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Listen: Blackmore's Night Premiere New Song, "The Moon Is Shining (Somewhere Over the Sea)"

Posted 05/17/2013 at 10:43am | by Damian Fanelli

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Today, GuitarWorld.com presents the premiere of "The Moon Is Shining (Somewhere Over the Sea)," a new track by Blackmore's Night. The song is from the band's new album, Dancer and the Moon, which will be released June 11 by Frontiers Records.

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40 Years After "Smoke On the Water," Fender Custom Shop Introduces Ritchie Blackmore Tribute Strat

Posted 05/09/2013 at 2:34pm | by Guitar World Staff

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The Fender Custom Shop is paying tribute to the "anvil" used to forge one of the greatest guitar riffs in rock history, the one from Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water," with its limited-edition Fender Custom Shop Ritchie Blackmore Tribute Stratocaster.

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Video: Ritchie Blackmore and Deep Purple Perform in New York in 1973

Posted 04/29/2013 at 12:37pm | by Damian Fanelli

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With Deep Purple's new studio album, Now What?!, waiting in the wings, we thought we'd take a glance back at the classic Mark II lineup of the band — Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice and Jon Lord — tearing it up, live in New York in 1973.

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New Blackmore's Night Album, 'Dancer and the Moon,' Features Tribute to Deep Purple's Jon Lord

Posted 04/12/2013 at 10:40am | by Damian Fanelli

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Blackmore's Night, a band featuring former Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, will release a new album, Dancer and the Moon, June 11 on Frontiers Records.

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NAMM 2013: Fender Custom Shop Introduces Ritchie Blackmore Tribute Stratocaster

Posted 01/19/2013 at 5:37pm | by Guitar World Staff

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Limited to 2013 production only, the guitar is a meticulously crafted replica of the black Fender Stratocaster Blackmore played with Deep Purple in the early ’70s, including the recording of seminal album Machine Head and the band’s greatest hit single.

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Deep Purple to Release Remastered 'Live in Paris 1975' Album in January

Posted 12/20/2012 at 2:11pm | by Damian Fanelli

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Deep Purple, who have already announced a new studio album due in April 2013, also will be digging through their past, reissuing 10 classic albums over the course of the year. The reissues will be begin January 29, when Live In Paris 1975 is released. The album has been digitally remixed and re-mastered from the original multi-track recordings.

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Blackmore's Night: Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover

Posted 12/05/2012 at 12:24pm | by Will Wallner

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I decided to write a blog post dedicated to Ritchie Blackmore. Everyone knows who is. He's the guy who wrote probably the best-known guitar riff of all time. So what's he doing now? You probably know he has a project with his wife, Candice Night, appropriately titled Blackmore's Night. I'd like to dispel some misconceptions about this extremely creative project.

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Blackmore's Night Announce Four East Coast Shows and Live DVD

Posted 09/28/2012 at 1:30pm | by Lukasz Bielawski

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Blackmore‘s Night, the band former Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore formed 15 years ago with his wife, Candice Night, have announced four East Coast US dates.

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Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan "Pisses On" Radiohead, Praises Ritchie Blackmore

Posted 06/13/2012 at 10:40am | by Damian Fanelli

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Billy Corgan, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman, decided to lay into Radiohead during a recent interview with Antiquiet.

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Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore Discusses His Development as a Guitarist in 1991 Guitar World Interview

Posted 10/12/2011 at 10:47am | by Mordechai Kleidermacher

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The veteran guitarist has, in his infinite mercy, granted us a rare interview. (Perhaps the imminent release of the new Deep Purple album, Slaves And Masters, featuring Purple's latest member, Joe Lynn Turner, has something to do with this.) At the moment, Blackmore is dining with some friends; he is to join us at the conclusion of his meal.

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