| ALBUMS |
Ttrack
listing;
1. Empyrean Dawn
2. Children of Time
3. Strength
4. Wind Off The Lake
5. Factory Of Magnificent Souls
6. Sky Maps
7. No Fear in Love
8. Wind, Water & Fire - Wind
9. Wind, Water & Fire - Water
10. Wind, Water & Fire - Fire
11. Fragment (Of a Fiery Sun)
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The Circling Hour
The
long awaited follow up to 'Open Sky' 
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1
Woven Cord
2 Wave after wave
3 Open Sky
4 Castlerigg
5 A million Stars
6 Light Reflected
7 Hinba
8 Songs of Ascent (Part 1)
9 Songs of Ascent (Part 2)
10 Songs of Ascent (Part 3)
11 Friendship's Door
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Open
Sky -
2000
Label: Authentic Media
Cat No. 1901772
"...It
must be said Miss Hogg always did have a near mystical
voice and
in both Bainbridge and Troy they have two musicians who know
how to produce soundscapes, big, vast spaces which fill
with melody
and passion. If there's anything that Open Sky plugs into it's
that feeling of endless horizon and a certain mood of
longing. Donockley's own near classical solo album of last
year
held a
similar atmosphere and here it's expanded with slices of exuberant
pipe reeling like Castlerigg, or the plaintive harp of
guest Billy
Jackson as well as Joanne's hymnal vocal that sweeps all before
it in eternal waves. In fact the core of the album is
a theme
which tries to reconsile, the natural, spiritual and actual,
no small task, but producer Bainbridge along with the
assured hands
of Calum Malcolm and Nigel Palmer have a fair stab. All told
if you've not been near Iona for a time, this is a good
one to open
a new account with."
Simon
Jones - Froots Magazine Dec 2000
"Open
Sky.. shows that the band are not afraid to stretch out further
and add new dimensions to the band's sound...if anything, the
band are moving towards ever more ambitious pieces that are more
challenging and rewarding for the listener... deeply moving..thought
provoking synth atmosperes that just make your spine tingle...Iona's
new music is totally uplifting and open sky is undoubtely their
best yet."
New
Horizions (http://www.elrose.demon.co.uk/
CD_Reviews/) May 2000 |
1
Bi-se I Mo Shuil - Part 1
2 Irish Day
3 Wisdom
4 Everything Changes
5 Inside my Heart
6 Encircling
7 Journey into the Morn
8 Murlough Bay
9 Burning Like Fire
10 Lindisfarne
11 No Heart Beats
12 The Search
13 Divine Presence
14 Heaven’s Bright Sun
15 Bi-se I Mo Shuil - Part 2
16 When I Survey
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Journey
into the Morn -
1995 Label: Authentic Media.
Cat No. ALD 050
"Nobody should miss this journey into the wonderful Morning of
Mornings." Bottomline Magazine (Holland), December 1995
"I'm
no Christian, but then again I'm not a pagan either ... Iona are
good ... the album washes over you, encircling you in it's beauty,
pulling you ever closer to it's core ... " Silhobbit Magazine,
December 1995
"
undoubtedly Iona's most ambitious and visionary album ... the
effect is at times stunning, as huge ethereal soundscapes ...
rise up from the hi-fi speakers ... a beautiful album." Cross
Rhythms Magazine, October/November 1995
"... a remarkable, brilliantly conceived collection of songs ...
the ebb and flow of the recording shows a compositional integrity
and scope hardly found in popular music." Shout! Magazine (USA),
May 1996.
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| Iona's
first three album releases (below) are now available
again as single album releases on the Open Sky label. All feature
beautiful
new artwork by Chris Sands and all have been re-mastered, adding
greatly to the clarity of the original releases. In addition,
Iona
- Iona's self titled first album has had 8 of its 12 tracks reworked
and remixed by Dave Bainbridge - with additional instrumentation
added to the original multitrack tapes. |
1
Prayer on the Mountain
2 Treasure
3 Brendan’s Voyage (Navigatio)
4 Edge of the World
5 Today
6 View of the Islands
7 Bird of Heaven
8 Murlough Bay
9 Burning Like Fire
10 Adrift
11 Beachy Head
12 Machrie Moor
13 Healing
14 Brendan’s Return
15 Beyond These Shores
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Beyond
These Shores
-1993
Label: Open Sky Records
Cat No. OPENVP1CD
"Their music seems to draw from the collective memories of an
entire race of people - "Beyond These Shores" is all that and
more. It is a modern day masterpiece." Billboard (USA), February
1994
"If
you like seriously melodic, emotional, powerful music then you
must have this album ... simply stunning" Wondrous Stories, January
1994
"...
very much for lovers of good high quality music that doesn't pander
to fashion..." Feedback Magazine, March 1994
"A
rock band full of imagination ... a band which is continuing to
grow day by day." Marquee Magazine (Japan), September 1994
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1
Kells Opening Theme
2 Revelation
3 Matthew - The Man
4 Chi-Rho
5 Mark - The Lion
6 The River Flows
7 Luke - The Calf
8 Virgin and Child
9 Temptation
10 The Arrest - Gethsemane
11 Trinity - The Godhead
12 John - The Eagle
13 Kells
14 Eternity - No Beginning, No End
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The
Book of Kells -
1992
Label: Open Sky Records
Cat No. OPENVP2CD
"...
72 minutes of stunning music, quite unlike anything else you're
likely to hear anytime soon." CCM Magazine, October 1992
"Book
of Kells touches something elemental, resonating as few albums
can. Allow it to touch you as well." CCM Magazine (USA), November
1992
"Finally,
the most evocative release of all ... Iona's ethereal 'Book of
Kells' ... unbelievable." Billboard (USA), December 1992
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1
Turning Tide
2 Flight of the Wild Goose
3 The Island
4 White Sands
5 Dancing on the Wall
6 A’mhachair
7 Vision of Naran
8 Beijing
9 Iona
10 Trilogy
11 Here I Stand
12 Columcille
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IONA
- the debut album May 1990
Label:
Open Sky Records
Cat No. OPENVP3CD
An
outstanding fusion of folk/rock/jazz - those who enjoyed Van Morrison's
performances with the Chieftans will love it." Southern Cross
(Australia), June 1991 "Iona has created some of the most dramatically
different music on today's music scene ... elements of classical
rock mixed with modern ethnic experimentations ... such as Clannad
and Peter Gabriel." White Throne Magazine (USA), 1991 "The music
on Iona's debut album is as refreshing as the moors of their namesake
Scottish isle." CCM Magazine (USA), 1991.
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