Tagged: Candice Night

The Village Lanterne is the fifth studio album by Blackmore’s Night. Here, Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night have found a perfect blend of bard-inspired folk music and more traditional and harder rock à la Deep Purple. The concept flows seamlessly into each other, and one almost doesn’t think about the fact that the songs differ quite a bit musically. They even weave in the Purple classic “Child in Time,” and it’s actually a really good...

Fires at Midnight is the third album by Blackmore’s Night. After various journeys back and forth in Deep Purple, this is now the legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore’s abode. But regardless of how much one associates him with the music he delivered in Deep Purple and Rainbow, Blackmore’s Night is something entirely different. It’s much more traditional rock with quite substantial influences from folk music. I must say it’s hard not to fall in love with...