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"?
DAVE ALVIN
ELEVEN ELEVEN
JOE SWANK & THE ZEN PIRATES
HANK WILLIAMS DIED FOR MY SINS
Rob Ickes Trey Hensley
The Country Blues
Bruce Robinson
- The New World
WATER LIARS
Phantom Limb
CALE TYSON
High On Lonesome
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