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| Vocals by Joanne Hogg were also featured in the role-playing games ] and ]. She sang two songs from each game: ''Star of Tears'' and ''Small Two of Pieces'' from ], and ''Pain'' and ''Kokoro (The Words I Feel)'' from ]. Instrumentals in both games were composed by ], whose first composing project was the classic ] role-playing game ]. | |||
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Joanne Hogg is an British singer and songwriter with the band Iona
Biography
Joanna, was born in Northern Ireland and is best known as the lead singer and songwriter with Christian band Iona. Her father is a Presbyterian minister, her mother a nurse, also three sisters and two brothers. With medicine strong in the family, it was natural for Joanna to train to become a doctor.
Joanna went to Queens University in Belfast to study medicine. In her third year Joanna was singing at the Christian Artists talent event and was snapped up to work for Youth For Christ in Denmark to do school ministry. After a year Joanna returned to the University to complete ther two remaining years.
She started working as a junior doctor in the Belfast Hospital, but in 1988 she was invited to form a band with Dave Fitzgerald and Dave Bainbridge. In 1989, Joanna stopped practicing medicine and Iona was born. Since then, Joanna has sung all over Europe and America. Iona's recordings have become successful worldwide, making them Europe's best selling contemporary Christian band.
A number of members of Iona have recorded solo albums, Joanna now has her own solo project.
Vocals by Joanne Hogg were also featured in the role-playing games ''Xenogears'' and ''Xenosaga''. She sang two songs from each game: Star of Tears and Small Two of Pieces from ''Xenogears'', and Pain and Kokoro (The Words I Feel) from ''Xenosaga''. Instrumentals in both games were composed by Yasunori Mitsuda, whose first composing project was the classic Super NES role-playing game ''Chrono Trigger''.
Discography
Solo
- Looking Into Light - (1999)
- untitled new album - (2006 forthcoming?)
with Iona
see Iona for a list of their recordings
other Collborations
- New Irish Hymns (2002) (with Moya Brennan and Margaret Becker)
- New Irish Hymns 2 (2003) (with Margaret Becker and Kristyn Getty)
- New Irish Hymns 3 Incarnation (2004) (with Margaret Becker and Kristyn Getty)
- New Irish Hymns 4 (2005) (with Margaret Becker and Kristyn Getty)
- Songs for Luca (with other Iona members and various other artists)
- Veil of Gossamer (with Dave Bainbridge)
- Xenogears: Original Soundtrack (with Yasunori Mitsuda)
- Xenosaga: Original Soundtrack (with Yasunori Mitsuda)