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Brand: IonaPerformer: Iona
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2003-11-04
Music Label: Open Sky UK
Soundtracks:
- Turning Tide
- Flight of the Wild Goose
- The Island
- White Sands
- Dancing on the Wall
- A'mhachair - The Plain
- Vision of Naran
- Beijing
- Iona - Mother of Lindisfarne
- Trilogy
- Here I Stand
- Columcille
Music reviews of Iona
Music Review: Startlingly Good Music
Rating: 5 Stars
This is the debut album of the Celtic Progressive band by the same name. Categorizing or describing this album, like the group itself, is a challenge. Their music, amply demonstrated here, combines a remarkable diversity of genres, including Celtic folk, Jazz, progressive rock, etc. The use of instruments is likewise remarkable, including things like uilleann pipes, synthesizers and violins, all brought together into incredible, stunning harmony. The harmony certainly also includes the lead singer, Joanne Hogg, whose voice ranges from devastatingly powerful to almost transparent, and has an unusually great texture and tone for rock, but without being at all harsh or cold.
The album itself is a masterpiece in its genre. It is unabashedly progressive rock, featuring several long instrumental tracks with soaring guitar riffs, jazz saxophone leads, etc. But it has a compelling, cinematic power. For lack of a more prosaic way of putting it, the music takes you on a sort of epic journey through a story cast in sound. The instrumentation is powerful and etherial, and perfectly complemented by the vocals. In contrast to a lot of rock, the vocals and don't overpower the instruments, instead they all manage to work together to produce a cohesive whole. As is often the case with progressive rock, listening to some 30-second Amazon samples probably won't due the music justice--especially with an album like this. So while it may give a sense of the kinds of instrumentation they use, it probably won't give a good picture of the album itself.
Generally, I'd strongly recommend this album. I might say Iona's second album, Book of Kells is somewhat better, but is quite a bit less accessible. If you're not already a fan of Iona, I'd start with this album, and afterward try Book of Kells.
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Description of Iona
Iona's debut album is permeated with the enthusiasm of their discovery of the rich stream of their Celtic Christian heritage and also with the haunting, timeless atmosphere of the islands of Iona and Lindisfarne, to which their pilgrimage took them. Tracks: 1.Turning tide 2.Flight of the wild goose 3.The island 4.White sands 5.Dancing on the wall 6.A'Machair 7.Vision of Naran 8.Beijing 9.Iona 10.Trilogy 11.Here i stand 12.ColumcilleChristian & Gospel CDs
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