Joanna
Genre: Pop/Rock, Worship
For fans of: Iona, Enya, Clanaad
Label: Forefront Records
Discography
 Looking Into Light (Celtic Hymns) (2000)
With Iona: Woven Cord (2000)
With Iona: Heaven's Bright Sun (1997)
With Iona: Journey Into the Morn (1996)
With Iona: Beyond These Shores (1994)
With Iona: The Book of Kells (1992)
With Iona: Iona (1990)
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Biography (courtesy of Forefront Records)
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Joanna, best known as the ethereal lead singer and songwriter with Europe's most popular Christian band Iona, was born in Northern Ireland. Her father is a Presbyterian minister, her mother was a nurse, and she has three sisters and two brothers. With three doctors and a nurse already in the family, it seemed natural that Joanna was bound for a career in medicine. However, life thrives on the unexpected, and today Joanna, still a member of Iona, is now releasing her first solo album on ForeFront Records, a collection of traditional and contemporary worship songs entitled Looking Into Light (Celtic Hymns).
Joanna went to Queens University in Belfast to study medicine. After her third year, she heard about an organization in Holland called Christian Artists that sparked her interest. Joanna was heard singing at the Christian Artists talent evaluation by a staff worker for Youth For Christ in Denmark who immediately invited her to work with them for a year doing school ministry work. Against all odds, she managed to talk her University into the idea and completed her year with YFC in Denmark. After a year of work, Joanna returned to the University to complete her remaining two years until graduation.
Soon after working as a junior doctor in Belfast Hospital, she was invited to form a band. In 1989, Joanna stopped practicing medicine, Iona was begun, and the band has progressed over the last ten years. In this time, Joanna has sung all over Europe and in America, and Iona's recordings are sold worldwide, making them Europe's best selling contemporary Christian band.
In recent years, a number of members of Iona have recorded solo albums that have reflected other areas of their musical expression, and although it seemed obvious that Joanna should have a solo project, she never felt the need—until now.
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