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Blackmore’s Night on SpazioRock

Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night recently spoke to Italy’s SpazioRock. Well, Ritchie mostly kept quiet leaving his missus and the interviewer to do the talking.

And this statement definitely proves wrong all those who – fifteen years later – still […]

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Blackmore’s Night on German TV

Blackmore’s Night will appear on the German TV show Fersehengarten this Sunday, July 17. They will perform the Journeyman off their Autumn Sky album.

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Codswallop soup

A couple of new interviews with Blackmore’s Night.

Greg Prato (of the Tommy Bolin biography fame) has conducted a short but rather interesting interview with Ritchie and Candice:

UGO: Ritchie, what is your favorite Deep Purple album and Rainbow album, and why? […]

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Blackmore’s Night on US radio

Blackmore’s Night are about to embark on a brief tour of selected inn and taverns in the United States. Ritchie and Candice will appear on May 13 around noon on the 91.5 WMFO in Massachusetts. The interview will be streaming online […]

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North American tour’s finally happening?

Looks like it. There is no official word yet from the band’s management, but there are 4 North American dates that have surfaced so far with tickets already on sale:

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Autumn Sky album teaser

New Blackmore’s Night album Autumn Sky is due to be released in a few days and what appears to be an electronic press kit has found it’s way to Youtube. Featuring (shock! horror!) smiling and happy Blackmore, here it is.

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Autumn Sky

Blackmore’s Night will release its new album called Autumn Sky on September 3 via Spinefarm/Universal throughout the world, and on Sony for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Additional cover art will be used for different territories. Songtitles set to appear on the […]

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Touring update

Here is a summary of the recent developments on the touring fronts of Purple family.

Deep Purple’s appearance at a Russian festival on June 12 has now been confirmed. They have also a new Italian open air tour pencilled in for […]

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Blackmore’s Night in the studio

According to their official website, Blackmore’s Night are “diligently working in the studio and going into final mix stage on the new CD”. No word on the release date yet.

In other news, Realms of Fantasy Magazine has published an interview […]

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Where extremes meet

Steve Morse, Cosmo Music Hall, Toronto, Oct 18, 2009; Photo: Nick Soveiko CC-BY-NC-SARitchie Blackmore, House of Blues Chicago, Oct 17 2009, Photo: Nick Soveiko CC-BY-NC-SAOctober this year saw both banjo players touring the Eastern part of the North American continent with their respective bands. Which gave some of us the opportunity to see Blackmore’s Night and Steve Morse Band within a matter of days.

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