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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 medicaine 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.
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)