The Silent Ballet

06/08/2026

"Down from Dover" is a tragic folk song written by Dolly Parton. Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood recorded a famous cover version for their 1971 collaborative album, Nancy & Lee Again. The song tells the sorrowful story of an unwed pregnant young woman abandoned by her lover. Dolly Parton released the track on her 1970 album A Real Live Dolly and as a solo release. Sinatra and Hazlewood adapted the lyrics so Hazlewood could sing parts of the narrative from the male perspective. The recording features a melancholy arrangement with acoustic guitars, bass, strings, cellos, and a sitar. A timeless piece of Folky Cinematica beauty and a classic for The Silent Ballet events!

Audio (only) from CD. Album: Fairy Tales & Fantasies-The Best of Na...

11/07/2026

At last, from Liverpool come a group who seem to owe absolutely nothing to the Beatles. Super Numeri specialise in long, intense journeys into music that recall Miles Davis' seventies experiments and the work of Can without seeming beholden to either. The product of a unique communal collective, the results are langorous soundscapes, with a use of live instruments and spiky intelligence which take them a million miles from lazy "ambient" music. Self-avowed avant garde traditionalists, the three core members of Super Numeri gathered together ten others for the making of a record which they describe in the following terms: "Sometimes it's ugly. Sometimes it's immensely beautiful. At all times it's high and glorious!" Listen to a new sound coming from an old place. "The Coastal Bird Scene" is a superb Exotica Jazz tune that was released by Ninjatune Records back in 2003. A timeless piece of music beauty and a classic for The Silent Ballet events!!

Provided to YouTube by Ninja TuneCoastal Bird Scene (Part 1) · Su...

06/06/2026

Michael John Harvey (born 29 August 1958) is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, composer, arranger and record producer. A multi-instrumentalist, he is best known for his long-term collaborations with Nick Cave, with whom he formed The Boys Next Door, The Birthday Party and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Harvey has also produced and contributed to multiple recordings by different artists and released several albums and soundtracks as a solo artist. "Intoxicated Women" is his eight studio album released on 20 January 2017 through Mute Records. The album is Harvey's fourth in his series of Serge Gainsbourg interpretations/translations, and preceded by Intoxicated Man in 1995, Pink Elephants in 1997 and Delirium Tremens in 2016. "Prévert’s Song (Chanson de Prévert)" is a timeless beauty of Folk/French Chanson aesthetics and a classic for The Silent Ballet events

Prévert's Song (Chanson de Prévert) is taken from the new album ‘In...

04/06/2026

The J Ann C Trio is a cult 1960s lounge outfit famous for their twangy, eclectic blend of jazz, rockabilly, and folk. They are best known for their private press album At Tan-Tar-A, recorded during their residency at the Tan-Tar-A Resort in Missouri and later reissued in 2021. Andrea Delrene Arnold, bassist and singer was the Daughter of Andrew Sullivan Arnold (1921-1983) and Iona Mae Arnold (Goodman) (1923-2011), Carl Russell was the guitarist and Jerry Dugan was the drummer. The private press treasure album "At Tan-Tar-A" (first released for Burdland Records backs in 1966) get reissued by Modern Harmonic Records and present their delicate Folk/Rockabilly sound. "More (Theme From Mondo Cane)" is the beautiful theme writen by Riz Ortolani and Nino Oliviero for 1962 Italian documentary film "Mondo Cane". A timeless piece of Folkish beauty and a classic for The Silent Ballet events

Private pressing record, from 1966.

02/06/2026

"Some Velvet Morning" is a song written by Lee Hazlewood and originally recorded by Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra in late 1967. It first appeared on Sinatra's album Movin' with Nancy, the soundtrack to her 1967 television special of the same name, which also featured a performance of the song. It was subsequently released as a single before appearing on the 1968 album Nancy & Lee. The male part of the song is in 4/4 time signature whereas the female part is in 3/4. Hazlewood's voice is recorded with more reverberation than is Sinatra's, making it sound bidimensional. Sinatra's singing career received a boost in 1967 with the help of songwriter/producer/arranger Hazlewood, who had been making records for ten years, including with Duane Eddy. Hazlewood's collaboration with Sinatra began when her father Frank Sinatra asked Hazlewood to help boost his daughter's career. Hazlewood also confirmed that he was inspired by Greek mythology: "I thought they were a lot better than all those fairy tales that came from Germany that had killings and knifings. There was only about seven lines about Phaedra. She had a sad middle, a sad end, and by the time she was 17 she was gone. She was a sad-assed broad, the saddest of all Greek goddesses. So bless her heart, she deserves some notoriety, so I’ll put her in a song.". This is one of the strangest and most darkly songs even written, ambitiousm beautiful and unforgettable. A timeless piece of Beauty and a classic for The Silent Ballet events.

https://link.lightintheattic.net/NancyLeePOLight in the Attic is thrilled to announce the first official reissue of Nancy & Lee: the highly-influential 1968 ...

30/05/2026

Pale Penguin presents The Silent Ballet: Folk Version @Ήλεκτρον καφέ, Sunday 7th June!! Last event of the indoors season!! Do not miss!!
It's important to take what's great in the past, put it together and make something beautiful in the present. Music always seems to be about telling you a secret.

03/04/2026

Nikos Xydakis is a Greek composer, pianist, and singer. Born in Cairo, Egypt, he immigrated with his family to Greece in 1963. Much of his music has its root in theatrical music. Xydakis has collaborated with many of the most influential Greek musicians, actors and directors, including Eleftheria Arvanitaki and Sokratis Malamas. His work includes the music for Theater of Thessaly's historic production of Electra. His professional partner is Theodore Gonis. Since 1978 Xydakis got more than 30 albums, many of them soundtracks for films or music for theatrical plays. His elegance combination of Traditional/Ethnic/Folk Greek sounds with modern aesthetics is a unique piece of music excellence. back in 1996 Xydakis released the album "I Voui Tou Mythou" for Lyra Records, the music for Sophias Spyratou Theatrical Dance "Roes". I timeless piece of amazing Ethnic/Folk music with Cinematica aesthetics and a classic for The Silent Ballet events

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