WELCOME TO THE WEBSITE OF IONTACH!
Iontach is a word from the Irish language meaning not only wonderful, but also strange… Luckily press reviews at home and abroad have used the former when describing the music of this German and Irish trio!
Iontach was formed by renowned musicians Siobhán Kennedy, Angelika Berns and Jens Kommnick in 2003. The colourful mixture of emotional harmony singing together with fine arrangements of lively dance music and lyrical melodies has become their trademark. The wide range of instruments they play includes flute, fiddle, uilleann pipes, whistles, concertina, guitar, bouzouki, cello, keyboard and bodhrán. This coupled with their warm, open and humorous stage presentation has resulted in Iontach being one of the most sought after Irish traditional bands in the German scene.
The group has enjoyed successful tours and concerts throughout Germany, and in France and Switzerland. The largest German folk publication “Folker” chose Iontach’s first CD “The Half Gate” as CD of the month, and it was thus nominated for Folker CD of the year. Other enthusiastic press reviews from Dirty Linen (USA), fRoots (GBR), Irish Music Magazine (IRL), Irish Times (IRL) and Hot Press (IRL) followed.
2007 has seen Iontach’s music spread further a field, not only have they recorded their second CD “Jiggin’ It”, but have also acquired a distributor, CD Baby (www.cdbaby.com) in Portland, Oregon, USA. In addition to this, tracks may also be purchased from Apple’s iTunes Store.