Take one of rock's most influential and notoriously bad-tempered guitarists,
add a whispy-voiced female singer,
and drop them in the middle of a
renaissance faire
(complete with costumes).
What do you get?
Something that, surprisingly, works.
Blackmore's Night
is the name of this band of minstrels.
Led by former
Deep Purple
and Rainbow
guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and his lady love
Candice Night
on vocals,
Blackmore's Night makes mostly acoustic, renaissance-era-inspired music.
If that sounds cheesy, scary, or weird to you, you're not alone.
It's taken me several years to get over my prejudice and give the
band a try
(many thanks to the band for
putting up
good-quality MP3s of entire songs
on their site so I could hear for myself)
and it really does work.
Listen to their cover of Joan Baez's
Diamonds and Rust.
Not bad, eh?
Not exactly a renaissance-era song but they make it their own.
This doesn't mean that I am going to start buying chainmail tank tops
and telling my wench to fetch my mead
but I am going to pick up more of their albums when I can.
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