Frank Van Essen

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Frank Van Essen

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Musician of Rock, Folk and World

Frank van Essen is a drummer and violinist who plays in Celtic folk themed band Iona. He has been a session and live musician and played with numerous artists including Margaret Becker, Rick Cua, Marcel McArthur, Jessy Dixon, Billy and Sarah Gaines, Joanne Hogg, Susan Ashton, Timothy Boyd, Julie and Buddy Miller, Nina Åström, Adrian Snell, Chris Eaton, Ralph van Manen, Dave Fitzgerald and Barry & Batya Segal. In 1989 van Essen met Iona's Dave Bainbridge who was touring with Adrian Snell's The Passion. In 1990 he joined Iona, but left after recording only one album. Van Essen re-joined the band in the late 90's and has been a member ever since.

Instruments

Violin
Percussion
Drums
Vocals
Keyboards

Genres

Rock
Folk
World
Pop
Children's Music

Plays With

Celestial Fire

Dilemma

Iona

Ronduit Praiseband

Ben Ketting

All Souls Orchestra

Marlou Van Essen

De Oden Van Salomo

Jeugd Met Een Opdracht

Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Sanctum	Frank Van Essen	2018	Album
Immanuël: 15 Nederlandstalige Kerstliederen	Frank Van Essen & Marlou Van Essen	2002	Album

External Links

Home Page

Discogs

iTunes

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.