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Blackmore's Night

Live in Heidelberg, Germany 2002
Background information
Origin United Kingdom
United States
Genres Folk rock, medieval folk rock
Years active 1997–present
Labels Edel, SPV, Spinefarm
Associated acts Rainbow
Website blackmoresnight.com
Members
Ritchie Blackmore
Candice Night
Malcolm Dick
David Baranowski
Elizabeth Cary
Mike Clemente
Past members
Former members

Blackmore's Night is a British/American traditional folk rock duo led by Ritchie Blackmore (acoustic and electric guitar) and Candice Night (lead vocals, lyricist and multi-instrumentalist).

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[edit] History

[edit] Early

When Night was working at a local New York rock music radio station, she was once a Rainbow fan and first encountered Blackmore to ask him for an autograph in 1989. The two started living together in 1991 and she discovered that he had a passionate interest in Renaissance music.[1]

During the reformed Rainbow's recording 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.

[2][2]===1997 to 2005===

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 located internationally.[3]

[edit] 2006–present

Logo based on artwork of their albums

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 a 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.[4]

Autumn Esmerelda Blackmore was born on May 27, 2010. A new album titled Autumn Sky was released soon afterwards.

[edit] Discography

Main article: Blackmore's Night discography

[edit] Band members

[edit] Core members

[edit] Current backing musicians

  • Bard David of Larchmont (David Baranowski) - keyboards (May 2003 – Present)
  • Squire Malcolm of Lumley (Malcolm Dick) - drums, percussionist (Aug 2001–Present)
  • Gypsy Rose (Elizabeth Cary) - Violin (Oct 2007–Present)
  • Earl Grey of Chamay (Mike Clemente) - Bass, mandolin and rhythm guitar (Apr 2008–Present)

[edit] Former backing musicians

  • Sisters of the Moon: Lady Madeline and Lady Nancy (Madeline and Nancy Posner) - backing vocals (Jul 2002- 2007)
  • Lord Marnen of Wolfhurst (Marnen Laibow-Koser) - violin, flute, recorder (Jul 2002- Dec 2003)
  • Chris Devine - violin, flute, guitar (Jul 2000- May 2002)
  • Carmine Giglio - keyboards (Apr 2000- Aug 2002)
  • Mike Sorrentino - percussion (Apr 2000- Aug 2001)
  • Sir Robert of Normandie (Robert Curiano) - bass, guitars (Oct 2000- 2007)
  • Tudor Rose (Tina Chancey) - violin, flute (May 2004- 2007)
  • Mick Cervino - bassist (Jul 1997- Aug 2000)
  • Marci Geller - keyboards & backing vocals (Jun 1999- May 2001)
  • Adam Forgione (Sep 1998- Jan 2000)
  • Alex Alexander (Sep 1998- Jan 2000)
  • Jessie Haynes - guitars, recorder & backing vocals [www.jessiehaynes.com] (Jul 1997- Oct 1998)
  • Lady Rraine (Lorraine Ferro) - harmony vocals (Apr 2002- May 2002, Oct 2007)
  • Baron St James (Apr 2007- Mar 2008)
  • John O'Reilly (Jul 1997- Dec 1997)
  • Joseph James - keyboards (Jul 1997- Dec 1997)
  • Rachel Birkin - violin (Sep 1998- Oct 1998)
  • Jim Hurley - violin (Jun 1999- May 2000)
  • Vita Gasparro (Lady Vita) - guitar / vocals (Jul 2001- Dec 2001)

[edit] Studio session musicians

  • Pat Regan - Early Music Consort various string instruments (1997–2008)
  • Kevin Dunne - drums (1998–1999)

[edit] 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.[5][6] This album is most likely a renamed version of guitarist Greg Joy's album "Celtic Secrets."[7][8] Several of the tracks on this CD also seem to imitate renditions of the same songs by the 1960s folk band Pentangle.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Christian A. (January 7, 2011). "Blackmore’s Night – Candice Night (vocals)". SMNnews. http://www.smnnews.com/2011/01/07/blackmores-night-candice-night-vocals/. 
  2. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named undefined; see Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text
  3. ^ "Blackmore's Night - The Music". The Official MagiQuest Homepage. http://magiquest.com/blackmores-night/. Retrieved 11 April 2011. 
  4. ^ Cashmere, Paul (October 20, 2008). "Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night Marry". Undercover.com.au. http://www.undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=6598. 
  5. ^ "Blackmore's Kingdom isn't us". 2005-05. http://candicenight.com/betweenus_archives/betweenus_05_2005.htm. 
  6. ^ "Allmusic entry for "Swans at Coole" by Steve Tilston". http://www.allmusic.com/album/r97185. 
  7. ^ "Albums of Greg Joy". http://www.arylis.com/pages/JoyGreg.htm. 
  8. ^ "Short Greg Joy biography". http://www.cdisle.ca/store/en-us/dept_616.html. 

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