Songcatcher: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
by: Roseanne Cash, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Maria McKee, David Mansfield, Patty Loveless, Allison Moorer, Emmy Rossum, David Patrick Kelly & Bobby McMillen Hazel Dickens, Pat Carrolls
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Maybe they should have subtitled this album O Sister, Where Art Thou? Like the music from the Coen brothers' O Brother... movie, Songcatcher celebrates the emotional purity of mountain music, the acoustic balladry of the Appalachians--only this soundtrack features an all-female assemblage. Among the luminaries who shine the brightest: Rosanne Cash, who sets the tone with the album-opening "Fair and Tender Ladies"; Julie Miller, whose original "All My Tears" could pass as an old spiritual; Patty Loveless, who returns to her Kentucky roots with "Sounds of Loneliness"; and Gillian Welch, who leads an a cappella rendition of "Wind and Rain." Of the more familiar material, Emmylou Harris seems like she's coasting through the oft-revived "Barbara Allen" while Maria McKee sounds like she's singing for her life on "Wayfarin' Stranger." Yet the emphasis throughout is less on vocal virtuosity than on the stark simplicity of the songs, the album more impressive as an ensemble piece than a showcase for individual singers. --Don McLeese
Maybe they should have subtitled this album O Sister, Where Art Thou? Like the music from the Coen brothers' O Brother... movie, Songcatcher celebrates the emotional purity of mountain music, the acoustic balladry of the Appalachians--only this soundtrack features an all-female assemblage. Among the luminaries who shine the brightest: Rosanne Cash, who sets the tone with the album-opening "Fair and Tender Ladies"; Julie Miller, whose original "All My Tears" could pass as an old spiritual; Patty Loveless, who returns to her Kentucky roots with "Sounds of Loneliness"; and Gillian Welch, who leads an a cappella rendition of "Wind and Rain." Of the more familiar material, Emmylou Harris seems like she's coasting through the oft-revived "Barbara Allen" while Maria McKee sounds like she's singing for her life on "Wayfarin' Stranger." Yet the emphasis throughout is less on vocal virtuosity than on the stark simplicity of the songs, the album more impressive as an ensemble piece than a showcase for individual singers. --Don McLeese
Disc 1:
- Fair And Tender Ladies - Roseanne Cash
- Pretty Saro - Iri DeMent
- When Love Is New - Dolly Parton & Emmy Rossum
- Barbara Allen - Emmy Rossum
- Barbara Allen - Emmylou Harris
- Moonshiner - Allison Moorer
- Sounds Of Loneliness - Patty Loveless
- All My Tears - Julie Miller
- Wayfarin' Stranger - Maria McKee
- Mary Of The Wild Moor - Sara Evans
- Wind And Rain - Gillian Welch, David Rawlings & David Steele
- The Cuckoo Bird - Deana Carter
- Score Suite #1 - David Mansfield
- Conversations With Death - Hazel Dickens, David Patrick Kelly & Bobby McMillen
- Score Suite #2 - David Mansfield
- Single Girl - Pat Carrolls
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- soundtrack from the song catcher
i think you would have to like music from the ozarks back in the day when music was simple. we like all kinds of music. and would recommend this to anyone who likes old time music
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- In The Time Of The Mountain Music Revival
This review is being used to comment on both the soundtrack CD and movie DVD.
In a recent CD review of the music from the now mountain music movie classic, George Clooney's "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?", I mentioned in passing that the movie from which the CD under review is taken was also a contributing factor to the revival of interest in the mountain music genre. I also noted there that the CD and film were worthy of a separate review of their own. I make amends here and I think ... Read More
Rating: - CD Review
I ordered this CD for my father and he was delighted! He had looked for it for a long time and was so pleased to get it!
Rating: - Historical music
I loved the movie and my basset hound sang along to a few of the tunes in the movie; however she (the basset) did not respond at all to the music from the sound track, and this was a little disappointing, but I liked it a great deal.
Rating: - SongCatcher
Saw the movie, had to get this for my husband's birthday. It is great! Thank you.
- soundtrack from the song catcheri think you would have to like music from the ozarks back in the day when music was simple. we like all kinds of music. and would recommend this to anyone who likes old time music
- In The Time Of The Mountain Music RevivalThis review is being used to comment on both the soundtrack CD and movie DVD.
In a recent CD review of the music from the now mountain music movie classic, George Clooney's "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?", I mentioned in passing that the movie from which the CD under review is taken was also a contributing factor to the revival of interest in the mountain music genre. I also noted there that the CD and film were worthy of a separate review of their own. I make amends here and I think ... Read More
- CD ReviewI ordered this CD for my father and he was delighted! He had looked for it for a long time and was so pleased to get it!
- Historical musicI loved the movie and my basset hound sang along to a few of the tunes in the movie; however she (the basset) did not respond at all to the music from the sound track, and this was a little disappointing, but I liked it a great deal.
- SongCatcherSaw the movie, had to get this for my husband's birthday. It is great! Thank you.
