Blackmore's Night

小檔案
中 文 名 布萊克摩之夜
外 文 名 Blackmore's Night 
類    型 樂隊名 
來    源 歐洲中世紀風(fēng)格民謠樂隊
 
樂隊資料
提到英國的Ritchie Blackmore，就意味著得再次翻看Deep Purple（深紫）與Rainbow（彩虹）的歷史。1968年Blackmore和朋友一起組建了深紫，在此期間奠定了其無人替代的新古典（前衛(wèi)）吉它大師地位，1975年離隊組建彩虹，1993年更名為Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow，1997年和他的妻子Candice Night組成的一個夫妻音樂組合，雖然他們的年齡相差了26歲，可是音樂確絲毫不影響這些。
Blackmore夫妻檔在New Age與World Music的音樂領(lǐng)域已頗富盛名，成為少數(shù)能夠成功跨足Rock/New Age/World Music的藝人。
吉他手Ritchie Blackmore和他的妻子Candice Night組成的夫妻樂隊 Blackmore’sNight，喚醒了多少人的耳朵。神仙眷侶雖然年歲相差達26歲，但這并不影響他們對音樂的理解一致。Ritchie Blackmore從hard rock中抽身而和妻子共同步入美妙的world music,Renaissance, new age, folk領(lǐng)域，源自于Ritchie Blackmore的文藝復(fù)興（Renaissance）情結(jié)。
Ritchie并沒有完全放棄自己心愛的Fender Stratocaster，但這并不影響他在 Blackmore’s Night里用原聲木吉他演奏出醉人的旋律，高超的技藝無處不在。Night清爽ethereal式的嗓音輔于各種中世紀樂器----曼陀鈴，鍵盤，錫哨，提琴，鈴鼓，軍鼓，手搖風(fēng)琴等讓人體驗到從來沒有過的美妙感受。Ritchie曾這樣形容Blackmore’s Night----"Mike Oldfield meets Enya."
Ritchie和Night初識是在1989年，當(dāng)時Ritchie和他的Deep Purple跟Night所在紐約長島的電臺工作成員橄欖球隊打比賽。Night過去是個職業(yè)模特，她曾在紐約科技學(xué)院攻讀通信專業(yè)同時參加學(xué)校的電臺節(jié)目。出于對文藝復(fù)興時期文化的深愛，Blackmore和Night在分享經(jīng)歷的同時很自然并很快地成為了一對。
Blackmore’s Night的最終組成，跟Blackmore以前的兩個樂隊是密不可分的。1993年Deep Purple的專輯《The Battle Rages On》成績相當(dāng)糟糕，Blackmore傷心之余退出了DeepPurple。隨后在1995年的《Stranger in Us All》中，Blackmore運用了高科技電子樂使得Rainbow再次充滿活力。這時，Night已經(jīng)參與到了四首歌的歌詞創(chuàng)作中來。Blackmore其實不想再把這些作品稱之為Rainbow的作品，然而唱片公司的上層卻固執(zhí)的堅持只有使用Rainbow的樂團名字，唱片才可能在市場上獲得更大的銷售量。在Strangerin Us All之后，文藝復(fù)興情結(jié)再次加深，Blackmore開始在家大量地練習(xí)這些多年來他深愛的但一直沒有真正練習(xí)過的中世紀旋律，并下決心出這樣的專輯，而Night也開始在旁邊伴著唱起來。這些天真無邪而又不正規(guī)的即興動機正是Blackmore’s Night的萌芽。
主要專輯
1998年 第一張專輯Shadow of the Moon
1999年 專輯Under a Violet Moon
2001年 專輯Minstrels and Ballads
2001年 專輯Fires At Midnight
2002年 專輯Past time with good company
2003年 專輯Ghost of a rose
2005年 I'll Be There
2005年 Castles and Dreams
2006年 專輯The village lanterne
2006年 專輯Winter Carols
2007年 Paris Moon
2008年 專輯Secret Voyage
2010年 專輯Autumn Sky
2013年 專輯Dancer And The Moon
2015年 專輯All Our Yesterdays
 
Blackmore's Night is a British/American traditional folk rock duo formed in 1997, consisting of Ritchie Blackmore (acoustic and electric guitar) and Candice Night (lead vocals, lyricist and multi-instrumentalist). To date they have released ten studio albums; their latest, ‘All Our Yesterdays’, was released on September 18, 2015.
Candice was a Rainbow fan, and first encountered Ritchie Blackmore to ask him for an autograph in 1989, while she was working for a local New York radio station. The two started living together in 1991, and discovered they both had a passionate interest in Renaissance music.
During the reformed Rainbow's recording of the album ‘Stranger in Us All’ in 1995, on which Night contributed some of the lyrics and backing harmony vocals, the duo were already gearing up their debut album. Night's personality and singing ability made her the natural choice as frontwoman. In 1997 the project started as being a pun of their own names, which would consist of themselves plus session musicians.
Their debut album ‘Shadow of the Moon’ was a musical success and featured Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull on flute for the song "Play Minstrel Play". In subsequent albums, particularly ‘Fires at Midnight’, there was an increased incorporation of rock guitar into the music, whilst maintaining a folk rock direction. Over time, Night has increasingly participated instrumentally as well as singing the vocals, and is competent in a wide variety of Renaissance instruments.
The group performs at Renaissance Faires and Renaissance Festivals, as well as in stand-alone concert tours in appropriate venues including 'castle tours' of Europe, where they perform in historic surroundings for an audience dressed largely in period costume. The duo has been successful enough to inspire a number of international tribute bands including: Renaissance Night, the Italian ‘Morning Star and the Midnight’.
They have also performed the music for MagiQuest, a live simulation game.
In 2006, Night performed a duet with Andi Deris on Helloween's "Light the Universe", which was released as a single in certain countries and is available on their album ‘Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy’, released in the same year.
On June 27, 2008, the duo released its seventh studio album called ‘Secret Voyage’, a mix of medieval-sounding tracks and some contemporary ones. In addition to some covers of some traditional folk music (“Locked Within the Crystal Ball" is from the fourteenth century) and some originals, Blackmore’s Night also performed a cover of a Rainbow song (“Rainbow Eyes”) and an Elvis Presley cover ("Can't Help Falling in Love").
On October 5, 2008, Night and Blackmore were married after 19 years together. This is the fourth marriage for Blackmore.
Autumn Esmerelda Blackmore was born on May 27, 2010. A new album titled ‘Autumn Sky’ was released soon afterwards. Their son Rory Dartanyan was born on February 7, 2012.
Discography
Shadow of the Moon (1997)
Under a Violet Moon (1999)
Fires at Midnight (2001)
Ghost of a Rose (2003)
The Village Lanterne (2006)
Winter Carols (2006)
Secret Voyage (2008)
Autumn Sky (2010)
Dancer and the Moon (2013)
All Our Yesterdays (2015)