Woven Cord is a live progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 album by Iona

Iona (band)

Iona is the name of a progressive Celtic rock band from the United Kingdom, which was formed in the late 1980s by lead vocalist Joanne Hogg and multi-instrumentalists David Fitzgerald and Dave Bainbridge....

 with All Souls Orchestra. Released in 1999, it was recorded on 29 May 1999 at the Royal Festival Hall

Royal Festival Hall

The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,900-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge. It is a Grade I listed building - the first post-war building to become so protected...

 in London. Iona

Iona (band)

Iona is the name of a progressive Celtic rock band from the United Kingdom, which was formed in the late 1980s by lead vocalist Joanne Hogg and multi-instrumentalists David Fitzgerald and Dave Bainbridge....

 joined forces with the All Souls Orchestra for a unique collaboration to celebrate the band's tenth anniversary.

Recording was at the

• Royal Festival Hall
  Royal Festival Hall
  The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,900-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge. It is a Grade I listed building - the first post-war building to become so protected...
  
   in London - (Engineer Nigel Palmer & Matt Parkin)

addition recording

• Visions of Albion, Yorkshire, July & August 1999

Band

• Joanne Hogg
  Joanne Hogg
  Joanne Hogg is an Irish singer and songwriter for the band Iona.-Biography:Hogg was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland and is best known as the lead singer and songwriter with the Christian progressive Celtic/pop/rock band Iona . Her father is a Presbyterian minister, her mother a nurse; her...
  
   - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards
• Dave Bainbridge
  Dave Bainbridge
  Dave Bainbridge is a keyboard player and guitarist who with Dave Fitzgerald co-founded the Christian progressive and Celtic folk themed band Iona.-Biography:...
  
   - Guitars, Keyboards, Bouzouki
• Phil Barker - Bass
• Frank Van Essen
  Frank Van Essen
  Frank van Essen is a drummer and violinist who plays in celtic folk themed band Iona.-Biography:Born in The Netherlands in 1967 and from a musical family. He took up drumming at the age of 15. Married with Marlou.-Musical career:...
  
   - Drums, Percussion, Violin
• Troy Donockley
  Troy Donockley
  Troy Donockley is an English composer and multi-instrumentalist most known for his playing of uillean pipes.- Early life and career :...
  
   - Uillean Pipes, Whistles, Cittern, Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals

Additional Musicians and Special Guests

• Nick Beggs
  Nick Beggs
  Nick Beggs is a British musician, noted for playing the bass guitar and the Chapman Stick; he is a member of Kajagoogoo and formerly Iona and Ellis, Beggs, & Howard.-Personal life:...
  
   - Chapman Stick (on Man / Revelation)
• Tim Harries
  Tim Harries
  Tim Harries is a British bass player.Harries studied music at the University of York, graduating in 1981 before going on to study Double Bass with Tom Martin at the Guildhall School of Music...
  
   - Double Bass
• Marlou Van Essen - Backing Vocals (on Lindisfarne, Dancing On The Wall, Revelation)
• All Souls Orchestra - Orchestral Instruments
• Noel Tredinnick - Conductor, Arranger

Track listing

Disc 1 - Total Time 78:08

1. "Overture" – 5:01
2. "Bi"-Se I Mo Shuil Pt. 1 – 2:33
3. "Matthew" - The Man – 13:01
4. "White Sands" – 4:15
5. "Murlough Bay" – 4:17
6. "Dancing On The Wall" – 5:27
7. "Encircling" – 12:24
8. "Lindisfarne" – 7:52
9. "Revelation" – 7:00
10. "Woven Cord" – 9:25
11. "Beyond These Shores" – 6:53

Release Details

• 1999, UK, Alliance Records ALD 1901802, Release Date ? October 1999, CD
• 1999, USA, Forefront Records FFD-5246, Release Date ? October 1999, CD
• 2005, UK, Open Sky Records OPENVP6CD, Release Date 20 June 2005, CD