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Time Machine​/​The Auld Country​/​Back to the Hills

from Signature by IONA

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Clearly, we are fond of unusual time signatures, one of the reasons for the name of our album. IONA's fiddler, James K. Queen, inspired by our enthusiasm, composed this 3-part suite in 15/8, 12/8 and 4/4 to describe the time and continental travels of a bluegrass fiddler from Appalachia. The first tune evokes the complexities of a Time Machine the fiddler stumbles across "somewhere, possibly North Carolina", according to Jim; the second is a strathspey, The Auld Country, referring to Scotland, that inspires the fiddler to return to his own time and country and finally let rip with Back to the Hills, which Jim calls a "reel rondo" in which the central theme is repeated multiple times.

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from Signature, released December 1, 2017

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IONA Washington, D.C.

IONA has been taking its unique brand of traditional Celtic music to festivals, arts centers, schools & house concerts all over North America and Europe since 1986, blending music from the various Celtic traditions with stories and a little humor - Barbara Ryan (vocals, bouzouki, bodhran), Bernard Argent (flute, doumbek), Chuck Lawhorn (bass), Jim Queen (fiddle, banjo) & Kathleen Larrick (dance). ... more

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