Kris has worked on a wide array of different projects, quickly moving from traditional pub sessions to the gigging circuit, to playing large tours of the United States and Chile with dance show Celtic Fusion.

After leaving Celtic Fusion, Kris began working with Fine Friday, and also worked as a session musician for a variety of artists including the Battlefield Band, John McCusker, Cathie Ryan, Harem Scarem, Clare McLaughlin and his father, folk singer Ivan. Since then, Kris has toured much of Europe, Canada and Australia with Fine Friday and many other outfits. He has also toured Canada with trumpeter and fiddler Daniel Lapp and England, Ireland and Wales with folk superstar Kate Rusby. Kris also performs with Eamonn Coyne and plays in the John McCusker band and Session A9.

Kris? debut solo album, ?Black Water? (Reveal Records), was released in Oct 2006 to critical acclaim and is produced by and features John McCusker, with friends Kate Rusby, Donald Shaw, Andy Seward, Andy Cutting, Roddy Woomble, and Eddi Reader.