Blackmore’s Night – The Village Lanterne
Sound: B-
Music: B-
It seems there is a market that just eats up any music
that even sounds slightly affiliated with traditional Irish music, but they
rarely get to the level of a band as great as The Chieftains. With that said, Blackmore’s Night is not bad
and has more of an edge that Enya or elevator music equivalents. To Ritchie Blackmore’s credit, this is all
new material for the most part and works within the narrative (even fantasy)
confines he has set up. Those
interested will likely enjoy it.
The PCM 16bit/44.1kHz 2.0 Stereo sound is nothing special,
but is richer as compared to the recent Coors album of the same kind of
material, though much lighter. You get
three bonus tracks, but that is all.
- Nicholas Sheffo
