Home About IONA bio Barnaby Productions About Barnaby Swift Run Concerts Old Brogue Concerts Voice Lessons Bodhran Lessons BarleyBran Stoneware Shows Coming up Where We've Been Recordings Discography Signature Silver Mid-Winter Light Celebration of 20 Branching Out Birken Tree Sound of IONA Nutmeg & Ginger Holding Our Own Back to Our Roots DVD Photos Thumbnails Louisa SmithFoster Wedding Baltimore 09 Longwood 08 Swift Run 06 Potomac Fest 06 Potomac Fest 02 Estes Park NoVA Arts Fest 02 Potomac Fest 00 Press IONA Press Kit Generic Press Release Hi-res Photos Contact us Mail List Booking TechSheet	Holding Our Own This is the fourth IONA recording and the first on CD. Released in 1994, it features the blending of Scottish, Irish, Welsh, Cornish and Breton music which has become IONA's hallmark. Barbara Ryan (vocals, guitar, Bodhran), Bernard Argent (flute, whistles, doumbek), and Diana McFadden (mandolin, cittern, cello) with guest appearances of piper Bob Mitchell (who joined the band three years later), fiddler Elke Baker nd Micah Solomom on Keyboards. Sanple and download "Dedicated to preserving and reinterpreting traditional music of the Celts, Iona's Barbara Ryan, Bernard Argent and Diana McFadden collectively serve as a stepping stone between the past and the present....a winning combination of verve and soulfulness" - Mike Joyce, The Washington Post See also the liner notes and the review by Lyn Ryder Copyright © 2021 Barnaby Productions, Inc.

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