Media - Magazines, Newspapers, Internet, TV & Radio!

2003: Hi Fi Plus had this to say about Ghost of a Rose.

2003: March - Special Edition of Q magazine "100 Songs that Changed the World", Ritchie's famous riff from Deep Purple's Smoke On the Water was listed as # 38. There is a full page dedicated to the story behind the song with interviews and great color picture of the band circa 1973. They list the song as being the song that "inspired air guitarists the world over."

2003: Power Play Magazine issue #42 had a 3 page interview with Ritchie and Candice

2003: February - Past Times With Good Company receives 4.0 rating on Classic Rock Revisited!

2002: December - Check out the Classic Rock Revisited   interview with Ritchie and Candice. Please take a moment to write in your comments at the end of the interview. http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/interviews.htm

Candice was featured in England's M Celebs page in the Sunday supplement of the Daily Mail on November 17th, 2002. 
Blackmore's Night interviews that appeared in these newspapers, magazines, radio and TV programs (in 2001):
WDR National Radio Station in WDR
Northern Westfalle
WDR 2 & WDR 4

Classic Rock Autumn Special Issue #7 in the UK had a fantastic interview with Ritchie "The Man in Black Speaks At Last". To get a copy, call (011) 44 171 631 1433 (from the US) and tell them you are interested in the issues that contains the story on Ritchie. You also can email them at: production.oneshots@dennis.co.uk (2001)

Aktueell - issue- June 27-Jul 4 new interview and exclusive photos of Blackmore's Night and Lumley Castle in Durham England. (2001)

Total Guitar April edition listed their top 300 guitarists of all time and Ritchie was the first one mentioned. (2001)

Classic Rock Society August 2001 issue there was an amazing review of Fires at Midnight and in September Q magazine followed suit. But Mojo did best of all with a very interesting interview in their September issue and new photos taken at Lumley Castle.

Ritchie Blackmore was the colossus of heavy metal, leading the cacophonous Deep Purple. Now he wears a pointy hat and has made a folk album. He tells Peter Culshaw why in this riveting interview. Click here to read this interview. (2001)

There was a 2 page new interview with Ritchie Blackmore in Classic Rock magazine in December 2001 as well as an eat-my-words-apology in November's issue to Ritchie from the editor for printing inaccurate things about Mr. Blackmore in a previous issue.

Guitarist Magazine Spring 2001 issue, there was a photo of Ritchie as well as the other 9 guitarists chosen by Channel 4 on their Top 10 Guitar Heroes of All Time television special which aired in the UK in April. Contact 01144(0)1458271117 or email subs@futurenet.co.uk  or write to Guitarist Magazine/Future Publishing, 30 Monmouth Street, Bath, BA12BW, England.

Look in Classic Rock issue 35 - Christmas 2001. There's an interview with Ritchie and Candice! To obtain contact Backissues@futurenet.co.uk 

Chrysalsis TV-Channel 4 April 7 at 9PM had a special on the world's Greatest Guitarists- Look for TMIB. (2001)

The Swansea show and interviews appeared on the Wales News TV station during September 2001.

One week after Fires At Midnight was released in Germany it entered the Billboard International German charts at #9!!! It had also charted in Sweden, Czech Republic, Canada (video channel) and play listed in England on BBC radio. (2001)

The results are published for the guitar techniques, "Greatest Riff of the Century" awarded to Ritchie Blackmore for Smoke on the Water - Read about it in Guitar Techniques - (UK) Customer services 44 145 827 1116 - Ask for the issue with Ritchie on the cover (February 2000) - complete with CD. Publisher's fax 44 122 546 2986  (2000)

If fans would like copies of the "keep it live" interview from October 1, 2000 - it will be on the www.keepitlive.co.uk  website and in the paper version. Please send an SAE to: KEEP IT LIVE! Glebe Cottage, Station Road, Kildale, Whitby, North Yorkshire, ENGLAND, YO21 2RH. (2000)

There was a very funny "on the road incident" about Ritchie, Candice and their entourage having problems with a "Fawlty Towers" hotel manager. Great color picture also! Covered in the Bracknell News from England. The article in entitled "Purple Pain". If you would like a copy, contact the Bracknell News and ask for the article about Ritchie Blackmore from issue from Feb. 17th, 2000. Write to: Pauline Watts c/o the Reading Newspaper Company 50-56 Portman Rd Reading , Berks RG301BA England phone# 01189503030 fax # 0118391619 The total cost per copy is 90p. Please make checks out to Reading Newspaper Company. (2000)

The English guitar magazine Guitar Techniques had a cover story on Ritchie. Discusses the new solos on the reasserted anniversary Purple CD's and includes a CD w/the magazine. It is the February 2000 issue (ask for the one with Ritchie Blackmore on the cover). Call England at 441458271116. (2000)

Ritchie and Candice did a page interview with photo in the daily paper, the Evening Standard which came out on April 12th, 2000.

Classic Rock April 2000 issue with Dave Ling. Ask for the issue with Ritchie Blackmore in it. Contact them at productiononeshots@dennis.co.uk

Ritchie and Candice were featured on a 2 part interview special with Andy Fox on April 13 on 107.3 Bristol's EAGLE. While in England, their interview with Lynn Parsons went out on June 17 and 18 and was heard up through Newcastle. They were on the ITV news show "London Tonight". (2000)

July 1999 Ritchie and Candice completed an interview with BBC2. 

March 6th at 9pm 1999; Ritchie was interviewed by Chrysalis TV on Channel 4. It was a look back in time on his careers with Deep Purple and Rainbow and also included interviews on Blackmore's Night. 

To get a copy of Ritchie and Candice's interview from Dec 12, 1999 in the Sunday Telegraph call (011 from US) 44 1268725579 -in the UK call 01268725579 (1999)

The English newspaper, the Telegraph, had a page interview with Ritchie and Candice. Interesting story reporting on the writers' night with the entourage ending with lots of drinking and singing and a great time had by all! To read about this crazy night and to find out what it's like spending an evening with the band- ask for the Saturday December 18th 1999 issue 1637 of the Telegraph. Write to Telegraph Group Limited, 1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E145DT, U.K. or call England at 442075385000 or email the editor at et.letters@telegraph.co.uk (1999)

Telegraph-Interesting story reporting on the writers night with BN with lots of drinking and singing! To read about this crazy night and to find out what's it's like spending an evening with the band- ask for the Saturday December 18th 1999 issue 1637 of the Telegraph. Write to Telegraph Group Limited, 1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E145DT, U.K. call England at 442075385000 or email the editor at et.letters@telegraph.co.uk

Classic Rock Magazine from England Autumn Special Issue #7 had an interview  with Ritchie. and Contact productiononeshots@dennis.co.uk