Year : 2013
Style : Folk Rock
Country : United Kingdom, United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 150 mb
Bio:
Blackmore's Night is a British/American traditional folk rock duo formed in 1997, consisting of Ritchie Blackmore (acoustic and electric guitar) and Candice Night (lead vocals, lyricist and multi-instrumentalist). To date they have released nine studio albums; their latest, Dancer and the Moon, was released on June 11,2013.Candice was a Rainbow fan, and first encountered Ritchie Blackmore to ask him for an autograph in 1989, while she was working for a local New York radio station. The two started living together in 1991, and discovered they both had a passionate interest in Renaissance music.During the reformed Rainbow's recording of the album Stranger in Us All in 1995, on which Night contributed some of the lyrics and backing harmony vocals, the duo were already gearing up their debut album. Night's personality and singing ability made her the natural choice as frontwoman. In 1997 the project started as being a pun of their own names, which would consist of themselves plus session musicians.Their debut album Shadow of the Moon was a musical success and featured Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull on flute for the song "Play Minstrel Play". 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, 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 duo has been successful enough to inspire a number of international tribute bands including: Renaissance Night, the Italian Morning Star and the Midnight.They have also performed the music for MagiQuest, a live simulation game.In 2006, 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 duo released its seventh studio 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 an Elvis Presley cover ("Can't Help Falling in Love").On October 5, 2008, Night and Blackmore were married after 19 years together. This is the fourth marriage for Blackmore.Autumn Esmerelda Blackmore was born on May 27, 2010. A new album titled Autumn Sky was released soon afterwards. Their son Rory Dartanyan was born on February 7, 2012.
Album:
Dancer and the Moon is the ninth studio album by the group Blackmore's Night,released on June 11, 2013. It entered at # 189 on USA's Billboard Album Charts.It was also nominated for NAR award in Best Vocal Album of the Year.This new album from legendary rock guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and singer-instrumentalist Candice Night is the pair’s 13th studio album. Like their previous work, the album’s songs represent an array of styles and genres, while maintaining a unique signature sound that no other rock duo has achieved: a mix of hard rock, medieval and classical -infused art rock, grad-folk, and gypsy stylings. It’s safe to say Blackmore’s Night shows no sign of slowing down or losing their edge, although I did note that, this time around, some songs are infused with a bit of country-pop crossover styling. Not a bad thing,but an interesting new layer.Maybe you’re like me: you came of age between the late 1970s and early 1980s and you enjoyed the interesting transitions happening in rock and roll and pop music at the time. Some of the progressive and art rock of the 1970s seemed to dovetail nicely with the new emphasis on electronic instrumentation. 1970s hard rock and heavy metal gave way to endless permutations of lighter fare, like the “hair metal” bands: so named when bands like Def Leppard, once a very respectable heavy metal band, gave in the pressure of popularity found via MTV’s ubiquitous music videos (remember those?) took to frosting their hair and posing in skin-tight nylon. No, they weren’t the only ones who did it, so let’s not pick on them.Maybe you witnessed Ozzy Osbourne’s break-off from Black Sabbath to do solo albums (heck, the “Blizzard of Oz” tour was my first concert ever. I used to be kinda embarrassed by that but now I think it’s kinda cool). Maybe you also recall a somewhat obscure project involving guitarist Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple and a diminutive but superb vocalist named Ronnie James Dio called Rainbow (though that group’s most remembered hit, a top ten single in the UK, “Since You Been Gone,” was with short-term vocalist Graham Bonnet).Rainbow was also known as Blackmore’s Rainbow, and saw changing personnel over the years (Dio, who also sang with Black Sabbath and was collaborating with its former members when he died in 2010, was replaced by Joe Lynn Turner,and the band evolved into a more mainstream sound).
Blackmore’s Night, Ritchie’s collaboration with singer Candice Night, formed in 1997 to enthusiastic reviews and they’ve been going strong ever since. Mr. Blackmore can these days be seen strolling with a lute at Renaissance faires,where the two often perform. Their earlier song “Renaissance Faire” (as shown in this bewitching live video) captures the spirit of these unusual and colorful events that are of course not unfamiliar to many pagans. This new album contains some Renaissance-flavored tunes (like “The Lost Leaf” and “Galliard”) and some with a pagan-folk-gypsy sound (like “Troika”). There are echoes of mid-1970sJethro Tull in “Minstrels in the Hall” (gee, that title sounds familiar somehow). I thought their rendition of English traditional song “The Ash Grove” was a bit tepid, and the opening song “I Think It’s Going to Rain Today” had that country-pop vocal styling that just didn’t, in my opinion, do justice to Ms. Night’s silvery voice, which sounds mystical and haunting on songs like “Somewhere Over the Sea” (a melodic love song that morphs into a hard rocking anthem with a whole new time signature). One fun surprise was their cover of “Temple of the King,” a song recorded by Rainbow with Dio back in the day. Night doesn’t have Dio’s raw power but the song nevertheless holds up well. Overall this is a well-produced, engaging and often evocative album. I think the arrangements are terrific (love those tambourines!) and the vocals very fine. Blackmore’s Night continues to be one of the most versatile rock duos out there, and they’re staying true to their roots with their incomparable musicality and command of multiple genres and styles.
Line-Up:
Ritchie Blackmore - Acoustic And Electric Guitars, Nickelharpe,Mandola, Hurdy Gurdy, Tambourine
Candice Night - Lead Vocals, Harmony Vocals, All Renaissance And Medieval Woodwinds
Bard David Of Larchmont - Keyboards And Background Vocals
Lady Kelly Dewinter - Harmony Vocals, French Horn
Earl Grey Of Chimay - Bass And Rhythm Guitar
The Scarlet Fiddler - Violin
Troubador Of Aberdeen- Percussion
Tracklist:
01. I Think It's Going To Rain Today (Randy Newman cover) (3:54)
02. Troika (3:30)
03. The Last Leaf (4:05)
04. Lady In Black (Uriah Heep cover) (5:48)
05. Minstrels In The Hall [instrumental] (2:38)
06. The Temple Of The King (Rainbow cover) (4:26)
07. Dancer And The Moon (4:55)
08. Galliard (2:00)
09. The Ashgrove (2:21)
10. Somewhere Over The Sea (The Moon Is Shining) (4:07)
11. The Moon Is Shining (Somewhere Over The Sea) (6:19)
12. The Spinner's Tale (3:30)
13. Carry On... Jon [instrumental] (5:37)
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