Al Jewer & Andy Mitran return on January 27th of the new year with their follow up to "Emerald," titled "Moonstone."
As they continue with the concept of gemstones, so do their gorgeous soundtracks to emulate the perfect beauty of the stone celebration.
Once again, Hans Christian delivers fretless bass and cello performances to enhance the track, giving depth and soul and the meditative, ethereal atmospheres provided.
When listening to "Moonstone," I felt like I was taking a journey into a distant land to discover a long-lost treasure. That treasure could be identified in many ways, finding the solitude, peace, or deliverance of a spiritual awakening.
The tile track of Blackmore's Night new release is All Our Yesterdays. From his days in Deep Purple and Rainbow to present day, legendary guitarist Richie Blackmore remains a relevant force in music. With his enchanting wife Candice Night on vocals, they present an entertaining mixture of Rock, Celtic, World and New Age Music.
The track and video presented here is a superb representation of their unique music. The song starts sadly then breaks into a gala festival of dance and song.
Enjoy the visuals and music that will take you back to simpler times in our history when castles ruled and there was no technology to complicate lives. Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck
All Our Yesterdays was released on a variety of formats: CD, CD/DVD and Digital versions on September 18th and in LP and Box Set configurations on October 16th (in North America).
British guitarist and songwriter, began his
professional career as a session musician as a member of the
instrumental band The Outlaws and as a backing musician of pop singers
Glenda Collins, Heinz, Screaming Lord Sutch, Neil Christian, etc..
Blackmore was also one of the original members of Deep Purple, playing
jam-style rock music which mixed simple guitar riffs and organ sounds
During his solo career, he established neo-classical metal band called
Rainbow which fused baroque music influences elements with hard rock.
However, Rainbow gradually progressed to catchy pop style hard rock.
Blackmore formed the traditional folk rock project Blackmore's Night
transitioning to vocalist-centered sounds.Click here to read more about Ritchie.
Candice Night
Although she's done back-up vocals for such
major bands as Deep Purple, Rainbow, and Twang (the Hank Marvin Tribute
album), Candice Night's success was anything but overnight. In 1997, the
talented lyricist and lead singer of Blackmore's Night completed a
musical project with legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore titled Shadow
of the Moon. The album features acoustic renaissance music, a
direction she thoroughly enjoyed. "This music is feel good, soul
searching music," says Candice. "Listening to it makes me appreciate
the beauty in simple things that most of us overlook everyday. It has a
magical effect. It makes me smile and it makes me cry, but listening
to it always takes me on a different journey somewhere else. Being a
part in creating such music is a reward in itself." Click here to read more about Candice.
Bard David of Larchmont
The spine tingling melodies of classical
composers wafts through the rehearsal halls as Bard David prepares for
his performances. This extremely talented virtuoso has been delighting
audiences for the past 20 years on keyboards, piano, organ, harpsichord,
accordion and pipe organ. He is a graduate of Purchase University in
piano performances and Blackmore's Night is proud to add him to our
Minstrel Band.
Lady Kelly DeWinter
Kelly was just a wee babe when she first
found herself singing tunes – and it wasn’t long after that she
discovered what joy music could truly bring those around her.
Classically trained in voice, piano, French Horn, and various other
musical instruments, she was clearly drawn to perform - and soon found
herself a graduate of the Musical Theatre program at Shenandoah
University. Thus far, her professional career has allowed her to perform
on stages across the United States, but no indoor theatre ever gave her
the same magical feeling as portraying Queen Elizabeth I at the
Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire. It was during this time that she truly
discovered “All the Fun of the Fayre". She is thrilled to be joining
Blackmore’s Night playing French Horn and singing harmony vocals. Lady
Kelly says she owes a debt of gratitude to her Renaissance family for
introducing her to such a wonderful group.
Troubador of Aberdeen
The percussionist for Blackmore's Night is
truly of Scottish descent. His ancestors resided in a castle fortress
near Aberdeen during Medieval times. The moonlight beckoned to him and
he embarked upon a midnight journey -wandering the countryside,
listening to and echoing the rhythms of the night. He spent a lot of
time camping in the woods- playing percussion with the otters and
badgers- and pitching acorns with the squirrels. Always atune to the
rhythms that surround the country side- natural rhythms and sounds of
nature abound in his soul, Blackmore's Night came across him in England-
we picked him up hitchhiking to London on his way to see the Queen. He
instantly felt a comaderaderie with the Band of minstrels and the group
invited him to join and share his many talents with them.
Scarlet Fiddler
Our amazing violinist received her MM in
violin performance at The Boston Conservatory where she studied with
Masters. She has performed at the Amherst Early Music Festival ,
Oberlin’s Baroque Performance Institute,Trinity Baroque Orchestra and
Choir, amongst many other prestigious performances. This Renaissance
Fiddler is Concertmaster of the Astoria Symphony and Sinfonia Celestis,
and can also be found performing with Greenwich Symphony, Northeastern
Pennsylvania Philharmonic, Di Capo Opera Company, Bronx Opera Company
and the Orchestra of the Bronx. She has graced the stages at Carnegie
Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Radio City Music Hall, Town Hall the Apollo
Theater and Lincoln Center. She has been seen on tv on “Saturday Night
Live,” “David Letterman” and “The View”.
Her heart called out for the simplicity of
less technological times - and the beauty of nature. She longed to join a
group where she could participate with Medieval/Renassiance music
from within the castle walls. She found herself delightfully challenged
by the music she heard from Blackmore's Night. We welcome this very
talented musician to our group.
Earl Grey of Chimay
Bass, mandolin, guitar. Often enchanted with
a musical spirit he can be found performing his music throughout
medieval forests and cavernous terrains where they echo the melodic
sounds resonating from the instruments played by Earl Grey of Chimay.
Assimilating an alchemistic approach to a variety of instruments , he
brings to Blackmore's Night his music, camaraderie, a plethora of potent
ale, and an extraneous habit of being a bit verbose., yet a dash of
humor emanates through the serious facade-but he is always passionate
about his love for the music of Blackmore's Night.
