Candice Night on Blackmore’s Night’s “Winter Carols” album, her Jewish roots, husband Ritchie’s nicknames, and more

Blackmore’s Night – as comprised of Candice Night and Deep Purple co-founder Ritchie Blackmore – recently released a deluxe version of their album “Winter Carols.” Now available as a high-quality 2CD Digipak Edition and digital album via earMUSIC, the 2021 version of the 2006 release was carefully-remastered and contains 4 bonus tracks. And yes, the new version of “Winter Carols” still includes Blackmore’s Night take on “Ma-O-Tzur.”

Since starting up in 1997, Blackmore’s Night has released 11 studio albums. Its most recent studio full-length is 2021’s “Nature’s Light,” which charted high throughout Europe, like 2015’s “All Our Yesterdays.” Prior to co-founding Blackmore’s Night, vocalist Candice Night had contributed to Blackmore’s previous bands Deep Purple and Rainbow. In the years since, Night has also been part of recordings with Helloween, Avantasia and Nightwish’s Tarja Turunen, beyond releasing a pair of her own solo albums.

On December 7, 2021, I had the pleasure of speaking with Candice Night via Zoom, as embedded below. Among the topics we discussed:

• Why she and Ritchie Blackmore live on Long Island
• Recording “Ma-O-Tzur” for “Winter Carols,” and home recording as a whole
• Raising her children with Jewish culture
• Future plans for her and Blackmore’s Night

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