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 | Title : Down from the Mountain: Live Concert Performances by the Artists & Musicians of O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Author : Various Artists
Release Date : 20010724
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
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Editorial Reviews :
Country music reclaimed its traditional soul with the chart-topping triumph of the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. This concert sequel, recorded (and filmed) at Nashville's venerable Ryman Auditorium, reunites Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Alison Krauss and Union Station, and other O Brother standouts. With little duplication, the selection extends the movie's revival of acoustic spirituals and Appalachian balladry, though the performances and pacing of the concert aren't quite as consistently compelling as the studio soundtrack. Among the highlights are a pair of originals by Welch and David Rawlings, the bluesy 'Dear Someone' and the Everlyesque 'I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll.' Where O Brother interspersed archival recordings among the contemporary artistry, the concert finds Nashville gospel's Fairfield Four harmonizing on the chain-gang chant of 'Po' Lazarus,' while the late John Hartford (in one of his final performances) renews the deadpan whimsy of 'Big Rock Candy Mountain.'
Buyer Reviews :
I bought this CD mostly because it is a companion album to the movie soundtrack and has songs by many of the same singers. It is a recording of a live concert and that seems to harm the sound quality for me in some way, I'm not really sure why. The song selection is interesting, some of it better than others. I found #8 I want to sing that Rock and Roll, by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings to be a very peculiar one, not at all a country/bluegrass subject yet they managed to give it a very bluegrass flavor. Not a bad album but I prefer the soundtrack album.
(by Mr. Arden E. Burchfield)
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