All Is Quiet at the Ancient Theatre (Coloured Viny LP) Jazz

All Is Quiet at the Ancient Theatre (Coloured Viny LP) JazzIndies only yellow vinyl. All Is Quiet at the Ancient Theatre begins in cold droned echoes of Nico's Frozen Warnings but Cotton laments vanishing English customs, performance and countryside. Viola, harmonium and recorders bring lost sounds the deathly percussive march of 'A Tragedy In The Tithe Barn', ballad themes of departure in 'The Bells of St. Agnes'. Cotton's music searches a past of stillness and desolation but where Nico's is an icy tundra,

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