French station Radio Mercure 93FM will air a 90-minute Blackmore’s Night special on December 5 at 21:25 CET. Radio Mercure also broadcasts online in a variety of stream formats. Blackmore’s Night have a string of European dates pencilled in for the late January and early February. A tour of US South and West coast is […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2008-12-04
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Monday December 1st, from 7:00-8:00 am (central time) Stormin’ Norm from KKFI 90.1 FM in Kansas City will be having John Herdt and Johnnie Bolin as special call in guests. Norm will be discussing all things Bolin, from the new guitar by Dean to the new books on Tommy and the new Hartman Pedal. Norm […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2008-11-26
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Joe Satriani reflects on his Purple stint in a recent interview for Living Legends Music:
It was the easiest thing in the world to step into it. Because it’s just like sitting on top of a perfect wave that keeps carrying you along and giving you a great ride…
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Posted in News by Nick on 2008-11-20
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Here’s something for you to dwell upon — Gillan discussing everything from the current financial crisis to monogamy in a recent interview for the Russian Internet TV station Nevsky Express.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2008-11-01
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Crossword puzzles, Ritchie’s mother in law, and the Big Bang theory — what do they have in common? Read on. A very entertaining interview with Ian Gillan done by George Anasontzis.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2008-10-21
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Blackmore’s Night enjoys coverage not only in fanzines: Castles and Dreams DVD sold enough copies in Germany to achieve gold status. An award to that effect was presented to the band on September 3rd at the Aegi Theater in Hannover. Secret Voyage stayed atop of the Billboard New Age charts in the US for 8 […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2008-09-19
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Second issue of Cartouche — an online Blackmore fanzine — is out, and it’s a big one. 112 pages, no less, with everything from Blackmore’s Night cover bands to the latest Deep Purple DVD. In this issue: “The paranormal interview” with the man himself News, reviews, setlists and photos Secret Voyage album and tour Under […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2008-09-19
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A very amusing and offbeat interview with Roger taken probably in the summer of 2007 when the band was touring North America and stopped in Chicago. Roger handles the reporter (who had one too many) with his usual class and eloquence. Their website also has transcripts of two lengthy and rather interesting interviews with Roger […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2008-09-16
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Fin Costello did a lot of photograpy for the Purple family back in the 70s. He is now taking his work on the road for exhibition around Norway. Roy Hilmar Svendsen from NRK spoke to him and published an interesting interview. ‘Cos Fin has a heck of war stories to tell: At the time I […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2008-09-11
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There’s a full-page interview with Don Airey in the September issue of BBC Sky at Night magazine. In the interview, Don talks about his passion for astronomy and how it inspired his solo album Light in the Sky. Interestingly, he also mentions how he takes inspiration from Rob Hodgkinson, Deep Purple’s sound engineer. Rob recently […]
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Posted in News by lonewolf on 2008-09-10
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