic Music Radio will broadcast around the clock playing the best in Celtic/Folk/Roots music. It can also b...
Posted by Ciaran Dorris on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:38:00 PST

THE EMIGRANT’S DREAM

I've finally gotten around to start putting down the basic acoustic tracks for the next album. Just me and guitar really at this stage.I've posted one of them as a preview. Just a rough demo of a new ...
Posted by Ciaran Dorris on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:39:00 PST

SONGWRITER/ALBUM OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2007

A big, BIG thankyou to all of you who voted for me in the recent NCB awards for songwriter and album of the year- I got 2nd and 4th places respectively !!! Considering I was only outpolled by th...
Posted by Ciaran Dorris on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:48:00 PST

ALBUM REVIEWS

Album Review of Chasing Dreams Down A Dirt Road ( Irish Evening Herald) A Belfast native who's been based in Glasgow since 1988, Ciaran Dorris has recorded previously with the band Arran Bede an...
Posted by Ciaran Dorris on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:20:00 PST

RADIO AIRPLAY

'Chasing Dreams Down a Dirt Road' has been picking up quite a bit of airplay recently. I haven't been able to promote it as much as I would have liked due to an ongoing family crisis, but early feedba...
Posted by Ciaran Dorris on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:52:00 PST

CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERT ADOPTS CIARAN'S SONG- FREE DOWNLOAD

Top climate change expert Mark Lynas has decided to 'adopt' my song 'Halcyon Highway' as the theme song for his best-selling book 'High Tide'. I'm delighted about this as it was Mark's book which...
Posted by Ciaran Dorris on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 07:45:00 PST