Songs for Luca is an eclectic collection of various Celtic music

Celtic music

Celtic music is a term utilised by artists, record companies, music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic people of Western Europe...

 and progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 music and gathered together on one album by Dave Bainbridge

Dave Bainbridge

Dave Bainbridge is a keyboard player and guitarist who with Dave Fitzgerald co-founded the Christian progressive and Celtic folk themed band Iona.-Biography:...

 the Guitarist and keyboard player and founder member of Iona

Iona (band)

Iona is the name of a progressive Celtic rock band from the United Kingdom, which was formed in the late 1980s by lead vocalist Joanne Hogg and multi-instrumentalists David Fitzgerald and Dave Bainbridge....

. Released in 2003.

It is effectively a charity records with proceeds going to support the Bainbridge's young autistic son "Luca". The artists contributing come from all corners of the Christian, progressive and celtic music scenes.

Contributors

• David Fitzgerald
  Dave Fitzgerald
  Dave Fitzgerald is a woodwind player who plays saxophones , flutes, whistles and clarinet. With Dave Bainbridge he co-founded the influential Christian progressive and Celtic folk themed band Iona...
  
  
• Eden's Bridge
  Eden's Bridge
  Eden's Bridge is a Christian band whose style covers elements of Celtic folk, pop, and rock.Eden's Bridge came into existence in 1993, born from a number of musical sessions by siblings, Sarah and Richard Lacy...
  
  
• Troy Donockley
  Troy Donockley
  Troy Donockley is an English composer and multi-instrumentalist most known for his playing of uillean pipes.- Early life and career :...
  
  
• Dave Bainbridge
  Dave Bainbridge
  Dave Bainbridge is a keyboard player and guitarist who with Dave Fitzgerald co-founded the Christian progressive and Celtic folk themed band Iona.-Biography:...
  
  
• Peter Fairclough Group
• Joanne Hogg
  Joanne Hogg
  Joanne Hogg is an Irish singer and songwriter for the band Iona.-Biography:Hogg was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland and is best known as the lead singer and songwriter with the Christian progressive Celtic/pop/rock band Iona . Her father is a Presbyterian minister, her mother a nurse; her...
  
  
• Nick Beggs
  Nick Beggs
  Nick Beggs is a British musician, noted for playing the bass guitar and the Chapman Stick; he is a member of Kajagoogoo and formerly Iona and Ellis, Beggs, & Howard.-Personal life:...
  
  
• Mae McKenna
• Frank Van Essen
  Frank Van Essen
  Frank van Essen is a drummer and violinist who plays in celtic folk themed band Iona.-Biography:Born in The Netherlands in 1967 and from a musical family. He took up drumming at the age of 15. Married with Marlou.-Musical career:...
  
  
• Iona
  Iona (band)
  Iona is the name of a progressive Celtic rock band from the United Kingdom, which was formed in the late 1980s by lead vocalist Joanne Hogg and multi-instrumentalists David Fitzgerald and Dave Bainbridge....
  
  
• Jeff Johnson
  Jeff Johnson (musician)
  Jeff Johnson is a musician residing in Camano Island, WA. Stemming from a progressive-rock background, he works within a contemporary artistic-Christian framework, and precedes much of the New Age music to which much of his music would later be compared. He has made collaborations with various...
  
  
• Debbie Bainbridge
• Karnataka
  Karnataka (band)
  The Welsh progressive rock band Karnataka were formed in 1997 by founding members Ian Jones , Rachel Jones and Jonathan Edwards...
  
  
• Rick Wakeman
  Rick Wakeman
  Richard Christopher Wakeman is an English keyboard player, composer and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes...
  
  
• Terl Bryant
  Terl Bryant
  Terl Bryant is a drummer and percussionist who has worked with a wide range of artists and contributed to many top flight recordings to much critical acclaim...
  
  
• Julie Tippetts
• Adrian Snell
  Adrian Snell
  Adrian Snell is an English pianist, keyboard player, singer and composer.-Biography:Classically trained at the Leeds College of Music and with a music diploma to his name , Adrian's musical career spans twenty-five years. During this time he has produced six major concept works and thirteen solo...
  
  
• Maíre Brennan
  Moya Brennan
  Moya Brennan, born Máire Ní Bhraonáin , also known as Máire Brennan , is an Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist who began performing professionally in 1970, when her family formed the band Clannad, and is now widely considered as the "First Lady of Celtic Music"...
  
  
• Gentle Giant
  Gentle Giant
  Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band was known for the complexity and sophistication of its music and for the varied musical skills of its members. All of the band members, except the first two drummers, were multi-instrumentalists...
  
  
• Dave Bainbridge
  Dave Bainbridge
  Dave Bainbridge is a keyboard player and guitarist who with Dave Fitzgerald co-founded the Christian progressive and Celtic folk themed band Iona.-Biography:...
  
  /David Fitzgerald
  Dave Fitzgerald
  Dave Fitzgerald is a woodwind player who plays saxophones , flutes, whistles and clarinet. With Dave Bainbridge he co-founded the influential Christian progressive and Celtic folk themed band Iona...
  
  

Track listing

Disc 1 - Total Time 61:10

1. "Columba Aspexit" – 4:28 (by David Fitzgerald)
2. "Open Sea" – 6:52 (by Eden's Bridge)
3. "Sights" – 3:13 (by Troy Donockley)
4. "In The Wake Of Colmcille" – 4:57 (by Dave Bainbridge)
5. "Shepherd Wheel" – 7:23 (Peter Fairclough Group)
6. "King's Prayer" – 3:52 (The Flower Kings)
7. "Brightest And Best" – 3:52 (by Joanne Hogg)
8. "For Luca" – 2:28 (by Nick Beggs)
9. "Whistlin'" – 2:53 (by Mae McKenna)
10. "Ester" – 5:12 (by Frank Van Essen)
11. "Beijing" - The Widescreen Remix – 5:17 (by Iona)
12. "I'll Look For You" – 6:06 (Jeff Johnson)
13. "Starlit Garden" – 1:55 (by Debbie Bainbridge)

Disc 2 - Total Time 71:53

1. After The Rain – 7:46 (by Karnataka)
2. Morning Has Broken – 3:12 (by Rick Wakeman)
3. My Song Is Love Unknown – 4:50 (by Terl Bryant)
4. Labyrinth – 7:50 (by Frank Van Essen)
5. Lament – 4:18 (by Julie Tippetts)
6. Man-Live In Tokyo – 11:55 (by Iona)
7. Like Father Like Son – 5:39 (by Adrian Snell)
8. Misty Eyes Adventures – 5:34 (by Maíre Brennan)
9. Forever In My Heart – 3:15 (by Nick Beggs)
10. Aspirations – 4:57 (by Gentle Giant)
11. Ca' The Ewes – 5:50 (by Mae McKenna)
12. Open My Eyes - Reprise (live Norwich Cathedral) – 3:44 (by Dave Bainbridge/David Fitzgerald)
13. Bright Flame – 3:10 (by Debbie Bainbridge)

Release details

• 2003, UK, Open Sky Records OPENVP999CD, Release Date 27 October 2003, CD