Beyond These Shores is a

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...

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Iona Iona (; gd, Ì Chaluim Chille (IPA: �iːˈxaɫ̪ɯimˈçiʎə, sometimes simply ''Ì''; sco, Iona) is a small island in the Inner Hebrides, off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of Scotland. It is mainly known for Iona Abbey, though there ...

, released in 1993. ''Beyond These Shores'' is largely based on the story of

St. Brendan Brendan of Clonfert (c. AD 484 - c.577), is one of the early Celtic Christianity, Irish monastic saints and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. He is also referred to as Brendan the Navigator, Brendan the Voyager, Brendan the Anchorite, Br ...

's voyage. Brendan and a company of monks sailed from Ireland in a leather and wood boat in the sixth century to 'the promised land' which many believe to be America. This time the majority of the recording was at: *The Cutting Rooms, Manchester - (Engineer Nigel Palmer) with only additional work done at *Moles Studio, Bath *St. Anne's Church, Manchester - (recording of the ''Piano'') The recording was remastered for the 2002 release '' The River Flows: Anthology'' and later re-released on

Open Sky Records Iona was a progressive Celtic rock Christian rock band from the United Kingdom, which was formed in the late 1980s by lead vocalist Joanne Hogg and multi-instrumentalists David Fitzgerald and Dave Bainbridge.Joanne Hogg Joanne Hogg is a Northern Irish musician, best known for her work as the lead singer and songwriter with the Celtic Christian progressive rock and pop band Iona (named after the island Iona). Early life and education Hogg's father is a Presb ...

- Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards *

Dave Bainbridge Dave Bainbridge is an English guitarist and keyboard player who has played with The Strawbs since 2015. With Dave Fitzgerald, Dave co-founded the Christian progressive and Celtic folk themed band Iona. Biography Born in Darlington, Engla ...

- Guitars, Piano, Keyboards *

Nick Beggs Nicholas Beggs (born 15 December 1961Larkin, Colin (1997) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music'', Virgin Books, , p. 270-271) is an English musician, noted for playing the bass guitar and the Chapman Stick; he is a member of the Mute Go ...

- Chapman stick, Bass guitars, Ashbury Bass *

Terl Bryant Terl Bryant is an English musician. His early career saw him working with US singer/songwriter and filmmaker Steve Taylor and later was in the band of Peter Murphy, the lead singer for Bauhaus. During the 90s he went on to join influential fo ...

- Drums, Percussion *

Mike Haughton Mike may refer to: Animals * Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum * Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off * Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and documen ...

- Saxophone, Flute, Whistle, Recorder, Vocals

Additional Musicians and Special Guests

Robert Fripp Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946) is a British musician, songwriter, record producer, and author, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member of the progressive rock band King Crimson. He has worked extensively as a session ...

- Guitars,

Frippertronics Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946) is a British musician, songwriter, record producer, and author, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member of the progressive rock band King Crimson. He has worked extensively as a session ...

Frank Van Essen Iona was a progressive Celtic rock Christian rock band from the United Kingdom, which was formed in the late 1980s by lead vocalist Joanne Hogg and multi-instrumentalists David Fitzgerald and Dave Bainbridge.Peter Whitfield - Violins, Viola *

Troy Donockley Troy Donockley (born 30 May 1964) is an English composer and multi-instrumentalist most known for his playing of Uilleann pipes. Having performed with many artists as a session player, he is most notable as a member of Finnish symphonic metal ba ...

- Uilleann pipes, Low Whistles, E-Bow Guitar * Fiona Davidson - Celtic Harp * Debbie Bainbridge (Dave's wife) - Oboe *''String Ensemble'' **Francis Cummings - Violin **Mansell Morgan - Violin **Richard Williamson - Viola **Anna Frazer - Cello **Christopher Hoyle - Cello **Rebecca Whettan - Cello

Track listing

All track composed by

except where noted *Disc - Total Time – 68:26 #"Prayer on the Mountain" – 2:53 #"Treasure" – 4:26 #"Brendan's Voyage (Navigatio)" – 4:13 #"Edge of the World" – 4:47 #"Today" – 3:14 #"View of the Islands" – 2:30 #"Bird of Heaven" – 9:11 #"Murlough Bay" – 4:11 #"Burning Like Fire" – 4:57 #"Adrift" – 3:48 #"Beachy Head" – 5:46 #"Machrie Moor" (Fiona Davidson) – 4:34 #"Healing" (Davidson) – 4:47 #"Brendan's Return" – 4:16 #"Beyond These Shores" – 4:53

Release details

*1993, UK, What Records WHAR 1300, Release Date ? ? 1993, LP *1993, UK, What Records WHAD 1300, Release Date ? ? 1993, CD *1993, UK, What Records WHAC 1300, Release Date ? ? 1993, Cassette *1993, USA, Forefront Records FFD-3014, Release Date ? ? 1993, CD *2003, UK, Open Sky Records OPENVP3CD, Release Date 3 November 2003, CD {{Authority control Iona (band) albums 1993 albums