Alison Krauss

With a cast as large as a movie's, Steve Martin's latest bluegrass album—a collaboration with fellow banjoist Alison Brown—is dizzy with stars, starting with the two impressive headliners.

With a cast as large as a movie's, Steve Martin's latest bluegrass album—a collaboration with fellow banjoist Alison Brown—is dizzy with stars, starting with the two impressive headliners. After several albums with Steep Canyon Rangers and Edie Brickell, Martin has joined forces with Brown, renowned for her work with Alison Krauss, Béla Fleck and Michelle Shocked. Together, their playing feels loose in the way of people so secure in their work—so, yes, safe, sensible and sane—that they can flash a little flair without risk. No wonder power players are drawn to their environment. Vince Gill brings sincerity and potency to "Wall Guitar (Since You Said Goodbye)," with Stuart Duncan of Nashville Bluegrass Band on virtuosic fiddle and those complimentary—not dueling!—banjos full of emotion. Tim O'Brien takes the mic, mandolin in tow, on plucky "5 Days Out, 2 Days Back," singing Martin's charming lyrics about road life. ("Give a little wave to the fans/ 5 days out and 2 days back …

The early days of bluegrass were "men only." Thank goodness, times have changed, and women artists are now accepted on their own terms.The bluegrass bandwagon continues to roll in 2001. This collection attempts to capitalize on the breakthrough success of the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. Drawn from Rounder's rich catalog, the 19-cut sampler of female singing, fiddling, and picking extends from an era when women were a novelty in this male-dominated music category through the popular crossover ascendance of such contemporary artists (and O Brother favorites) as Alison Krauss and the Cox Family. Harmonies from the likes of Rhonda Vincent and the Stevens sisters soar toward the heavens, while the earthier strains of Hazel Dickens and Ginny Hawker are more reflective of the music's hardscrabble roots. Though Wilma Lee Cooper's "You Tried to Ruin My Name" has all the subtlety of a hog-calling contest, such rawness is about as real as this music gets. –Don McLeese

One of the best bluegrass albums you can buy; a nice blend of old and new sounds. Featuring guests Peter Rowan, Matt Glasen, and Alison Krauss, it's worth the price of the CD just to hear the vocal on "T for Texas." Highly recommended.

The blockbuster soundtrack of the Coen Brothers' critically acclaimed film won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2001 as well as for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals (“I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow”), and Best Male Country Vocal Performance (“O, Death”). Featuring performances by Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Soggy Bottom Boys, The Stanley Brothers and more, the album hit #1 on Billboard’s 200, Top Country Albums, and Top Soundtracks charts. NPR’s All Songs Considered included the soundtrack on its list of "The Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings". This 10th Anniversary Special Deluxe Edition features 12 previously unreleased tracks from T Bone Burnett's recording sessions! A double album worth of music.

The eight million selling, triple Grammy-winning number one soundtrack for the hit Coen brothers movie represents some of the best talent from Americana and country music, assembled by musician and producer T Bone Burnett.

Album: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Original Release Date: December 5, 2000
Genre: Soudtrack
Quality: MP3/256 kbps/Stereo
Time: 1.00.25
Size: 115 Mb

One of the Best Soundtrack I ever Heard / MUST HAVE