Blackmore's Night - Past Times With Good Company

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Free Music Review: Blackmore's Night Unplugged
Hit: 5 Stars

This live album includes many songs from their past studio albums and the main difference between them is that there is a lot more emphasis on acoustic instruments on this album than on the studio versions. This technically qualifies as their "Unplugged" album. The versions heard here are extended and much different from their studio cousins. "Fires At Midnight' which on last year's album of the same name contained a blazing electric guitar solo, here has an acoustic jazzy guitar solo, complemented by Chris Devine's electric violin. Devine solos on this song and prominently throughout the album. These are solid musicians who have strong musical technical training and as a result have the chops to create interesting music that evokes emotions. As in all of their albums there are instrumental classical pieces, folk songs, medieval and more modern pop songs along with a rocker or two.

Blackmore could have continued to play the circuit with new line-ups of Deep Purple and I'm sure made a very nice living. Instead he have continued to grow as a musician working in a genre that very few people have explored and that is not especially popular except with those that hang out at medieval fairs. He and his group are forging a new sound while keeping an ancient tradition alive. Reminds me of a time when groups like The Beatles, Byrds and Pink Floyd where willing to take chances with their music and look what they ended up creating.

If you have not heard Blackmore's Night, a great introduction to them is my personal favorite, 2001's 'Fires At Midnight ". This year's studio album "Ghost of a Rose" is also not too shabby, if you get hooked into this group you'll probably wind up with all of them

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