2003-12-30
The latest soundtrack assembled by uber-producer T-Bone Burnett features numerous renditions of traditional ballads performed by Americana elite like Alison Krauss, Tim O'Brien and Dirk Powell. The highlight, though, is the recasting of The White Stripe's Jack White as an acoustic country blues musician. Is there an Oscar for "Best Supporting Musician"?
Song of the Lakes
Poets Say
Danny Schmidt
Instead the Forest Rose to Sing
OTIS GIBBS
Grandpa Walked a Picketline
Donnie Fritts
Oh My Goodness
TOM WAITS
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards
Wyatt Easterling
Divining Rod
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