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While browsing through a record store that let's you listen to samples of CDs, I ran across Ritchie Blackmores' latest. What a shock! The man long known as a primo hard rock guitarist from Deep Purple and Rainbow has gone medieval. Well sort off. The music is a blend of English folk and medieval inspired tunes fused with modern pop and rock. And...occasionally we still get a brilliant rock solo. The only other band that I can recall who has tried this approach was Jethro Tull, however this doesn't sound like Tull This is a delightful album, full of pep and energy...like taking a trip into a magic dimension. While Blackmore writes or arranges most of the music, a large part of the credit must go to Candice Night (Mrs. Blackmore) who writes most of the lyrics and fronts for the band with her smooth yet powerful voice. She gives Blackmore's night a lot of its' identity. She seems to have been born to sing this stuff. It's hard to pick a favorite song since they are all great. The opener "Written In The Stars" is a fast paced pop anthem and sounds like it could be a major radio hit. It kind of reminds me of ABBA. "I Still Remember" is an acoustic rock number, something that Heart might have done. "Home Again " is a hook laden medieval based folk song, you can almost hear the merry man in the pub, thumbing their mugs of beer on the wooden table singing along with the band.Read full review
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