Throughout the 1990s, Celtic progressive rock band Iona released 4 studio albums and 2 live albums. Woven Cord was their second live album recorded in May of 1999, which contained songs from their earlier albums and a few songs from their upcoming 5th studio album, Open Sky. Iona has a wide variety of sounds, from tender instrumentals to passionate vocals, from pipes to electric guitars, from atmospheric to dance. And the addition of The All Souls Orchestra on this live recording even brings an even bigger sound to their live sound, though their live sound is by no means small even without an orchestra. Iona has continued to make music in the 25 years since this album as well and are one of my favorite bands. Unfortunately, this is one of these albums that I enjoy that is not on streaming services for y'all to listen to, so you'll have to do some searching if you want to listen. You can listen to some of their other albums on streaming, though note that there's at least a few bands using the "Iona" name. Who knows, maybe you can find a used CD of this album somewhere.

Release Year: 1999