Legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple & Rainbow) met ethereal … Read Full Bio ↴Legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple & Rainbow) met ethereal vocalist Candice Night in 1989. Ritchie had always loved Renaissance music. The haunting songs were a departure from Blackmore's decades in rock, but were folk rock renaissance infused melodies that became a journey that Ritchie and Candice felt in their souls & continue to explore and tour with now over 20 years later. Their main wish was to revisit songs from hundreds of years ago and reinterpret them with new arrangements, lyrics written by Night and new instrumentation. Their first songs became 1997's Shadow of the Moon. Play Minstrel Play featured Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson on flute. Under A Violet Moon (1999) brought crowd pleasing favorites, like the title track. In Fires At Midnight, (2001) the band revisited the roots of songs from medieval times but with Blackmore's electric guitar and Candice introduced her double reed woodwind instruments to retain the spirits of the songs they reinterpreted. Ghost of A Rose (2003) was orchestrally inspired. The Village Lanterne came in (2006). Then: Secret Voyage (2008), Autumn Sky (2010), Dancer and the Moon (2013), and All Our Yesterdays (2015). They have 3 full length dvds and an award winning Christmas cd, Winter Carols. They are a favorite of the Renaissance Faire-goers. Fans often come to the concerts in renaissance garb and are a strong community. Their new studio album, Nature's Light, was released in March 2021.
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Minstrels and Ballads
Blackmore's Night Lyrics
Again Someday Now you're gone We're left to carry on Though the night seem…
Be Mine Tonight Be mine tonight, We'll travel through all our memories, In o…
Benzai-Ten When the sun sets over cherry blossom skies And the twilight…
Catherine Howard's Fate Oh, to my dearest ruler and lord Merciful husband Noblest of…
Durch Den Wald Zum Bach Haus [Instrumental]…
Fayre Thee Well [ Instrumental ]…
Fool's Gold Somewhere in a market square The cobblestone still shine Gla…
Greensleeves Alas my love, ye do me wrong to cast me…
Mid Winter's Night Maire, lei campagno gansaion A questo nue, balin-balan, Leis…
Now And Then The past is so familiar But that's why you couldn't stay Too…
Ocean Gypsy Tried to take it all away, Learn her freedom... just inside…
Spirit Of The Sea I took a walk along the shore To clear my mind…
The times they are a changin' Come gather 'round, people Wherever you roam And admit that …
Wish You Were Here Wish you were here Me, oh, my country man, Wish you were…