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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.
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.
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Xylvanya wrote:
If you like the music of IONA maybe it´s possilbe you like XYLVANYA: "Regenbogen", "Imperial Crowen" „Climbing“ or „Ex-Mannequin“ or „Horizont (III) or "Gewitter-Regen" or "Erinnerungen an meinen Vater" or "Trust (Piano-Version)" or "Norwegen" or "Retrospective view" and many more.....(all songs free download) . Thank you for listening, support or feedback! Peace, Xylvanya
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Beolyloszlagus wrote:
absolutely amazing band
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sillygirlNL wrote:
Who turned the CAPS on? It's ugly...
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Jonzo67 wrote:
It's a good album, possibly their strongest since Beyond These Shores and Journey Into the Morn
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TheOnlyPhoenix wrote:
Another Realm is pretty incredible
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Jonzo67 wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Iona%20Band%20Appreciation%20Society
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gujjumetalhead wrote:
love your music
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MacDoff wrote:
Fantastic, one-of-a-kind band. Great musicians. A pity Troy left the band, hopefully they will replace him with another great uilleann pipe/low whistle player.
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Unkyp wrote:
great band !!!! .........pretty much cult status really , you either know about them or you don't , i was introduced to them by an old work collegue. they should be more well known :(
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lorirocks wrote:
I heard of Iona from a top hits CD I got from Switzerland called "Top Hits 1998" It had the song "Edge of the World" on it... it wasn't until the last couple of years that I realised how awesome that song is. Now I'm buying all their CDs and loving them all.
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Jonzo67 wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iona_(band) - Have a wee look at what band come up :P
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thomasgwarrior wrote:
Iona was awesome back when Steve Burtt Sr. ran the point. Garry Springer was a great player as well.
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Jonzo67 wrote:
The "Celtic Prog" Iona produced some amazing music and were clearly the biggest Iona considering they featured in Q and Mojo magazine, are on the Prog Archives and sold out some pretty big shows at their height.
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Deathriderdoom wrote:
gosh, another page that's been taken over from the original (and chronologically first) metal band. Iona was a NWOBHM band formed in 1980.
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Margo53 wrote:
I will give my love an apple - epic!
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Andereklaas wrote:
The album A Noise isn't from Iona, the celtic rock/pop band, which made A Book of Kells and Journey into the Morn.
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Jonzo67 wrote:
They're still playing gigs? Who's playing the pipes instead of Troy?
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Eruionnyr wrote:
Saw them yesterday in Holland, they still have an awesome sound, and Joannes voice is still wonderful. 20 years and still high skilled music. I love it ^^
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Desertpinguin wrote:
Awesome
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Jonzo67 wrote:
(was referring to the Celtic Iona btw). Journey to the Morn is a brilliant album.
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