Ritchie Blackmore long ago traded rock for Renaissance and medieval music, and the guitar for the mandola. However, despite the shift in music genres, there's still one guitar-related thing he likes ...
Ritchie Blackmore was not in attendance when Deep Purple entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but he has expressed interest in a final reunion show with the band, though it seems unlikely given the ...
With all the unexpected reunions taking place over the last handful of years, one of the most long-awaited of them all is the return of Ritchie Blackmore to Deep Purple. Bad blood between the two ...
Longtime Classic Rock stalwarts Deep Purple's music and career is explored over seven decades, album-by-album.
Gillan's stance regarding Blackmore, who left in 1993, is nothing new, but he stopped to note that his point of view has more to do with honoring the work done by the current version of the band -- ...
It looks like those rumors regarding Ritchie Blackmore revisiting his rock 'n' roll past might actually be true — to a point, anyway. Although former Rainbow singer Joe Lynn Turner has said he's ...
In February 1979, Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow gathered together at Chateau Pelly de Cornfeld, a 13th-century castle in the foothills of the French Alps. Picture-postcard Geneva was a short drive over ...
Finding his own place in music when he helped form the group Deep Purple, Ritchie Blackmore developed the perfect blend between hard rock and classical music. With unique guitar riffs that seemed to ...
Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore was an integral part of the 1960s rock scene, creating some of the most iconic riffs of all time (i.e., “Smoke On The Water”) and keeping his finger on the ...
Ritchie Blackmore has offered an official statement explaining the medical issues that forced him to cancel his most recent tour. In a post on his official Facebook page which you can read in full ...
The duo known as Blackmore's Night is now a quartet — at home, at least. Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and singer Candice Night tied the knot in 2008 after a long courtship, and now have two children to ...
(GERMANY OUT) Blackmore's Night - Band, Renaissance-inspired folk, GB - Ritchie Blackmore (guitar) and Candice Night (vocals) performing in Bonn, Germany, Museumsmeile (Photo by Brill/ullstein bild ...