Ritchie Blackmore's current music project, Blackmore's Night, has announced new concert dates this fall to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The six performances, all taking place on the East Coast and ...

Artists “As soon as we played that, I screamed”: Nile Rodgers breaks down how he and David Bowie made Let’s Dance Artists “We went down to the dungeon, then Blackmore came up with that riff!”: Glenn ...

Nobody is ever a perfect guitar player. The beauty of the instrument lies in the imperfections exposed when working it out. No one understood this more than Ritchie Blackmore. Blackmore was a big fan ...

When Christopher Cross came out of nowhere to score big time with his 1979 self-titled debut album, many assumed he was an overnight sensation. At the 23rd Annual Grammy Awards held in February 1981, ...

In 1973, bassist and lead vocalist Glenn Hughes joined one of the biggest bands in the world – but he never saw it coming. “I had no idea they were checking me out,” Hughes tells MusicRadar. “They ...

Ritchie Blackmore started making music during one of the most exciting periods for rock. So, who out of all the legends that were making a name for themselves inspired him the most? Vanilla Fudge. At ...

Deep inside a German castle, Ritchie Blackmore sits at a long table, dressed in medieval garb and clutching a goblet of mead. A group of minstrels skips into the dining chamber, playing a motley ...

Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was one of the founding members of Deep Purple in 1968, playing jam-style hard rock music that mixed guitar riffs ...

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Bassist Bob Daisley has a shameful secret: he actually started out as a guitarist. “I had guitar lessons for about a year,” he told Bass Player in 2014. “But when I saw my first-ever bass guitar in a ...

Former Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist playing intimate venue with his band. Guitar legend Ritch Blackmore has a performance lined up in the the Hudson Valley. The English guitarist was a founding ...