Peter Doran

Next month I hit the road for a 19 day tour of Holland and Belgium. I will be travelling with my trusty musical side-kick Brian Murphy (Lap Steel, Electric Guitar, all round hilarity). Flights and transport are booked and the set is shaping up nicely!

I haven’t been playing live a lot recently, so I’m absolutely bursting to get out on the road again.

Here’s a list of confirmed dates so far:

May 17: Xinix, Nieuwendijk (NL)
May 25: Wine Cellar, Antwerp (BE)
May 26: Wine Cellar, Antwerp (BE)
May 27: O’Fiach’s Irish Pub, Mechelen (BE)
May 31: Theater De Kooiaap, Oude Leije (NL)
June 1: Red Shoe Festival, Nijmegen (NL)
June 1: Vestrock Festival, Hulst. (NL)
June 3: Theater Zwijnshoofd, Bergen op Zoom (NL)
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More dates TBC soon, keep an eye on the Tour Page.
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“Overhead the Stars” is receiving some great press in Benelux too:

“Ik zal hem zeker ook meenemen naar ‘For The Record’. Mooi spul.” (Leo Blokhuis)

I will take it with me to ‘For the Record’. Good stuff.

“…zou Doran muzikaal het best omschreven kunnen worden als een kruising tussen … Ryan Adams en David Gray. Vooral zijn stemgeluid doet aan laatstgenoemde denken.” (Podiuminfo, 26 maart 2013)

Doran can be described as Ryan Adams meets David Gray. Especially his voice reminds of Gray.

“Op zijn derde album Overhead the Stars staan meerdere juweeltjes die de luisteraar snel in de armen zal sluiten” (8weekly, 18 maart 2013)

His third album contains jewels that will be embraced by the listeners.

“Overhead The Stars is zonder meer een fraaie cd…..zijn talent staat buiten kijf.” (Heaven 2-2013)

OTS is a beautiful cd, no doubt about his talent.

“Noteert u alvast maar dat deze Peter Doran een artiest is met een grote toekomst, en gegarandeerd een blijver in het muzikale landschap van dit decennium zal worden.” (Rootstime.be, feb. 2013)

Note that Peter Doran has a great future and will stay in the musical landscape of this decade

“Op Overhead The Stars is geen enkele grootspraak te bekennen, Doran blijft volmaakt nuchter en dat mogen we van harte respecteren.”(Written in Music, 8 maart 2013)

OTS is a down to earth album. We will respect that.

“Overhead The Stars staat dan ook vol met fijne liedjes, die veel meer de kant op gaan van pop dan van man-met-gitaar-en-zing-over-je-kutleven.” (File Under, 9 maart 2013)

Lots of nice songs on OTS. More pop songs than man-with-guitar-sings-about-live-that-sucks-songs.

“Het regent singersongwriters de laatste tijd en het is de kunst de goeie er uit te pikken. Peter Doran hoort beslist in dat rijtje goeien thuis.” (Arts en Auto)

Lots of songer songwriters these days. Trick is to pick out the good stuff. Peter Doran definitely belongs to that category.

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I’m happy to report that I have a number of new songs coming through.
Some pretty much finished, others still gestating. Here’s one that I’m kicking around at the moment



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Filmed during the recording sessions for “Overhead the Stars”. Peter talks about the musicians who made up the band for the new record.

Recorded in a very pretty Antique shop in Dublin town. So much fun. Enjoy!
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Download/Discover the new album below:

The album is availble below as a name-your-price Download.
There is also standard & Deluxe Physical CDs availabale.

REVIEWS:

“…eclectic batch of songs that mingles folk, alt-country and sonic rock in one heady mixture. Opener ‘Perfumed Letter’ channels Jeff Buckley’s ‘Grace’ with great aplomb. ‘Julia’ and ‘Kicking and Screaming’ showcase a voice located somewhere on the spectrum between David Gray and Ray Lamontagne”

- Shane Leahy, MusicReviewUnsigned.com

“Mullingar’s Peter Doran has been around for a while. His third album Ovehead The Stars marks a change of direction as it’s much more a full band affair than his previous two offerings. Recorded at the famed Grouse Lodge in his native Co. Westmeath, it boasts a big budget sound. The songs, meanwhile, vary in texture and approach, from the mid-tempo pop of ‘Perfumed Letter’ to the plaintive, chiming ‘Julia’ via full blown rocker ‘Out Of Here’. Doran’s appealing voice, which can hit an impressively high register, lies between Damien Rice and Glen Hansard. His songwriting approach is not dissimilar either. With ‘Falling Trees’, the album’s memorable closer, a particular highlight, this is an impressive outing”

- Colm O’Hare, Hotpress Magazine, Ireland.

“this album is not only enjoyable but thought-provoking. These days it is rare to come across an album or Album you can easily listen to from start to finish. With thousands of songs available on one device it takes a special set of songs to keep a listener interested for the entirety of a record and that is exactly what ‘Overhead The Stars’ does. It’s a beautiful, varied, incredibly written and artistic collection of songs.”

- Claire Kane, Golden Plec Blog.