Blackmore's Night - Shadow of the Moon
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Free Music Notes for Shadow of the Moon
Free Music Review: Spectacular!!
Hit: 5 Stars
The instrumentals, the singing ~ totally wonderful! Celtic-like in a lot of ways; some of Ritchie's rock and roll *effects*, if you will, are thrown in there too. This is a cd that I find myself reaching for time and time again!Free Music Review: Fantastic!
Hit: 5 Stars
I have been into english folk and celtic and such for some time. Just discovered Blackmore's Night and they are GREAT! Don't listen to the children who expect Deep Purple rock, this is wonderful music from a great band!Free Music Review: A Brilliant Acoustic Effort by the Man in Black!
Hit: 4 Stars
Ritchie Blackmore has for years been synonomous with the being the father of the flashy, classical-influenced style of raw and powerful rock guitar playing (Deep Purple, Painbow). On this effort, he let's the acoustic guitar take the front seat to really show the "normal" listener the joys and beauty of the 16th century renaissance music that have influenced him over the years. This further proves that "tone" and "passion" in music do not necessarily come from 200 watt Marshall cabinets and a Fender Strat, but acoustic guitars, violins, flutes, violas, mandolins, and other medieval instruments. Yes, the classical riffs are still existant throughout the entire disc (the trills, the scales, reminiscent of harpsichord) as well as some electric guitar overlays in the background and foreground by this reigning Master of the Stratocaster (...and an occasional whammy bar riff, or two). But what really makes this CD? The angelic voice of his girlfriend (now, wife?), Candice Night. This young lady provides such a smooth quality to the tracks that you actually wind up listening to her and not her husband! You'll really be taken away from the subtle beauty this album portrays.
The songs for the most part, are first rate, catchy tunes that deserve attention. Most notable are the songs "Shadow of the Moon", Play Minstrel Play" which includes a fantastic flute solo by Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), "Ocean Gypsy", "Magical World", and "Spirit of the Sea". Another bonus is to hear Blackmore's beautiful solo guitar playing on such pieces as "Minstral Hall", "Memmingen", and "Possum's Last Dance".
I highly recommend this disc to anyone who needs to relax. It also makes for excellent driving music!
Free Music Review: BEYOND THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT....
Hit: 4 Stars
I only became aware of Blackmore's Night in 2006 after viewing their concert DVD and immediately bought all of their CD's. I haven't been excited like this about music in quite some time. After writing rock classic after rock classic, Ritchie Blackmore has finally broken away from the 15 year imprisonment of being a rock'n'roll used-to-be. This current musical venture is fresh and clearly something that he's carried around hidden inside of him for quite some time. His writing is phenomenal. Guitar no longer dominates the arrangements and he has no qualms about taking a back seat for the betterment of the song.
In writing, the best music always comes as an inspiration. The lyrical aspect usually comes with perspiration. These lyrics are straight off the pages of a teenybopper's diary. Very little substance and an apparent lack of effort. However, as with a lot of rock/pop music, lyrics can largely be ignored and that would be the order of the day here.
Make no mistake, Ritchie is most definitely "the franchise" player on this team.
Free Music Review: Surprisingly mellow, but still good
Hit: 4 Stars
At first I was surprised that this is Ritchie Blackmore because the guitar style is totally different from his Deep Purple work. Very mellow, very folky but still excellent. In fact it beats all of Deep Purple's recent work, except for their last album Bananas. Some good, melodic pop songs (sounding a lot like Mike Oldfield's pop), some mideival songs, some guitar tunes and a guest appearance by Ian Anderson! The guitars are ever bit as technical as his guitars in Rainbow and Deep Purple but in a different way. There is one song that seemed to use a cheap drum machine, which I didn't like at first, but I quickly got used to it and now its one of my favourite songs. Both the original and traditional songs are great! Night's vocals are also great, although she does sound like most female folk vocalists, nothing particularly unique.