February 2011

Hi, my name is Ruby and I am 11 years old. I live in the USA, near
Montgomery, Alabama. Will you be performing anywhere near here soon?
There is a Renaissance festival called the Georgia Renaissance Festival
near Atlanta that seems like the kind of place you would enjoy playing
in. It is not very big, and there are lots of Renaissance costumes
there like you wear for concerts.

I noticed some things recently that are kind of cool. One of
them is you got married on my ninth birthday! Also, my best friend’s
mom’s name is Candice, and her little sister’s name is Autumn. And,
mine and my mom’s initials are the same as yours and Blackmore’s. When
will Autumn Sky be available in the USA? I love your music so much I
taut myself how play the voice part and the violin part of Morning
Star on the violin.
Ruby

Hi Ruby!
That's a beautiful name and I like your photo! You look like you could
be my little sister! We are working on putting a tour of a section of
the USA together right now. We have to check availabilities of the
venues, the routing, the schedules for band and crew and many other
factors before we can book the tour. We should have confirmation later
this week about which states we will be playing this time around. When
we do we will post the dates on Blackmoresnight.com on the tour dates
page so you can see them and all the information you need to get any
tickets. I actually know about the Georgia Renaissance Faire because
one year Ritchie asked me what I wanted to do for my birthday so I told
him "To go to a Renaissance Faire with some of our friends!" There
weren't a lot of faires that were a short plane ride on on May 8th but
Georgia was one of the ones that was open. So we took some friends and
went there for the weekend. It was a great birthday and a wonderful
faire to visit. If you enjoy faires here is a great database so you
know which ones are open at any time of year :
http://www.renaissancemagazine.com/fairelist.html
That's pretty interesting about all the coincidences between us...not
that I believe in coincidence... :)
Autumn Sky is available now. It was released on Jan 18th so you should
be able to get it in all the major music stores by you or by amazon.com
if you want to order online.
Morning Star is a difficult piece for violin. The girl who played it on
the recording is Miri Ben Ari and she studied with Issac Stern. But I
bet she and Gypsy Rose would both be very impressed that you can play
that part at 11 years old! Great work... I'll post your picture in the
Fan Faire page on blackmoresnight.com.
Love and light,
Candice
 

Warm Greetings to the Blackmore Family:

I have a stupid question for you, you might not be into Crowley, and you are into mediums, so is it wise to ask are you into either Necromancy or The Craft of the Wise.
One thought is the pentacle (pentagram inside the circle) would be a wiser move.
and if it harm none so mote it be.
I hate to be so blatant, almost rude in the question, but it nags me.

May the teachings of the Eternal Balance guide you to follow your life cord to your detsination, may Ki’s Blessings guide you on your journey and the deer’s deer and the horses’ horse.

Cheers,
-Kerry.

Hello Kerry,
I suppose we are believers of all of what you mention, and yet not followers of any. We tend to find our own path, musical, life source, spiritual, and more through our seeking and striving, to feel and understand our everyday world and the worlds beyond. We have done much communication with other realms and now tend to continue on that path not only through divination but through music which opens a very spiritual door for us. Nature and music tend to be what might be termed as almost a religious path for us these days.
I hope this puts your spirit at rest a bit and you are able to find some peace of mind in the answer.
BB,
Candice

Greetings My name is Mira.
 I am 22 years old history student from Finland. I´ve been interested in myths and fairytales ever since I was a little girl, and When I first heard your music some years ago, it was a true experience for me. I had never heard anything like it before. There was something so magical and enchanting about it, and I felt as if I had just found something I didn´t even know I was looking for. Been a huge fan ever since! :) I was thrilled when your visited my country during the Secret Voyage tour some years ago. I was fortunate enough to see your concert in Tampere and it really made my summer. I was supposed to go with my sister, but poor thing couldn´t come after all... Now we are both eagerly waiting for the day that would bring you back to Finland someday. :) I´ve always wanted to ask if you have a favorite song (lyricswise) among those of your own? I love songwriting myself, and your lyrics have been a great source of inspiration for me. I´ve always admired the way you seem to be able to "create worlds" with just a few words. Those songs of yours, they always take me somewhere. And then,last but not least,I´d like to say, from the deepest bottom of my heart, that I am very taken by the fact you are actually answering these emails. I know you must be very busy and I dare say most people just wouldn´t bother. It is small things like this that really make us all feel how you appreciate your fans and are truly interested in them. Thank you for that, and thank you for constantly filling my days with light. :) Love, Mira

Hello Mira,
What a beautiful letter. Thank you for writing, for your kind words and for understanding that other worldly magical realm that I write about and try to live in as much as I possibly can...
I am so pleased that you see the "work" put into the lyrics...I do love writing them and sometimes feels so transported when I am doing so that I lose all sense of time and place, just escaping into this other world. What I see, feel, sense, dream all appearing before me as it gets put on paper and set to music and springs to life before my eyes and ears...somewhere deep within my mind and soul this place exists.
It is hard to choose favorite songs as I suppose it would be like choosing a favorite child. But there are some songs that were more of a struggle to write (my "difficult" children, I love them no less for that as the struggle made me pull and discover even deeper!) and some songs just seem to write themselves. As a lover of strong visuals and story/songs some of my favorites are Hanging Tree, Windmills, Fools Gold, The Circle, Spirit of the Sea and now Darkness...
I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed writing them....
Love and light,
Candice