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Blackmore's Night

Group Members:

Candice Night, Ritchie Blackmore

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David Coverdale, Ian Moore, Gregg Alexander, Trapeze, Billy Falcon, Richie Sambora, Free, Gregg Allman

Performed Songs By:

Candice Night, Ritchie Blackmore
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  • Genres: Rock

Biography

Legendary Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (b. April 14, 1945, Weston-super-Mare, England) shifted his musical focus away from hard rock in the late 1990s and started concentrating on his love of Renaissance-era music. He formed Blackmore's Night with his fiancee, vocalist/lyricist Candice Night (b. May 8, 1971, Hauppauge, Long Island, NY), and recruited other musicians from around the world to combine elements of world music, Renaissance, new age, folk, and rock & roll. Blackmore didn't exactly retire his Fender Stratocaster, but he plays acoustic guitar almost exclusively in Blackmore's Night. His acoustic guitar melodies and Night's clear, ethereal voice blend with a host of instruments such as mandolins, keyboards, pennywhistles, violins, tambourines, military drums, and hurdy-gurdies. Blackmore once described the band's sound as "Mike Oldfield meets Enya." Blackmore and Night met in about 1989 when Deep Purple played soccer against employees of a Long Island radio station where she worked. Night, a former model, studied communications at the New York Institute of Technology and had her own radio show. Blackmore and Night discovered they shared a love of Renaissance culture and quickly became a couple. The formation of Blackmore's Night is tied to the efforts of his previous two bands. Blackmore left Deep Purple -- again -- after 1993's musically disappointing The Battle Rages On... album. Blackmore then revived Rainbow -- technically under the original Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow moniker -- with largely unknown musicians for 1995's Stranger in Us All, and Night contributed lyrics for four songs. Blackmore didn't really want to call it a Rainbow project, but record company executives insisted the name recognition would make it easier to market the album. After Stranger in Us All, Blackmore decided to actually record Renaissance-inspired music. He'd loved the style for years, but he never really played it himself. Once he began playing the music at home, Night would casually start singing along. This innocent, informal practice germinated into Blackmore's Night. The debut album, Shadow of the Moon, was released domestically in 1998. Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson contributes flute on "Play Minstrel Play." Under a Violet Moon followed in 1999, and since a full tour was planned Blackmore consciously wrote more upbeat, stage-friendly music. ~ Bret Adams, All Music Guide
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Blackmore's Night

Blackmore's Night live in Heidelberg, Germany 2002
Background information
Origin United Kingdom
United States
Genres Folk rock, Neo-Medieval
Years active 1997 – present
Labels Sony BMG, Pony Canyon, Yamaha Music, SPV, R & C
Associated acts Deep Purple, Rainbow
Website blackmoresnight.com
Members
Ritchie Blackmore
Candice Night
See: Member section for complete list

Blackmore's Night is a Renaissance-inspired folk rock band led by Ritchie Blackmore (electric and acoustic guitar) and Candice Night (lyricist and lead vocals).

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History

Early

The origins of the band lie in 1989 when Candice Night was working at a local New York rock music radio station. She first encountered Ritchie Blackmore, then with Deep Purple, at a football game in which he was playing. The two became romantically involved and discovered that they shared a passionate interest in the Renaissance.

After leaving Deep Purple in 1993 and recording the album Stranger in Us All in 1995, on which Night contributed backing vocals and some of the lyrics, Blackmore became interested in the idea of bringing Renaissance music to a contemporary audience. Night's personality and singing ability made her the natural choice as "frontwoman." 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.

Shadow of the Moon

Their debut album Shadow of the Moon was a success, particularly 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 Night has increasingly participated instrumentally as well as singing the vocals, and is competent in a wide variety of Renaissance instruments.

The group performs at Renaissance fairs and Renaissance Festivals, as well as in stand-alone concert tours in appropriate venues including 'castle tours' of Europe, where they perform in historic surroundings for an audience dressed largely in period costume. The band has been successful enough to inspire a number of international tribute bands including: Renaissance Night and the Italian Morning Star.

They have also performed the music for MagiQuest, a live simulation game located internationally.

2006-Present

In 2006, Candice Night performed a duet with Andi Deris on Helloween's "Light the Universe", which was released as a single in certain countries and is available on their album Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy, released in the same year.

On June 27, 2008, the band released its newest (seventh) album called Secret Voyage, a mix of medieval-sounding tracks and some contemporary ones. In addition to some covers of some traditional folk music (“Locked Within the Crystal Ball" is from the fourteenth century) and some originals, Blackmore’s Night also performed a cover of a Rainbow song (“Rainbow Eyes”) and even an Elvis Presley cover ("Can't Help Falling in Love").

On October 5, 2008, Candice Night and Ritchie Blackmore were married at a Castle on the Hudson after 19 years together. The fourth marriage for the guitarist, Blackmore was quoted to say, "This is the first wedding I've been to where I'm not looking for the exit sign."[1]

Discography

Main article: Blackmore's Night discography

Band members

Former members

  • Sisters of the Moon: Lady Madeline and Lady Nancy (Madeline and Nancy Posner) - backing vocals
  • Lord Marnen of Wolfhurst (Marnen Laibow-Koser) - violin, flute, recorder
  • Chris Devine - violin, flute, guitar
  • Carmine Giglio - keyboards
  • Mike Sorrentino - percussion
  • Sir Robert of Normandie (Robert Curiano) - bass, guitars
  • Tudor Rose (Tina Chancey) - violin, flute
  • Mick Cervino - bassist
  • Marci Geller
  • Adam Forgione
  • Alex Alexander
  • Jessie Haynes - guitars, recorder & backing vocals [www.jessiehaynes.com]
  • Lady Rraine (Lorraine Ferro) - harmony vocals
  • Baron St James

Notes

  • In 1998 "Blackmore's Kingdom" album was released by unknown group of musicians, it contains both Blackmore's Night songs and songs by Steve Tilston. [2][3] This album is most likely a renamed version of guitarist Greg Joy's album "Celtic Secrets."[4][5]
  • Also there are existing some cover versions of Blackmore's Night songs like the lyrically adapted song Memmingen called Tell me why from Thomas Pihale´s Rainstorm Project. * Official Website

References

  1. ^ "Undercover.com.au:Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night Marry". http://www.undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=6598. 
  2. ^ "Blackmore's Kingdom isn't us". http://candicenight.com/betweenus_archives/betweenus_05_2005.htm. 
  3. ^ "Allmusic entry for "Swans at Coole" by Steve Tilston". http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jjfixqy5ldhe. 
  4. ^ "Albums of Greg Joy". http://www.arylis.com/pages/JoyGreg.htm. 
  5. ^ "Short Greg Joy biography". http://www.cdisle.ca/store/en-us/dept_616.html. 

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