About ME
A Life Re-Imagined
A lawyer by trade, I woke up one morning convinced that music was also a critical part of my life. I come from an unbroken line of fiddle players stretching back to the 1840s. I played as a hobby but had learnt by ear and had no music education. I attended a three week course in Bulgaria. Within three weeks, I had composed for and recorded with a full orchestra. After, that, wild horses couldn't hold me back. I composed and recorded my debut album, Amergin Fire during lockdown. I was truly thrilled by its critical reception.
REVIEWS
- "Some critics have likened Ciara's work to that of Sean O Riada and yes.. she now occupies that cultural redoubt. Amergin Fire has a sweep and grandeur transcending our listeining to another plane altogether"
Sean Laffey Irish Music Magazine
- As much a vision as an album,.....reverential of the land and culture from which it is drawn. ..the album's heart is 'The Song Of Amergin, the song with which the first Celts are said to have stilled the storms on the Irish coast, allowing them to settle in their new home....The choral voices here and throughout edge towards the hymnal, ......for those whose souls are suitably attuned, the music may reveal visions.
Oz Hardwick R’n’R Magazine
- If you enjoyed Shaun Davey's Brendan Voyage, Máire Breatnach's Branohm or Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin's Between Worlds, then you may well like this recording of Irish-classical crossover compositions.
Alex Monaghan www,folkworld.eu
- Amergin Fire is Ciara’s debut album and a remarkable announcement of her talents it proves to be!
Dai Jeffries
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Amergin Fire
€12.00
Music of spirit and soul, balm for a weary heart
Pure passion, pure joy, pure grit and pure inspiration
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