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...

Our first full day in Aberlady started poorly; we woke up to the wonderful sounds of ‘rain on a tin roof’, but it was not quite what we...

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

Taken on: 10th September 2024. Location: ///enable.heavy.sleepy Description: A Jigsaw puzzle picture, Cardiff Campsite The story behind...

So Iona is off on her travels again, our fifth outing this year. We are heading to Kinross to see our third gig of the year and, in early...

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...

Taken on: 21st March 2025. Location: ///narrating.cunning.embraced Description: A fence made out of old skis, The Pine Martin Bar,...

Here at Iona Cali, we photograph many of the fantastic places we visit and each trip documents the places we go, and the things we see....

During the week that saw us attend a gig at the Drygate in Glasgow, our choice this week has been an easy one. The support act on the...

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...

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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...