Do you recall a band from the late 70s who released three albums before disbanding and, thereafter, two band members formed another band...

Once again, we find ourselves delving into the musical archives to pick a SotW, and this one dates back to mid-August 1979 when Led...

This week’s song comes from a band that formed back in 1976 and has become known as “Ireland’s first punk band”! They originated in...

This week Jason Wilber provides Iona’s Song of the Week. He is a singer, guitar player, songwriter, and recording artist based in...

We go back to September of 1978 for this week’s song, which, upon hearing it for the first time, BBC Radio One DJ John Peel declared to...

This week’s song is by a country artist (surprise, surprise!) we encountered at the Country Music Festival in Perth, Scotland, in about...

This week’s song was one I nearly choice a few week ago, however, in the pub tonignt, the Am Fuaran Bar waaay out on the north west...

I recently trawled through some of the 500 or so vinyl LPs in my collection, looking for inspiration, and boy, did I find some! Needless...

Unlucky for some, but cool with us, and once again, we’ve trawled through our mental JukeBox to unearth another classic (in our humble...

In 1980, I was a 22-year-old architectural student with long summer months ahead of me and no real plans. So, when a friend of mine told...

If I ever get the chance to choose a song for the Juke Box, this week's choice is a favourite of mine! It was released on November 14,...

As another Song of the Week beckons, I was minded to consider some (perhaps) better-known tunes, as (understandably) not many Iona Cali...

During the 1980s, there was a short-lived and not-too-well-known (at least not here on the West Coast of Scotland) musical genre called...

Song eight of 2025 comes from a London band that began life in 1977 and was formed by the Butler brothers: Vocalist Rochard and Bass...

Given the sad news that Paul Richard Buckler passed on the 17th of February this year, we wanted to pay tribute to him, so Iona’s Song of...

For week number six of 2025, we are heading back twenty-seven years to 1998 when we first encountered a “Madchester” band who were...

During the week that the sixties icon Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull passed on, aged 78, Iona felt it appropriate to pick one of her...

Next up for Iona’s Song of the Week takes us back to June 1979 when a Salford band released their debut album. Their second and final...

Next up for Song of the Week is an 8-minute and 52-second gem from an album that was released 50 years ago on 20 January 1975, and I was...

2025 has arrived, and with it comes a plethera of songs. Some new, some familiar, some old, but, hopefully, all enjoyable! We shall...