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 | Title : O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Author : Various Artists - Soundtrack
Release Date : 20001205
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $19.98
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Editorial Reviews :
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.
Buyer Reviews :
With the country music airwaves currently being dominated by fresh, new artists like Faith Hill who fit better in the pop circuit, it is refreshing to see an album composed entirely of traditional bluegrass and country do as well as the soundtrack of O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU. Even further impressing is the fact that although none of the songs were released to radio, the soundtrack was propelled to the #1 spot on Billboard's country album charts solely from people hearing the music in the movie theater. This soundtrack is a phenomenal album that is proof to country fans everywhere that although traditional country has appeared to have gone out of style, it is still very much alive and well.
The O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU SOUNDTRACK is composed of nineteen songs recorded by some of the most talented country/bluegrass artists in the business, including Gillian Welch (who also served as musical director for the motion picture), Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, and the Cox Family, and and is truly a gathering of musical talent. Also included in the soundtrack is music by musicians who appeared in the film as well as working on the CD, such as the Whites and Tim Blake Nelson.
The O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU SOUNDTRACK is truly, as the CD ads claim, 'The ULTIMATE American roots collection!' So, grab your acoustic guitar, fiddle, and Dapper Dan hair pomade, and let the soundtrack from O BROTHER take you on a journey through one of the greatest periods in country music history.
(by Kori Frazier)
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