O Brother, Where Are Thou ? - Edition Spéciale
- Po Lazarus
- Big Rock Candy Mountain
- You Are My Sunshine
- Down To The River To Pray
- I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
- Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
- I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
- Keep On The Sunny Side
- I Ll Fly Away
- Didn T Leave Nobody But The Baby
- In The Highways
- I Am Weary (Let Me Rest)
- I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
- O Death
- In The Jailhouse Now
- I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
- Indian War Whoop
- Lonesome Valley
- Angel Band
Une excellente porte d entrée pour la country - Si le film des frères Coen n est pas le pareil de leur filmo, la B.O. qui l accompagne atteint en revanche l excellence. En allant chercher des titres country/bluegrass audibles au plus grand nombre, ce disque permet de faire rentrer le genre même les plus réfractaires au style. Des chansons magnifiques, entraînantes et surtout l inévitable Man of Constant Sorrow qui atteint des sommets et justifie à lui-seul l achat de cet album. Du très très bon.
Génial - Après s être délecté du film, il ne faut pas hésiter à en faire autant pour la BO. C est une magnifique petite collection de morceaux qu on a envie de chanter et qui font rêver à certains espaces d Amérique du nord, à l humain, et à la simplicité.
Diverse selection of old-time music - The music here, like the film it provides the soundtrack for, is presumably intended to take us back to the thirties. Several songs from that era are featured along with traditional material that would have been popular then. Recorded mainly with state-of-the-art technology (except for some old recordings that are included and re-mastered), the sound quality is far superior to anything available in the thirties. Several different types of music can be found here - blues, gospel, country and folk - mainly performed by contemporary artists with a deep respect for tradition. I ll just pick out some of them although there are many excellent songs here.Even Alison Krauss sticks firmly with tradition here - she often brings contemporary influences into her music these days but not here. Alison can be heard here on Down to the river to pray (as a solo singer), I ll fly away (providing harmony vocals for lead singer Gillian Welch) and Didn t leave nobody but the baby (joining Gillian and Emmylou in three-part harmony).The inclusion of two Carter Stanley songs on a soundtrack such as this is predictable but welcome, with the Whites performing a superb version of the oft-recorded Keep on the sunny side, while the Peasall children (Hannah singing lead with Sarah and Leah providing harmony vocals) are in great form on In the highways. Children s recordings rarely impress me but this track does.One song here that surprised me (though perhaps it shouldn t have) is Big rock candy mountain. It can be found on plenty of albums of children s songs, when it is invariably presented as an up-tempo song that children can (if they wish) sing along to. Here we get the original 1928 recording by Harry McLintock, who sings it at a more measured, reflective pace, showing that there is more to this song than I originally thought. I still prefer it as an up-tempo song generally but I m glad I heard this version. I wonder what the Peasall sisters would have done with this song.The Coen brothers clearly hoped that this soundtrack would provide a resurgence of interest in traditional music. While this soundtrack was a big commercial success, it seems that the majority of people who bought it (and continue to buy it) regard it as something of a novelty. Nashville record labels signed some traditional singers (Elizabeth Cook, though not featured here, is one that comes to mind) but they didn t get enough airplay on American country radio, so such artists were dropped and Nashville returned to its contemporary format. I m sure that this soundtrack helped to win some new fans for traditional music, but not as many as the Coen brothers would like.
a lovely mix of traditional music - Performed by some of today s best singers, this multi-Grammy Award winner is a marvelous addition to any country/folk music collection. Some of these artists are at the top of their field, but some will be discoveries for most of us, like the beautiful rendition of Hard Time Killing Floor Blues by Chris Thomas King, a versatile young man who is versed in many styles, and here sings in the old blues tradition and does it brilliantly.The highlights for me are: The legendary Ralph Stanley, with his plaintive acappella chant of O Death, which carries with it all the pain and soul of Appalachia, and the purity of I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow by the Soggy Bottom Boys, who consist of Union Station member Dan Tyminsky on lead vocals and guitar, backed by Harley Allen and Pat Enright. For anyone who likes traditional music, you can t get any better than this.Another acappella gem is Didn t Leave Nobody but the Baby, with Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, and Gillian Welch harmonizing like an angels from another era. Everything on this disc recalls days gone by, there is a refreshing simplicity, and a lot of the songs are filled with faith. There is exquisite musicianship on this CD, and it is a nice long one at 60 34 minutes. The booklet insert is something I appreciate too, it is a collage of yellowed stained paper on peeling walls, with a terrific layout, and as it says on one of its pages, Old-Time Music Is Very Much Alive.
La CLASSE ... du tout bon !!! - Vous avez du , tout comme moi , adoré le film et son ambiance extraordinaire ... et comme moi , vs avez priez pour qu il existe une BO !!!Dieu nous a écouté (ou plutôt les Cohen s brothers)!!Et voilà , g achetez les yeux fermés , et je ne suis vraiment pas déçu ... car il n y a vraiment rien à jetez parmis les 19 tubes , qui rendent à merveille l ambiance ensoileillée du film .Le mélange Country-gospel-blues ... est magique , fermez les yeux et vs vs retrouvez au tour d un grand feu à écouter le son envoutant de la guitare et des choeurs féminins ....En bref , çà chauffe la platine à longueur de journée , et on s en lasse jamais !!!