Iona 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 1990. This was the debut album from this group which progressed throughout occasional live appearances and an occasional appearance on record. The recording process moved from place to place making good use of a number of studio facilities, including: *Studio 3, Leeds – (Engineer Steve Lea, Assisted by Rob Price) *Wildlife Studio, Ipswich – (Engineer Nigel Palmer) *The Field, Derbyshire – (Engineer Neil Costello) *Square One, Lancashire – (Engineer Steve Boyce-Buckley, Second Engineer Cliff Hewitt) *Cavalier Studio, Stockport – (Engineer John Harrison) 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.

Personnel

Iona *

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, 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, Tambourine * Dave Fitzgerald – Saxophones, Flute, Piccolo, Chinese Flutes, Flageolet, Recorder, Irish whistle Additional musicians *

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 * Tim Hines – Percussion *

Tim Harries Tim Harries (born 1959) is a British bass player, who has played with various folk rock and jazz bands in his career. Biography Harries studied music at the University of York, graduating in 1981 before going on to study double bass with Tom ...

– Electric Bass, Double Bass *

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 * Peter Whitfield – Violin, Viola * Ian Thomas – Voice on ''Columcille''

Release history

* 1990, UK, What Records WHAR 1266, Release Date ? June 1990, LP * 1990, UK, What Records WHAD 1266, Release Date ? June 1990, CD * 1990, UK, What Records WHAC 1266, Release Date ? June 1990, Cassette * 1990, US, Forefront Records FFD-2700, Release Date ? June 1990, CD * 2003, UK, Open Sky Records OPENVP1CD, Release Date 3 November 2003, CD

References

{{Authority control Iona (band) albums 1990 debut albums