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"?
MARTHA SCANLAN
The West Was Burning
Dan Mills
Something Good
SPARKLEHORSE
Chest Full of Dying Hawks
HORSE FEATHERS
Words Are Dead
LEE BAINES III & THE GLORY FIRES
There Is A Bomb In Gilead
CHRISTINE LAVIN
Happydance of the Xenophobe
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