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BLACKMORE'S NIGHT: CASTLES & DREAMS on PBS Jan 30th

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE on MONDAY, JANUARY 30 at 8 PM on WLIW21 New York Public Television with Ritchie Blackmore & Candice Night LIVE in the studio!

Don't miss the exclusive premiere of BLACKMORE'S NIGHT: CASTLES & DREAMS on Monday, January 30 at 8 pm on WLIW21 New York Public Television with Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night live in the studio Ritchie and Candice will speak about their new DVD, experiences on the road, and upcoming tour and studio CD. The couple might even give an impromptu performance!

The broadcast premiere of the concert special is part of the PBS station's pledge drive. Both Ritchie and Candice hope the success of this show in the New York metropolitan area may influence public television stations across the country to pick up the special, and gather funding for PBS broadcasts.

In CASTLES & DREAMS (released last month on DVD in the US, months earlier in Europe), Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore and life partner Candice Night lead an eight-piece ensemble that blends soft rock music and European folk melodies, played on Renaissance-era and modern day instruments to create what they call 'Renaissance Rock.' Dubbed Blackmore's Night, the ensemble filmed this concert at a medieval castle in Germany last year to capture a unique experience inspired by nature, and the pageantry and romance of the Middle Ages' music. Long velvet skirts rustle through castle courtyards while peasants, knights, jesters and kings saunter down cobblestone streets as Blackmore's Night casts its spell of mystical music using acoustic and electric guitars, strings, eclectic instruments like hurdy-gurdy and bagpipe, and Candice Night's ethereal voice. Songs include: "Home Again," "Renaissance Faire" and "The Clock Ticks On."

The special is scheduled also to air nationwide on public television in March. If you can't access the New York metro-area WLIW21, contact your local public television station at www.pbs.org/stationfinder to find March airdates in your area for BLACKMORE'S NIGHT: CASTLES & DREAMS. "If your station does not have this special scheduled please call or write them to let them know you want to see Blackmore's Night on TV in your town," the band wrote in a press release about the broadcast. "Once a station sees public demand for a show it might convince them to add it to their schedule."

For more information on the broadcast, visit: www.wliw.org  

For more information on the band, visit: www.blackmoresnight.com  

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