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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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  • 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

    January 2012

  • Beolyloszlagus

    absolutely amazing band

    November 2011

  • sillygirlNL

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

    October 2011

  • Jonzo67

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

    October 2011

  • TheOnlyPhoenix

    Another Realm is pretty incredible

    September 2011

  • Jonzo67

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

    May 2011

  • gujjumetalhead

    love your music

    May 2011

  • 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.

    April 2010
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IONA JUNE 2011 UK GIGS COMING UP!!

26 May 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/ionauk

Hi all,hope you can make it to one of the forthcoming Iona gigs. The Holland gigs in April and the May UK gigs were fantastic! Details below - but keep updated on what we're doing at …

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