Blackmore's Night

 

Artist:  Blackmore's Night

Origin:  UK/USA

Genre:   Folk, Celtic, Pop Rock, Folk Rock

Original line-up:

Ritchie Blackmore:  Guitar, Mandolin

Candice Night:  Vocals, Tambourine

Blackmore's Night is a British/American Traditional Folk Rock Duo formed in 1997, by Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar Ex Deep Purple, Rainbow), and Candice Night (Lead, Vocals, Lyricist and Multi-Instrumentalist), she was a Rainbow Fan, and they both had interested in Renaissance Music.  Their debut album Shadow Of The Moon was a musical success with Rock Guitar into the music and maintaining a Folk Rock direction in a wide variety of Renaissance Instruments.

Title:   Winter Carols (Deluxe Edition) (2021)

Genre:   Folk, Celtic, Pop Rock, Folk Rock

Label:   earMusic

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  Coventry Carol (2021 New Recording) (3:07)

 2.  Deck The Halls (2:45)

 3.  God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman (4:33)

 4.  Oh Christmas Tree (4:54)

 5.  Hark The Herald Angels Sing/Come All Ye Faithful (3:50)

 6.  I Saw Three Ships (2:40)

 7.  Winter (Basse Dance) (3:07)

 8.  Ding Dong Merrily On High (3:16)

 9.  Ma-O-Tzur (2:19)

10 Good King Wenceslas (4:44)

11. Lord Of The Dance/Simple Gifts (3:34)

12. We Three Kings (4:48)

13. Wish You Were Here (2021) (Song From Shadow Of The Moon) (5:01)

14. Emanuel (3:32)

15. Christmas Eve (4:20)

16. We Wish You A Merry Christmas (1:21)

Disc 2:

 1.  Crowning Of The King (Song From Fires At Midnight) (4:28)

 2.  Here We Come A-Caroling (2:20)

 3.  It Came Uppon A Midnignt Clear (1:58)

 4.  O Little Town Of Bethlehem (3:16)

 5.  Silent Night (2:38)

 6.  Christmas Eve (2013 Version) (4:33)

Live From Minstal Hall 2013:

 7.  Hark The Herald Angels Sing/Come All Ye Faithful 3) (4:12)

 8.  Emmanuel (4:35)

 9.  We Three Kings (5:26)

10. Ma-O-Tzur (5:26)

11. Good King Wenceslas (6:13)

Personnel:

Ritchie Blackmore:  Guitar, Mandola, Nyckelharpa,, Hurdy-Gurdy, Percussion

Candice Night:  Vocals, Shawn, Pennywhistle

Pat Regan:  Keyboards

Sir Robert Of Normandie (Robert Curiano):  (Bass

Anton Fig:  Drums

Bard David Of Larchmont (David Baranowski):  Keyboards

Sarah Steiding:  Violin  

Albert Dannemann:  Bagpipes, Backing Vocals

Ian Robertson, Jim Manngard:  Backing Vocals

Sisters Of The Moon:  Lady Madeline, Lady Nancy (Madeline and Nancy Posner:  Harmony Vocals

Winter Carols is the sixth studio album by Blackmore's Night, originally released on October 2006 by AFM Records, remastered and reissued on November 19, 2021 by earMusic.  Deluxe Edition in 2 CD.