Blackmore's Night, All our yesterdays

Blackmore's Night make me happy, it's as simple as that. Of course they're not the kind of band where one remains in awe at the originality of the song structure, at the complexity of the chord progressions or at the skills of the musicians (though Ritchie Blackmore is still a name that holds weight, even with his new-found lightness), but they are the kind of band that tells a story, sends an emotion, creates a mood. My heart is filled with joy and positivity and I'm transported to a fairy-tale world every time I listen to them. And after all, what is the purpose of art, if not "washing the dust of daily life off our souls", as Pablo Picasso beautifully put it?