Blackmore's Night

Infobox musical artist
Name = Blackmore's Night


Img_capt = Blackmore's Night live in Heidelberg, Germany 2002
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Origin = United Kingdom United States
Genre = Folk rock, Neo-Medieval
Years_active = 1997 – present
Label = Sony BMG, Pony Canyon, Yamaha Music, R & C
Associated_acts = Deep Purple, Rainbow
URL = [http://www.blackmoresnight.com/ blackmoresnight.com]
Current_members = Ritchie Blackmore Candice Night See: Member section for complete list| Past_members =

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

History

Early

The origins of the band lie in 1990 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.

hadow of the Moon

Their debut album "Shadow of the Moon" was an instant 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 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, the band released its newest album called Secret Voyage.

Discography

Band members

* Ritchie Blackmore - guitars, mandolin, domra
* Candice Night - vocals, horn, flute
* Bard David of Larchmont - keyboards
* Squire Malcolm of Lumley (Malcolm Dick) - drums
* Gypsy Rose - Violin
* Earl Grey of Chamay - Bass, mandolin and guitar

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. [cite web
url=http://candicenight.com/betweenus_archives/betweenus_05_2005.htm |title="Blackmore's Kingdom isn't us"] [cite web
url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jjfixqy5ldhe |title="Allmusic entry for "Swans at Coole" by Steve Tilston] This album is most probably re-named from Celtic Secrets that is an album by guitarist Greg Joy. [>cite web
url=http://www.arylis.com/pages/JoyGreg.htm |title="Albums of Greg Joy"] [>cite web
url=http://www.cdisle.ca/store/en-us/dept_616.html |title="Short Greg Joy biography" ]

References

External links

* [http://blackmoresnightfanclub.nl/ Official Dutch Fanclub Site]
* [http://blackmoresnight.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.blackmoresnightukfanclub.com/ The Official Blackmore's Night UK Fanclub Website]
* [http://www.candicenight.ru/ Blackmore's Night Russian Fanclub ~ Candice Night Russian Pages]
* [http://blackmoresnight.foros.ws/ Foro en Castellano de Blackmore's Night]
* [http://www.morningstarmusic.it/ Morning Star: Italian Blackmore's Night Tribute Band]