Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night to be inducted into the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame on May 13 in ...

Ritchie Blackmore detailed his decision to step ... Blackmore felt compelled to dive headfirst into another passion: traditional medieval music. “I have always been interested in melodic rock ...

In 1971, Blackmore created with what is widely considered one of the most famous guitar riffs in rock history, for Deep Purple’s signature tune “Smoke on the Water.” Ritchie left Deep Purple ...

This proximity to grand music has never waned ... betrayal rather than an opportune broadening of horizons. Ritchie Blackmore certainly imprinted a good dozen historical solos in the pantheon ...