O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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The best soundtracks are like movies for the ears, and O Brother, Where Art Thou? joins the likes of Saturday Night Fever and The Harder They Come as cinematic pinnacles of song. The music from the Coen brothers' Depression-era film taps into the source from which the purest strains of country, blues, bluegrass, folk, and gospel music flow. Producer T Bone Burnett enlists the voices of Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris, Ralph Stanley, and kindred spirits for performances of traditional material, in arrangements that are either a cappella or feature bare-bones accompaniment. Highlights range from the aching purity of Krauss's "Down to the River to Pray" to the plainspoken faith of the Whites' "Keep on the Sunny Side" to Stanley's chillingly plaintive "O Death." The album's spiritual centerpiece finds Krauss, Welch, and Harris harmonizing on "Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby," a gospel lullaby that sounds like a chorus of Appalachian angels. --Don McLeese
The best soundtracks are like movies for the ears, and O Brother, Where Art Thou? joins the likes of Saturday Night Fever and The Harder They Come as cinematic pinnacles of song. The music from the Coen brothers' Depression-era film taps into the source from which the purest strains of country, blues, bluegrass, folk, and gospel music flow. Producer T Bone Burnett enlists the voices of Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris, Ralph Stanley, and kindred spirits for performances of traditional material, in arrangements that are either a cappella or feature bare-bones accompaniment. Highlights range from the aching purity of Krauss's "Down to the River to Pray" to the plainspoken faith of the Whites' "Keep on the Sunny Side" to Stanley's chillingly plaintive "O Death." The album's spiritual centerpiece finds Krauss, Welch, and Harris harmonizing on "Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby," a gospel lullaby that sounds like a chorus of Appalachian angels. --Don McLeese
Disc 1:
- Po Lazarus - J. Carter & Prisoners
- Big Rock Candy Mountain - Harry McLintock
- You Are My Sunshine - Norman Blake
- Down In The River To Pray - Alison Krauss
- I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow - The Soggy Bottom Boys featuring Dan Tyminski
- Hard Time Killing Floor Blues - Chris Thomas King
- Man Of Constant Sorrow (Instrumental) - Norman Blake
- Keep On The Sunny Side - The Whites
- I'll Fly Away - Gillian Welch & Alison Krauss
- Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby - Gillian Welch, Alison Krauss & Emmylou Harris
- In The Highways - The Peasall Sisters
- I Am Weary - The Cox Family
- I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow (Instrumental) - John Hartford
- O Death - Ralph Stanley
- In The Jailhouse Now - The Soggy Bottom Boys featuring Tim Blake Nelson
- I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow (With band) - The Soggy Bottom Boys featuring Dan Tyminski
- Indian War Whoop (Instrumental) - John Hartford
- Lonesome Valley - The Fairfield Four
- Angel Band - The Stanley Brothers
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- a great cd
i've been really enjoying this cd--i've wanted it since the movie came out and finally bought myself one.i love both the vocal and the instrumental parts of the album--a rich mix of layered complexity andrough simplicity that manages to work together all the way thru.it's fantastic!
Rating: - so unique and different
My husband and I both love this CD.It is so unique and different with wonderful harmonies by wonderful voices.I didn't even know that the female voices I was listening to belonged to Allison Krauss and Emily Lou Harris until weeks later.
Rating: - oh brother where art thou?
the product was exactly what i wanted and was in the condition the seller said it was thanks!
Rating: - A Salute To Mountain Music
Sometimes a revival of a musical form, like the "talking blues", that highlighted the urban folk revival of the early 1960's is driven by a social need. In that case it was to provide a format for the "glad tidings" that a new political and social movement was a-bornin'. In the case of the revival several years ago of what is called "mountain music" it was the films "The Song Catcher" and, more importantly, the very popular movie starring George Clooney " O Brother, Where Art Thou?' The CD under ... Read More
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- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
When I heard about this movie it peaked my interest, but what helped make the movie truly great was the old timie music. Without it would not have been nearly as authentic. I grew up hearing some of this type music when I went to church socials in the country with my grandmother as a young child. With the acting of George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, and Holly Hunter and the incredible costumes and sets it was like taking a trip in time. Excellent movie and CD. The CD has ... Read More
- a great cdi've been really enjoying this cd--i've wanted it since the movie came out and finally bought myself one.i love both the vocal and the instrumental parts of the album--a rich mix of layered complexity andrough simplicity that manages to work together all the way thru.it's fantastic!
- so unique and differentMy husband and I both love this CD.It is so unique and different with wonderful harmonies by wonderful voices.I didn't even know that the female voices I was listening to belonged to Allison Krauss and Emily Lou Harris until weeks later.
- oh brother where art thou?the product was exactly what i wanted and was in the condition the seller said it was thanks!
- A Salute To Mountain MusicSometimes a revival of a musical form, like the "talking blues", that highlighted the urban folk revival of the early 1960's is driven by a social need. In that case it was to provide a format for the "glad tidings" that a new political and social movement was a-bornin'. In the case of the revival several years ago of what is called "mountain music" it was the films "The Song Catcher" and, more importantly, the very popular movie starring George Clooney " O Brother, Where Art Thou?' The CD under ... Read More
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?When I heard about this movie it peaked my interest, but what helped make the movie truly great was the old timie music. Without it would not have been nearly as authentic. I grew up hearing some of this type music when I went to church socials in the country with my grandmother as a young child. With the acting of George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, and Holly Hunter and the incredible costumes and sets it was like taking a trip in time. Excellent movie and CD. The CD has ... Read More
