Paris Moon

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Paris Moon | type = video | artist = [[Blackmore's Night]] | cover = Paris Moon.JPG | alt = | released = 6 November 2007 | recorded = September 20, 2006 at [[Paris]], [[France]]'s famed Olympia Theatre | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Folk music|folk]], [[neo-Medieval music|neo-Medieval]] | length = 128 minutes | label = [[SPV GmbH|Steamhammer / SPV]] (USA)<br> Rsk Entertainment (UK) | producer = | prev_title = [[Winter Carols]] | prev_year = 2006 | next_title = [[Secret Voyage]] | next_year = 2008 }}

'''''Paris Moon''''' is a long-form concert DVD/CD shot released by the band [[Blackmore's Night]] in 2007. This release celebrates the band's 10-year anniversary with a concert in the [[Olympia (Paris)|Paris Olympia]] in 2006.

The band runs through a number of cover songs, including [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]'s "Rainbow Blues," [[Joan Baez]]' "Diamonds and Rust," [[Joan Osborne]]'s "Saint Teresa," and a couple songs from Ritchie's previous bands: [[Deep Purple]]'s "Soldier of Fortune" and [[Rainbow (rock band)|Rainbow]]'s "Ariel" (though this song was actually written by Night and Blackmore).

Also included is a photo gallery with photos from the show, set to "Streets of London", sung by Night in [[French language|French]].

Included with the DVD is a CD containing nine tracks from the concert, as well as a studio version of "The Village Lanterne" and a radio edit of "All Because of You".

''Paris Moon'' was nominated to the New Age Reporter Lifestyle Music Award in three categories: Best Vocal Album, Best Album and Best Celtic Album.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blackmoresnight.com/ritchie_bio.html |title=Ritchie's Bio |work=The Official Ritchie Blackmore and Blackmore's Night website |accessdate=2010-08-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101117200334/http://www.blackmoresnight.com/ritchie_bio.html |archivedate=2010-11-17 }}</ref>

==Track listing==

===DVD=== # "Introduction" # "[[Pastime with Good Company|Past Time With Good Company]]" # "Rainbow Blues" # "Play Minstrel Play" # "World of Stone" # "Under a Violet Moon" # "[[Soldier of Fortune (Deep Purple song)|Soldier of Fortune]]" # "Durch Den Wald Zum Bachhaus" # "Diamonds and Rust" # "Minstrel Hall" # "Home Again" # "Streets of London" # "Renaissance Faire" # "Keyboard Solo" # "Ariel" # "Loreley" # "The Clock Ticks On" # "Fires at Midnight" # "St. Teresa" # "The Village Lanterne"

===CD=== # "Past Time With Good Company/Rainbow Blues" # "Play Minstrel Play" # "World of Stone" # "Under a Violet Moon" # "Minstrel Hall" # "Home Again" # "Ariel" # "The Clock Ticks On" # "Fires at Midnight"

===Bonus tracks=== # "The Village Lanterne" (Studio Version) # "All Because of You" (Radio Edit) # "The Village Lanterne" (Enhanced Video Track)

==Line-up/Musicians== * [[Ritchie Blackmore]] - electric & acoustic guitars, tambourine, [[hurdy-gurdy]], mandola * [[Candice Night]] - lead & backing vocals, shawms, rauschpfeife, pennywhistles, chanters, cornamuse * [[Bob Curiano|Sir Robert of Normandie]] - bass, rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Bard David of Larchmont - keyboards, vocals * Squire Malcom of Lunley - drums, percussions * Lady Madeline - back up vocals * Lady Nancy - back up vocals

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Blackmore's Night video albums]] [[Category:2007 live albums]] [[Category:2007 video albums]] [[Category:2000s live video albums]]