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Alison Cotton - The Night it Darkens all Around Me

Musician and songwriter Alison Cotton brings you an hour of dark and melancholic music, including tracks from Nico, Mr Fox and the Dirty Three.

Musician and songwriter Alison Cotton brings you an hour of dark and melancholic music, including tracks from Nico, Mr Fox and the Dirty Three.

Alison Cotton's recently released fifth solo album ‘The Gods Laugh’ has been described as a "mesmerising weave of haunted atmospherics and avant-folk songcraft."

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Thursday00:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Alison Cotton

    The Night it Darkens all Around Me

    • tak:til/ Glitterbeat..

  • Dorothy Carter

    Binnorie

    • Drag City.

  • Nico

    Mutterlein

    • Domino Recording Co.

  • Mr. Fox

    Salisbury Plain

    • Transatlantic.

  • Kali Malone & Drew McDowall

    Withdrawn Into The Source

    • Ideologic Organ.

  • The Pretty Things

    Loneliest Person

    • Snapper Classics.

  • Cluster & Brian Eno

    Für Luise

    • Bureau B.

  • Pentangle

    Lyke Wake Dirge

    • Castle Music.

  • Amon Düül II

    Pale Gallery

    • SPV.

  • Glide

    Assemblage 2

    • Self released.

  • Véronique Chalot

    Gwenc'hlan

    • Lantern Editions.

  • Dawn Terry

    Now Is the Only Time

    • Self release.

  • Dirty Three

    Some Summers they Drop Like Flies

    • Remote Control.

  • Alison Cotton

    I Am

    • tak:til/ Glitterbeat..

Broadcast

  • Thursday00:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music