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Tag Archives: Ritchie Blackmore
EP review: BLACKMORE’S NIGHT – Here We Come A-Caroling
Edel/EarMUSIC [Release date 04.12.20] Blackmore’s Night have been around since 1997, founded by Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night to stage their mutual love for traditional medieval and folk-rock music. This seasonal EP is released ahead of the band’s next album … Continue reading
Album review: THE FERRYMEN – A New Evil
Frontiers Music [Release date 11.10.19] Although the name may conjure up images of a Gerry & The Pacemakers tribute act playing package tours to provincial theatres, The Ferrymen are actually a European metal outfit fronted by Ronnie Romero on vocals … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged album, classic metal, Dio, Magnus Karlsson, melodic metal, Mike Terrana, Primal Fear, Rainbow, review, Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie Romero, the Ferrymen
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Album review: IAN GILLAN with The DON AIREY BAND and ORCHESTRA – Contractual Obligation #3 Live In St Petersburg
Edel/Ear Music [Release date 26.07.19] Singer Ian Gillan, best known for fronting rock legends Deep Purple, took this solo project on the road during a break in the Purple schedule, and recorded some live sets in November 2016. Featuring a … Continue reading
Quick plays: MISHAPED PEARLS, LORDS OF BLACK
MISHAPED PEARLS Shivelight [Release date 25.05.18] Mishaped Pearls latest album’s title Shivelight comes from a word created by the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. The word describes the lances of sunshine that pierce through a woodland canopy. An apt description as Mishaped Pearls have … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, country, folk, Frontiers, Lords Of Black, metal, Mishaped Pearls, Rainbow, review, Ritchie Blackmore, rock, Ronnie Romero, Shivelight
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Album review: HEAVEN & EARTH – Hard To Kill
Quarto Valley Records [Release date 13.10.17] It would be cruel to say that ‘Heaven & Earth’ is Rainbow-by-numbers but, cripes, bandleader – UK-born Stuart Smith - looks like Ritchie (check the CD booklet!!) and apparently was mentored by him. The … Continue reading
Album review: BLACKMORE’S NIGHT – Winter Carols
Minstrel Hall Music [Release date 20.10.17] Ritchie Blackmore’s move from the hard rock of Rainbow and Deep Purple to the renaissance folk of Blackmore’s Night, with his wife Candice, has always been controversial among rock fans, When I reviewed the … Continue reading
Album review: DEEP PURPLE – A Fire In The Sky
Parlophone [Release date 15.09.17] British classic rock legends are still going strong, and basking on the back of the rather wonderful ‘iNfinite’ album, released earlier this year. And while compilations may be so common they’re on a street corner with … Continue reading
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Tagged A Fire In The Sky, album, best of, classic rock, compilation, Deep Purple, hard rock, Ian Gillan, Jon Lord, review, Ritchie Blackmore, rock, Steve Morse
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Rising stars: AUSTIN GOLD (interview)
Pete Feenstra chatted to Austin Gold for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio and an hour feature can be heard on Monday 9 October, 16:00 GMT and Thursday 12 October, 23:00 GMT Up and coming Peterborough rock band share their magic … Continue reading
Posted in INTERVIEWS, Interviews/Rising Stars
Tagged Andy hawkins, Austin Gold, Bad Company, Before Dark Clouds, blues, Chris Ogden, David James Smith, Deep Purple, Free, interview, Jack Cable, John Lord, Lee Chrchill, Olivia Johnston, Phil Spector, prog, Ritchie Blackmore, rock, Russell Hill, southern rock, Sue Merchant
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Album review: COZY POWELL – The Polydor Years
Caroline International [Release date 25.08.17] Drummer extraordinaire Cozy Powell is one of the biggest hitters in the hard rock word, making his name with Jeff Beck, Rainbow, Whitesnake, MSG, Black Sabbath, and Brian May; just before he died in 1998 … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Reissues, The Best of 2017
Tagged album, Bernie Marsden, box set, Cozy Powell, Don Airey, drummer, ELP, Jack Bruce, MSG, Rainbow, review, Ritchie Blackmore, Solo, The Polydor Years, Whitesnake
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Album review: BLACKMORE’S NIGHT – To The Moon and Back
David Randall chatted to Candice Night and Ritchie Blackmore in October 2015 for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. The hour special gives background to the formation of the band along with selected tracks from their 20 year-history. Minstrel Hall Music … Continue reading
Book review: TOM RUSSELL – The Godfather of Rock by Martin Kielty
Published by Beard Books Tom Russell will be a familiar name to many, he has been a leading figure in the Scottish rock scene for many years and has broadcast on radio across the UK on occasion. It is in … Continue reading
Gig review: RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW – Genting Arena, Birmingham, 25 June 2016
For us rock fans of a certain age – perhaps from early forties to sixty-ish – Ritchie Blackmore sits in the pantheon of rock royalty. As guitarist and songwriter in both Deep Purple and his own band Rainbow, he pushed … Continue reading
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Tagged Candice Night, classic rock, Deep Purple, gig, heavy rock, Jens Johansson, Rainbow, review, Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie Romero
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News: WIN tickets to RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW, Genting Arena, Birmingham – 25 June 2016
