Woven Cord is a live progressive rock album by Iona with the All Souls Orchestra, released in 1999. It was recorded on 29 May 1999 at the Royal Festival Hall in London, when Iona joined with the All Souls Orchestra for a unique collaboration to celebrate the band's tenth anniversary. Additional recording was made at Visions of Albion, Yorkshire, in July and August 1999. The engineers were Nigel Palmer and Matt Parkin.

Woven Cord
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1999
RecordedRoyal Festival Hall, London on 29 May 1999
GenreProgressive rock, Celtic rock, Christian rock
Length78:08
LabelAlliance
Open Sky Records re-release 2005
ProducerDave Bainbridge
Iona with All Souls Orchestra chronology
Heaven's Bright Sun
(1997)
Woven Cord
(1999)
Open Sky
(2000)

Personnel edit

Band edit

Additional musicians and special guests edit

Track listing edit

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 edit

  • 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