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The River Flows (4 CD Boxset Anthology) Released August 2002

4 cds and full colour 60 page booklet. Containing the now deleted first three albums: IONA, The Book of Kells, and Beyond these Shores - all three albums re-mastered and a number of tracks re-mixed especially for this release.

CD 4 contains new and previously unreleased material including IONA's soundtrack from the BBC nature programme "Snowdonia Realm of the Ravens" (remixed and extended). Jigs, reels and Hearthquake (new version) plus other unreleased material.

Open Sky - 2000 Label: Alliance Music Ltd
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 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

Woven Cord - Recorded at the Royal Festival Hall, London in May 1999, accompanied by the All Souls Orchestra. New arrangements of pieces from previous albums plus two new tracks.

Once again we feel that at 78 minutes 16 seconds (only 7 seconds shorter than 'Journey into the Morn') this represents great value for money. As with 'Heaven's Bright Sun' we have opted to do the environmentally friendly thing of having the sleeves printed on recycled paper.

1 Overture : specially written for the event by Troy
2 Bi-Se I Mo Shuil - Pt 1
3 Man : updated and lengthened reworking of Matthew - the Man
4 White Sands
5 Murlough Bay
6 Dancing on the Wall 1999
7 Encircling
8 Lindisfarne
9 Revelation
10 Woven Cord
11 Beyond These Shores : featuring Frank on violin

Heaven's Bright Sun: 1997 (Label: Alliance Music)

"Where competitors like Clannad or Enya have recently been bathing in lukewarm new-age sounds, Terl Bryant and Phil Barker are braiding a strong rhythm net ... 18 superb tracks ..." Keyboards Magazine (Germany), November 1997

"The powerful freshness of the moment ... with vivacity and the gratifying atmosphere between the shuddering feelings one gets reading Edgar Allen Poe and the shiny clearness of a dewdrop. " Sticks Magazine (Germany), January 1998

1 Turning Tide 2 Treasure 3 Flight of the Wild Goose 4 Today 5 Irish Day 6 Luke 7 Inside My Heart 8 Trilogy 9 I Will Give my Love an Apple 10 The Island 11 Iona 12 Columcille 13 Heaven’s Bright Sun 14 Chi-Rho 15 Bi-se I Mo Shuil (part 2) 16 Kells Theme 17 Reels 18 When I Survey

Journey into the Morn - 1995 Label: Alliance Music
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." South! Magazine (USA), May 1996

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

Beyond These Shores -1993 Label: Word UK (What Records) Cat No. WHAD 1300

"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

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

The Book of Kells - 1992 Label: Word UK (What Records) Cat No. WHAD 1287

"... 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

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

IONA - the debut album May 1990 Label: Word UK (What Records) Cat No. WHAD 1266

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.

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