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You can think whatever you want of the direction Blackmore’s music took some 10 years ago, but slowly but steadily he’s being recognised as an accomplished acoustic player. The Fingerstyle Guitar magazine featured him on the cover of issue 61. The issue also includes what is by all accounts an excellent interview done by Ray […]
Read more »The Riddles in Rhyme is a Blackmore’s Night fanlisting project. Started on September 2nd, 2003 it now includes listings for 224 fans in many different countries. Check it out. Jim and Jena Kelly (from Unites States) are starting a new fanzine called Black Knight. It is intended as a quarterly publication that will feature news, […]
Read more »As we announced earlier, Blackmore’s Night are featured in issue 53 of the Renaissance magazine. Ritchie is on the cover and there is an extended interview with both him and Candice. You can subscribe and order back issues on their web site, although issue 53 is not in the back catalogue yet. In other news, […]
Read more »The new Joe Lynn Turner’s solo album Second Hand Life will be released in Europe by Frontier Records on April 20. The album features a track co-written by Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover called “Stroke of Midnight”. This one is probably a from the sessions for a follow-up to Slaves And Masters. Joe also collaborated […]
Read more »Blackmore’s Night has received 3 nominations for the 2006 New Age Reporter music awards: Village Lanterne has been nominated for the Album of the Year 2006 Winter Carols has been nominated for the Best Holiday album of 2006 Village Lanterne has been nominated for the Best Vocal album of 2006 Thanks to Mike Garrett […]
Read more »The upcoming Issue 53 of the Renaissance Magazine will have the feature article of Blackmores Night. Look on the news stands in February, or check their web site for availability. Thanks to Mike Garrett for the info.
Read more »UPDATE: This event has been cancelled. On Sunday, February 18, as part of the Harrods Rock event in London, an attempt will be made to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the most guitarists playing together at the same time. Harrods is trying to recruit 2000 guitar players to perform nothing else, but […]
Read more »In the early 1960s Ritchie Blackmore started out as a session player for Joe Meek’s music productions and performed in several bands. He was member of instrumental combo The Outlaws and backed Heinz (playing on his top ten hit JUST LIKE EDDIE), Screaming Lord Sutch, Glenda Collins and BOZ among others. It is almost 40 […]
Read more »Blackmore Productions has announced preliminary tour dates for June 2007: Wednesday, June 6, Reykjavik, Iceland Sunday, June 10, Glenrothes, (Fife) Scotland Tuesday, June 12, York, England Thursday, June 14, Reading, England Sunday, June 17, Birmingham, England Tuesday, June 19, Yeovil, England Wednesday, June 20, Cardiff, Wales Saturday, June 23, Brighton, England And then, off to […]
Read more »Winter Carols has just entered the radio charts at number 4 for the month of November 2006 for Public Radio Stations and College Stations throughout the USA. New Age Reporter Top 100 New Age/Ambient/World Radio/Internet Airwaves Chart. Thanks to Mike Garrett and Blackmore Productions for the info.
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