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 Northern Ireland folk scene including support 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 [Glasgow] Herald’s Rob Adams and [Glasgow] Evening Times.
Since Arran Bede disbanded in 1995, Ciaran has spent many years doing concerts throughout Britain for the Council for Music in Hospitals. Ciaran also toured 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 2004 CD album ‘Waiting for The Calm’ was described by Irish Music magazine as ‘an aural feast…’
Ciaran’s debut solo album, ‘Chasing Dreams Down a Dirt Road’ was released in the summer of 2007 and can be obtained from his website at: www.ciarandorris.com
Ciaran is pleased to announce that his new CD album ‘Home’ will launch with a party on Friday 1 October 2010 at St. Andrew’s in the Square, 1 St Andrew’s Square, Glasgow at 8.00pm.
Ciaran can be heard on Celtic Music Radio with his ‘Sunday Session’ 5.00-7.00pm (local time).
