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Named for an island off Scotland’s western coast, the group Iona was formed in the late ‘ 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.
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  • Orangesquashed

    http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dave-bainbridge-of-iona-s-new-solo-album/x/3022468

    16 Apr 8:12pm Reply

  • Juanesfan09

    Welcome Iona in my Top 50. -:)

    26 Nov 2012 Reply

  • Xylvanya

    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

    13 Jan 2012 Reply

  • Beolyloszlagus

    absolutely amazing band

    16 Nov 2011 Reply

  • sillygirlNL

    Who turned the CAPS on? It's ugly...

    27 Oct 2011 Reply

  • Jonzo67

    It's a good album, possibly their strongest since Beyond These Shores and Journey Into the Morn

    24 Oct 2011 Reply

  • TheOnlyPhoenix

    Another Realm is pretty incredible

    16 Sep 2011 Reply

  • Jonzo67

    http://www.last.fm/group/Iona%20Band%20Appreciation%20Society

    26 May 2011 Reply

  • gujjumetalhead

    love your music

    26 May 2011 Reply

  • MacDoff

    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.

    2 Apr 2010 Reply

  • Unkyp

    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 :(

    10 Mar 2010 Reply

  • lorirocks

    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.

    30 Jan 2010 Reply

  • Jonzo67

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iona_(band) - Have a wee look at what band come up :P

    30 Nov 2009 Reply

  • thomasgwarrior

    Iona was awesome back when Steve Burtt Sr. ran the point. Garry Springer was a great player as well.

    30 Nov 2009 Reply

  • Jonzo67

    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.

    29 Nov 2009 Reply

  • Deathriderdoom

    gosh, another page that's been taken over from the original (and chronologically first) metal band. Iona was a NWOBHM band formed in 1980.

    28 Nov 2009 Reply

  • Margo53

    I will give my love an apple - epic!

    19 Nov 2009 Reply

  • Andereklaas

    The album A Noise isn't from Iona, the celtic rock/pop band, which made A Book of Kells and Journey into the Morn.

    9 Nov 2009 Reply

  • Jonzo67

    They're still playing gigs? Who's playing the pipes instead of Troy?

    29 Oct 2009 Reply

  • Eruionnyr

    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 ^^

    25 Oct 2009 Reply
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