FLAC / Lossless / Log 100%/ Cue
Label/Cat#: Dualtone / 80302-01201-
Country: USA
Year: 2005
Genre: americana,folk,bluegrass
Format: CD,Album





1. Title theme: East River of Shannon-Instrumental (excerpt)
2. Boozefighters - Gandydancer
3. The Road To Kaintuck - June Carter Cash
4. I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home - Mac Wiseman
5. Waiting For A Train - Jimmie Rodgers
6. How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times - Blind Alfred Reed
7. Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow - The Carter Family
8. We're Stole And Sold From Africa - Addie Graham
9. Northfield - Alabama Sacred Harp Singing Convention
10. Wildwood Flower - The Carter Family
11. Down On The Banks Of Ohio - Blue Sky Boys
12. Title theme: East River of Shannon-Instrumental
13. East River Of Shannon - Instrumental
14. Dark As A Dungeon - Jeff Black
15. West Virginia Mine Disaster - Jean Ritchie
16. When This World Comes To An End - Maggie Hammons
17. Amazing Grace - Rose Bell
18. Hillbilly Fever - The Osborne Brothers
19. Old Camp Meeting Time - Grandpa Jones
20. Soldier Of The Cross - Ricky Skaggs
21. Price Of Progress - Jason Ringenberg
22. Wildwood Flower Instrumental - David Grisman & Tony Rice




Stretching across the traditional North-South delineation of America's original colonial core, yet linking them as firmly as a spine, the Appalachian Mountains have had a central role in American industry, culture, and politics for centuries. While PBS's documentary series examines every facet of that history, this 22-track soundtrack companion focuses on the region's impossibly rich musical legacy. Along with jazz and the blues, the music of Appalachia remains one of America's most primal and consistently influential (as evidenced by the revivalist successes of Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? cultural treasures. The collection performs a tricky tightrope walk between tradition and its contemporary echoes, and artists from Jimmie Rodgers (the sublime "Waiting For a Train") and the Cash and Carter clans to contemporary stars like Rickie Skaggs and Jason Ringenberg, yet its most compelling moments seem rooted not in recording studios, but the region's rocky soil. The Alabama Sacred Harp Singing Convention's haunting, African-rooted harmonies on "Northfield" and eerie a cappella of Maggie Hammon's "When This World Comes to an End" stand in stark contrast to the disturbingly frank musings of the Blue Sky Boys' murderous "Down on the Banks of the Ohio." These are but three of the highlights on this evocative anthology.