History

Per instance Iona freed their 1st self-titled album inside 1990, drummer Terl Bryant, bassist Nick Beggs (formerly a vocalizer of Kajagoogoo), Fiona Davidson on Celtic harp, Peter Whitfield on strings, Troy Donockley on Uillean pipes and percussionist Frank Van Essen had joined the band. A foremost album concentrated mostly on the history of the island of Iona, from which a band had its title.

Iona returned around 1992 with The Book of Kells, a construct album by owning many tracks according to web sites from either the book of the same title. Fitzgerald left the band that season to pursue a degree around music. Beyond These Shores, a band's third album, was freed inside 1993 and included guest musician Robert Fripp. Terl Bryant took all over in drums & percussion for this album when a departure of Frank Van Essen. A album was loosely according to a legendary voyage of St. Brendan to the Americas before Christopher Columbus, but the band did not intend for it to be viewed strictly as a "concept album."

Journeying into a Morning followed inside 1996, a other accessible & rock-oriented album loosely according to a anthem "Be Thou My Vision," which was performed within Gaelic at a beginning of a album & once again touching the prevent. Máire Brennan, lead singer of new age band Clannad, was brought in to help Joanne by owning a Gaelic pronunciation, & she sang backup vocals.

Both survive albums followed in the late 1990s: the double-disc ''Heaven's Brilliantly Sun & Woven Cord,'' which was performed by using a All Souls Orchestra. Terl Bryant departed a b& between these deuce albums, and Frank Van Essen returned to fill a vacant spot, swimming drums likewise when fiddle, which can be heard on the band's 2000 album, Open Sky.

When existence freed from either their U.S. locate ForeFront Records and their U.K. locate Alliance Records, Iona formed Open Sky Records to release material independently. A number 1 newly release on this label was a 2002 box set A Flow of any stream Flows, which featured remastered versions of the class action's 1st 3 albums (which were away from print at a period), likewise as a 4th disc of unreleased tracks & rarities known as Sand dune. Many of a tracks from either the band's foremost album were totally re-recorded for the re-release. A 1st 3 albums keep close at hand since been re-freed on an individual basis, using newly handle art.

the class actiinside use get on hiatus for the better a share of the todays decade however is reportedly working on a newly album to exist as freed in 2005 or 2006.

Current Members

Joanne Hogg - Lead vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar Dave Bainbridge - Lead guitar Troy Donockley - Pipes, whistles, flutes, guitar, and more assorted instruments Frank Van Essen - Drums, percussion, violin Phil Barker - Bass

Discography

Iona (1991)