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album by Iona with the All Souls Orchestra, released in 1999. It was recorded on 29 May 1999 at the Royal Festival Hall in

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, when Iona joined with the All Souls Orchestra for a unique collaboration to celebrate the band's tenth anniversary. Additional recording was made at Visions of Albion, Yorkshire, in July and August 1999. The engineers were Nigel Palmer and Matt Parkin.

Personnel

Band

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 P ...

- 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, keyboards,

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- bass guitar *

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.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 ...

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, whistles,

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, guitars, keyboards, vocals

Additional musicians and special guests

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 (on "Man" and "Revelation") *

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 ...

- double bass * Marlou Van Essen - backing vocals (on "Lindisfarne", "Dancing On The Wall", "Revelation") * All Souls Orchestra - orchestral instruments * Noel Tredinnick - conductor, arranger

Track listing

Disc 1 - total time 78:08 #"Overture" – 5:01 #"Bi"-Se I Mo Shuil Pt. 1 – 2:33 #"Matthew" - The Man – 13:01 #"White Sands" – 4:15 #"Murlough Bay" – 4:17 #"Dancing on the Wall" – 5:27 #"Encircling" – 12:24 #"Lindisfarne" – 7:52 #"Revelation" – 7:00 #"Woven Cord" – 9:25 #"Beyond These Shores" – 6:53

Release details

*1999, UK, Alliance Records ALD 1901802, release date ? October 1999, CD *1999, USA, Forefront Records FFD-5246, release date ? October 1999, CD *2005, UK, Open Sky Records OPENVP6CD, release date 20 June 2005, CD {{Authority control Iona (band) albums 1999 albums