Dancer and the Moon explained

Dancer and the Moon
Type:	Album
Artist:	Blackmore's Night
Cover:	DancerandtheMoon.jpg
Released:	June 11, 2013
Genre:	folk rock, neo-Medieval
Length:	53:10^[1]
Label:	Frontiers Records (Europe), Universal Music (Canada), Frontiers Records (Universal) (U.S.)
Producer:	Pat Regan
Prev Title:	A Knight in York
Prev Year:	2012
Next Title:	All Our Yesterdays
Next Year:	2015

Dancer and the Moon is the ninth studio album by the group Blackmore's Night, released on June 11, 2013. It entered at # 189 on USA's Billboard Album Charts.^[2] It was also nominated for NAR award in Best Vocal Album of the Year.^[3]

"Carry On… Jon" is an instrumental tribute to Deep Purple co-founder Jon Lord, who died on 16 July 2012 at age 71.

Track listing

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Personnel

• Ritchie Blackmore – acoustic and electric guitars, nickelharpe, mandola, hurdy gurdy, tambourine
• Candice Night – lead vocals, harmony vocals, all renaissance and medieval woodwinds
• Bard David of Larchmont (David Baranowski) – keyboards, backing vocals
• Lady Kelly DeWinter (Kelly Morris) – harmony vocals, French horn
• Earl Grey of Chimay (Mike Clemente) – bass and rhythm guitar
• The Scarlet Fiddler (Claire Smith Bermingham) – violin
• Troubador of Aberdeen (David Keith) – percussion
• Pat Regan - producer, sound engineer, orchestral arrangements

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	189
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[4]	40
US New Age Albums (Billboard)^[5]	3

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dancer and the Moon . AllMusic.
2. News: BLACKMORE'S NIGHT Guitar Ritchie Blackmore Featured In Interview . July 19, 2013 . 4 September 2013 . 11 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140311042730/http://www.bravewords.com/news/207566 . dead .
3. Web site: Nominated for Best Vocal Album . blackmore's night official website . 2014-03-11.
4. Web site: Independent Albums Chart. Billboard. November 4, 2020.
5. Web site: New Age Albums Chart. Billboard. November 4, 2020.