Iona
Iona
Genres: celtic, Progressive rock, folk rock, christian, post-rock
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About Iona
Named for an island off Scotland's western coast, the group Iona was formed in the late '80s by vocalist Joanne Hogg and multi-instrumentalists David Fitzgerald and Dave Bainbridge. They are contemporaries of fellow Celtic artists Enya and Clannad; however, Iona's works are also influenced heavily by jazz-fusion, prog-rock and ancient Christian themes. For Iona's 1990 debut album, the band added: drummer Terl Bryant, bassist Nick Beggs (former bassist of Kajagoogoo) and several studio musicians -- Fiona Davidson (Celtic harp), Peter Whitfield (strings), Troy Donockley (Uillean pipes) and Frank Van Essen (tuned percussion). The self-titled album received very little press, even in their home country, though a Dutch network compiled a documentary based on Iona, the band and the island. Two years later, Iona returned with "Book of Kells", and the album was praised by North American critics as well as those of the British Isles. David Fitzgerald left in 1992 to pursue a degree in music and, as a result, Iona lost much of its jazz influences by the following year's Beyond These Shores. The group made up for Fitzgerald's absence, however, by inviting Robert Fripp to guest on the album. Both albums also featured former Kajagoogoo bassist/stickist Nick Beggs. A contract with England's Alliance Music led to "Journey into the Morn"; the album was released in 1996 in the U.S. and Canada, and was listed among the top five folk albums in Q Magazine's Year End Review. "Heaven's Bright Sun", a live album, came the following year, then "Woven Cord" in 2000, and "Open Sky" in 2001. Their latest release, new to 2007, is called "The Circling Hour". iona has been a Leipzig, Germany based postrock-band from 2005-2010 that now reemerges as The Yuki Rush. https://ionanoise.bandcamp.com/album/a-noise There is also a Romanian experimental / hip hop band who also go by the name "Iona",
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Iona — Top 30 songs of 54
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iona | Cantece Crestine Pentru Copii | ||
| Iona | Live Heaven's Bright Sun (1997) | ||
| Iona | Let Your Glory Fall | ||
| Iona | Irish Day | ||
| Iona | Inside My Heart | ||
| Iona | Reels, from the 1997 album `Heaven's Bright Sun` | ||
| Iona | The Mermaid's Song / Seoladj na nGamhna | ||
| Iona | Wellington's Advance / A Ei D'ir 'Deryn Du? / Nyth y Gog / The Tarbolton | ||
| Iona | Matthew | ||
| Iona | Wind Off The Lake | ||
| Iona | Divine Presence | ||
| Iona | Machrie Moor | ||
| Iona | Songs Of Ascent (Part 3) | ||
| Iona | The Ancient Wells | ||
| Iona | Hinba | ||
| Iona | Castlerigg | ||
| Iona | Marigold | ||
| Iona | Wind off the Lake | ||
| Iona | Revelation [21pk] | ||
| Iona | Castlerigg, from the 2001 album `Open Sky` | ||
| Iona | Trinity | ||
| Iona | Empyrean Dawn | ||
| Iona | A Million Stars | ||
| Iona | Flight of the Wild Goose | ||
| Iona | Bi-Se I Mo Shuil, Part 1 [21ph] | ||
| Iona | Another Realm, Part III (Edited) | ||
| Iona | Snowdonia | ||
| Iona | Murlough Bay | ||
| Iona | Ruach | ||
| Iona | Today |