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Blackmore's Night
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United Kingdom (1997 – present)
Blackmore’s Night is a Renaissance-inspired medieval folk rock band led by UK guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (electric and acoustic guitars) and Candice Night (lyricist and lead vocals).
The origins of the band lie in 1990 when Candice was working at a local New York rock music radio station, and as part of her work first encountered Ritchie (now ex-Deep Purple/Rainbow guitarist), then with Deep Purple, at a soccer game he was playing in. The two became romantically entwined and discovered that they shared a passionate interest in the Renaissance.
After leaving Deep Purple in 1993 and recording an album as Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow called Stranger in Us All in 1995, on which Candice contributed backing vocals, Ritchie became interested in the idea of bringing Renaissance music to a contemporary audience. The effervescent personality of Candice and her singing talent made her the natural choice as “frontman”. In 1997 the pair were ready to launch the band, the name being a pun of their own names, and which would consist of themselves plus session musicians.
Debut album Shadow of the Moon was an instant success, most notably in Europe. In subsequent albums, particularly Fires at Midnight, there was an increased incorporation of rock guitar into the music, whilst maintaining a folk rock direction. Over time, Candice has increasingly participated instrumentally as well as singing the vocals, and is competent in a wide variety of Renaissance instruments.
The origins of the band lie in 1990 when Candice was working at a local New York rock music radio station, and as part of her work first encountered Ritchie (now ex-Deep Purple/Rainbow guitarist), then with Deep Purple, at a soccer game he was playing in. The two became romantically entwined and discovered that they shared a passionate interest in the Renaissance.
After leaving Deep Purple in 1993 and recording an album as Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow called Stranger in Us All in 1995, on which Candice contributed backing vocals, Ritchie became interested in the idea of bringing Renaissance music to a contemporary audience. The effervescent personality of Candice and her singing talent made her the natural choice as “frontman”. In 1997 the pair were ready to launch the band, the name being a pun of their own names, and which would consist of themselves plus session musicians.
Debut album Shadow of the Moon was an instant success, most notably in Europe. In subsequent albums, particularly Fires at Midnight, there was an increased incorporation of rock guitar into the music, whilst maintaining a folk rock direction. Over time, Candice has increasingly participated instrumentally as well as singing the vocals, and is competent in a wide variety of Renaissance instruments.
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I Still Remember
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Fires at Midnight
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Home Again
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Diamonds and Rust
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Loreley
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Again Someday
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Locked Within The Crystal Ball
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Gilded Cage
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Shoutbox
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Capivara182 wrote:
Ritchie, come back to Rainbow, for the love of GOD!
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piccola_abyss wrote:
i love you! :P
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shalotka wrote:
ORLY? *v*
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rogervaz wrote:
Shalotka, they are much more then celtic
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shalotka wrote:
not celtic
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ReSval wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/Heroldsbeichte Folk/Folk rock artist, 5 songs free download!
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rogervaz wrote:
Great project!!!!! I love!
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rock-girly wrote:
tolles lied
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werasdas wrote:
Hey , not one of the most beautiful, only MOST amazing female voice!
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MetalMeid wrote:
first time listening to this... she has one of the most beautiful voices ever!!
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jfweber wrote:
oh swell, we land here and suddenly there's a wind "event", which turns into a rain "event" And somehow we wound up w/ more water than the whole state got in the last century. ( that is only a bit exaggerated ) this storm has dumped nearly 20 inches of rain in this area! Nobody needs that much rain! Sorry I'm just tired from all the work on the Ark, as well as the effort to get things organized in that binary state. you know the males don't want to do that , they think they should be able to come and ... uhm, uh better stop there, I hear thunder and trumpets ( no not strumpets jeaze!)
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Stopko_0 wrote:
nice folk)
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Pretty_Emo wrote:
Great Music!!!
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GothEngel wrote:
i really know what you mean and I really didn't mean that they make real medieval music...I only wanted to say that it is inspired in the songs of the medieval times and renaissance, that's all. If you listen to medieval inspired music...I am a broadcaster of a medieval radio in germany. if you want know more ask me :) greetz
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SirAlecHendrix wrote:
@GothEngel: thanks for your response. sorry, i should have made this clear : i'm not used to comment on artists i didn't listen to carefully before mentioning anything. i'm a lover of early music, so when i was poking around i found blackmore's night's artists page and was disappointed of what i got to hear. i'm not saying they don't make good music, it's just not what it promises. i'm willing to believe that they are inspired by medieval and renaissance music. mozart was inspired by bach. does this mean he composed BAROQUE music? IMHO : most people don't know what medieval or renaissance music is at all and what the difference is between both eras. otherwise they wouldn't repetitively tag BN's music with both all the time and confuse them. it's just a marketing label that sticks with them ... for the rest of their life. you might call music "medieval" or "pink". it's just a word. hope you get my point :-)
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GothEngel wrote:
have you ever listened? many songs are inspired in medieval and renaissance Music...
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crashe wrote:
To ImpleMan: Very nice music. I like it..
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ImpleMan wrote:
ипануца музло
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SirAlecHendrix wrote:
so, blackmore's night plays medieval and renaissance music ? who is trying to kid me on a huge scale ?? :-)
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lerry wrote:
On the contrary, I need to say that their new album is great! "Locked Within the Crystal Ball" is definitely a hit. "Toast to Tomorrow" is a nice remix of the well-known Russian song. "Can't Help Falling in Love" is... very interesting; it sounds unusual, but still OK.
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- Sep 2 Blackmore's Night Philharmonie, Essen, Germany
- Sep 3 Blackmore's Night Theater am AEGI, Hannover, Germany
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- xero_35, vasyathriller, MagrithSunrider and 2 other people added Blackmore's Night to their libraries. 3 hours ago
- OrazioGnerre connected Blackmore's Night to the group Folk, the future of music. 11 hours ago
- foggy_night, derrte, Steevi81 and 2 other people added Blackmore's Night to their libraries. 12 hours ago
- LoreleiPogue tagged Blackmore's Night with ‘favourites’ and ‘celtic’. yesterday morning
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- picdidi tagged Blackmore's Night with ‘medieval’. yesterday afternoon
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- Medard_ tagged Blackmore's Night with ‘folk’ and ‘medieval’. Friday morning
- thorondil added Blackmore's Night to thorondil’s library. Thursday evening
- jeremystep, KerplunkGirl and Qosko tagged Blackmore's Night with ‘renaissance’. Thursday evening
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