Iona - Circling Hour
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Artist: IonaEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2006-11-06
Music Label: Open Sky UK
Soundtracks:
- Empyrean Dawn
- Children Of Time
- Strength
- Wind Off The Lake
- Factory Of Magnificent Souls
- Sky Maps
- No Fear In Love
- Wind, Water & Fire
- Fragment (Of A Fiery Sun)
Free Music Notes for Circling Hour
Free Music Review: Continual Spiritual Growth
Hit: 5 Stars
One day, somehow I found the 1995 CD from Iona "Journey into the Morn". I instantly feel in love with the Angelic female singing of Joanne Hogg, the fast & clean guitar playing of Dave Bainbridge, & the Celtic Uilleann Pipe & whistles of Troy Donockley. The music was a vast cross breed of progressive rock music in the style of "Yes", "Happy the Man", & "Gentle Giant", with the Irish jigs of "Silly Wizard". Even Robert Fripp of "King Crimson" joined Iona for 2 songs with his "Frippertronics". There is more to Iona's style from folk to jazz roots, yet all added together creates their own unique sound. Afterwards I started collecting almost every recording from the band including their solo recordings. Sadly a few of their recordings are either hard to get or out of print. What really impressed me was the Patristic, Biblical, Celtic Christian spiritual lyrics used to express the love of God, nature, & life. Never did the use of these lyrics become like the commercialize soap one hears on American Christian radio, but their last CD of 5 years ago "Open Sky" had more of a rock beat with an abstract Celtic Mysticism that was made to reach out to a larger audience. When I received this CD I quickly opened & looked at the lyrics to see if they were Patristic or Mystic. The lyrics were more simple than their past efforts, but once I played the music the lyrics became alive & profound. Joanne Hogg chants, speaks, & wispers more than normal this time around yet it works to great effect with the last song "Fragment (of a fiery sun)", which is in the same style of the song "Beyond These Shores" from the CD of the same title. "Fragment (of a fiery sun)" reflects the whole CD which causes you to weep for mankind while praising God:
How wonderful this world of Thine
A fragment of a fiery sun
How lovely and how small
Where all things serve Thy great design
And life's adventure has begun anew
The life of all
Where life's adventure is begun
In Thee the lamb
On this CD the drummer Frank Van Essen reveals his skill on the violin specially on the song "Wind, Water, & Fire-Wind". He is a classical master by making the strings weep which makes me ask the question: "Is he a drummer that plays the violin or a violin player that plays the drums?"
Therefore if you want something progressive with a vast mix of different styles expressing the positive & profound, give this CD a spin.
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