One of the most influential and versatile guitarists, Ritchie Blackmore will take to the stage to celebrate the era-defining music of Rainbow and Deep Purple in a one-off UK Tour show on Saturday 25 June 2016 at the Genting Arena … Continue reading
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Tagged 25 June 2016, Birmingham, Deep Purple, Genting Arena, gig, guitar, guitarist, Mostly Autumn, Rainbow, Ritchie Blackmore, rock
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Album review: RAINBOW – Boston 1981
Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra Records [Release date 20.05.16] At the end of every Rainbow there is a pot of gold. This is surely what labels must be thinking as Ritchie Blackmore plays his Strat in anger (allegedly) this summer. Following the release … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bobby Rondinelli, Boston 1981, Deep Purple, Don Airey, guitar, guitarist, Joe Lynn Turner, Rainbow, review, Ritchie Blackmore, rock, Roger Glover
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Album review: RAINBOW – Monsters Of Rock Live At Donington 1980
Eagle Rock [Release date 22.04.16] CD/DVD Is it me or are Rainbow – 35 years on – viewed through rose-tinted spectacles? The studio albums are worthy but – live – there is excess, there is indulgence, and there’s a lot … Continue reading
DVD review: THE RITCHIE BLACKMORE STORY
Eagle Rock Entertainment [Release date 30.10.15] 2016 marks the return of Ritchie to the rock arenas and so this 2 hour plus documentary is timely. He’s known as one of rock’s more reticent subjects when it comes to interviews, so … Continue reading
Album review: RAINBOW – The Polydor Years
Universal (9LP box set) [Release date 24.11.14] With the rejuvenation of both vinyl and classic rock, Universal have collated all 8 of the classic Rainbow albums in original packaging. Extravagant? Yes, resoundingly. But it’s lovely too. While a couple have … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Cozy Powell, Don Airey, Graham Bonnet, Joe Lynn Turner, Rainbow, review, Ritchie Blackmore, rock, Ronnie James Dio, Universal, Vinyl
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Gig review: BLUES PILLS/THE VINTAGE CARAVAN/BLACK WOLF – The Dome, London, 18 November 2014
And suddenly everything is 1971 again, from the three long-hair bands and their similar looking audience, to a stage full of Orange amps, virtuoso bass players, screaming guitarists, wah-wah pedals, the smell of patchouli and psychedelic posters. Blues is alive … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Örn Númason, André Kvarnström, Black Sabbath, Black Wolf, blues, Blues Pills, Dorian Sorriaux, Elin Larsson, Free, gig, Janis Joplin, John Greenhill, Larry Miller, Led Zeppelin, Nuclear Blast, Óskar Logi Ágústsson, Peter Green, Pink Floyd, review, Ritchie Blackmore, rock, Scott Sharp, The Vintage Caravan
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Album review: DEEP PURPLE – Live In Graz 1975
The Official Deep Purple (Overseas) Live Series earMUSIC [Release date 15.09.14] If you didn’t know the story you may be surprised that less than three months after this recording the Mark III version of Purple split, Blackmore continuing with Rainbow … Continue reading
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Tagged album, David Coverdale, Deep Purple, Glenn Hughes, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, Live In Graz 1975, Mk III, review, Ritchie Blackmore
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Interview: 10Q’s with STUART SMITH (HEAVEN & EARTH)
Here we catch-up with Stuart Smith of Heaven & Earth who released their latest album ‘Dig’ last year to rave reviews and embark on their debut UK tour starting at the end of June… 1. What have you got planned for … Continue reading
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Tagged April 2014, hard rock, Heaven & Earth, interview, Joe Retta, Lynn Sorenson, Richie Sambora, Ritchie Blackmore, Stuart Smith
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Rock Stars: Interview with GRAHAM BONNET – 19 March 2014
With The Store For Music label re-issuing all 4 Alcatrazz albums – including ‘Live Sentence’ on CD and DVD and accompanying vinyl releases with full art work – as well as his recent ‘Catch The Rainbow’ tour and a forthcoming … Continue reading
Album review: RAINBOW – The Singles Box Set 1975–1986
Universal (19 CD set) [Release date 2.02.14] Those lovely guys at Universal have really gone to town (again) here – and a set that will be beyond most fans’ needs (or price range); but the extravagance here matches the marvel … Continue reading
DVD review: DEEP PURPLE – Perfect Strangers Live
Eagle Records – Out Now Deep Purple have experienced eight main member reshuffles since they first formed in Hertford back in 1968, however, it has been universally accepted that it is the work of the Mark II line up (Gillan/ … Continue reading
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Tagged Deep Purple, documentary, DVD, hard rock, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, Perfect Strangers Live, review, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover
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Album review: DEEP PURPLE – Slaves And Masters
Hear No Evil Recordings [Release date 22.07.13] Slaves And Masters might be remembered as the album that split the Purple fans (and some critics) in the early-1990s, launched in an era that spawned albums such as Tyketto’s ‘Don’t Come Easy … Continue reading
Gig review: BLACKMORE’S NIGHT – Wolverhampton Grand, 1 July 2013
Ritchie Blackmore - a name synonymous with rock guitar since the late 60′s has played with some of the biggest bands and co-written some of the most well known rock tracks of all time. Since 1997 he has being writing … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 July 2013, Blackmore's Night, Candice Night, Deep Purple, folk, gig, mediaeval, review, Ritchie Blackmore, rock, Wolverhampton Grand
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