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"?Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
Exploration
OTIS GIBBS
Grandpa Walked a Picketline
JOY KILLS SORROW
Darkness Sure Becomes This City
SERA CAHOONE
Only As the Day is Long
GOB IRON
Death Songs For The Living
Son Volt
Okemah and the Melody of Riot
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