The Appalachians [Soundtrack]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 22, 2005)
• Original Release Date: April 11, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Dualtone Music Group
• ASIN: B0007TFI1U
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,381 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #26 in Music > World Music > North America > Appalachian

Track Listings

1. Title theme: East River of Shannon-Instrumental (excerpt)

2. Boozefighters - Gandydancer

3. I Wonder How The Old Folks Are Tonight - Mac Wiseman & The Osborne Bros.

4. Waiting For A Train - Jimmie Rodgers

5. How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live - Blind Alfred Reed

6. Bury Me Beneath The Willow - Carter Family

7. We're Stole & Sold From Africa - Addie Graham

8. Shape Note Singing Northfield - Recorded by George Pullen Jackson And Alan Lomax At Alabama Sacred Harp Singing Convention 1942

9. Banks Of The Ohio - Blue Sky Boys

10. Cabin On The Hill - Flatt & Scruggs

11. Electricity - Paul Burch

12. Title theme: East River of Shannon-Instrumental

13. Dark As a Dungeon - Jeff Black

14. West Virginia Mine Disaster - Jean Ritchie

15. Which Side Are You On?-Pete Seeger

16. When This World Comes To An End - Maggie Hammons

17. Amazing Grace - Rose Bell

18. Hillbilly Fever - Osborne Bros.

19. Working On A Building - Bill Monroe

20. Soldier Of The Cross - Ricky Skaggs

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

1. Good Times mp3 2. New Year's Day mp3 3. El Cerrito Place mp3 4. Big City Blues 5. The Bottom 6. Love Means Never Having To Say You're Hungry 7. Photograph 8. Flatland Boogie 9. Always 10. Somet

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Appalachians Soundtrack Opens My Eyes, April 15, 2005

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Ashlee Graham "R*ckst*r" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Appalachians (Audio CD)

I have always prided myself in believing that I enjoy every variety of music. However, I have recently discovered how untrue that is, due to the small percentage of the music world I expose myself to. In accordance to this discovery, I asked a few friends to share some of their eccentric favorites, and one brought this disk and the accompanying documentary to my attention. The Appalachians Soundtrack is so much more than merely a CD with songs. It is heritage, history, tradition. It is family, love, sweat and tears. After watching the film, I experienced the music with an entirely reborn ear, and have since been unable to get it out of my head or off my mind. Music is so much more then something to dance to, so much more then even a story to be told or heard, music like that on the Appalachians soundtrack is a way of life. The people of the Appalachians relied on it as a release, a freedom. This album has truly opened my eyes to another amazing world of music. I invite you to let it do the same for you.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grandpa says the Appalachian Soundtrack is the "Good Stuff", April 15, 2005

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Shane Goodwin "War Eagle" (Brentwood, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Appalachians (Audio CD)

My grandfather has always told me whimsical stories of the family sitting around the fire, him with his old guitar, Gramma at the piano, sisters and brothers with shakers and fiddles, Aunt Nannybelle and her unwavering vibrato, having a hootenanny. As much as I have always loved these stories and much to my dismay, I could never get a grasp on what it really felt like to be there. I often asked Grandpa "What kind of music would you play? What songs?" His response was always the same: "Why, the good stuff, darlin'!" He never expounded upon this, and I imagined he spoke of hymns and traditional country tunes, until one day I gave up on the dream of experiencing a hootenanny in my mind. The Grandpa called. He said, "There's this CD. Goes with a movie, its called The Appalachians. That's it, darlin'. That's the good stuff." Listen to it. You'll see, Grandpa is always right.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great introduction to classic American mountain music, May 10, 2005

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Appalachians (Audio CD)

The exemplary companion album to a PBS television series, this features a wide range of Appalachian folk music, from stark, spooky "shape note" gospel singing to plunky old-time tunes and greased lightning bluegrass, with story songs and spirituals, murder ballads and laments for lost love -- all the styles and sentiments that make American mountain music so weird and wonderful and emotionally resonant. Many of the major players are on here: Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family (and June Carter Cash, keeping the tradition alive); bluegrassers like Mac Wiseman, David Grisman and the Osborne Brothers; old-school folkies like Jean Ritchie and Depression-era balladeers such as the Blue Sky Boys and Blind Alfred Reed, and even a few young'uns like Jeff Black and Jason Ringenberg to round things out... It's a nice set that spans the 20th Century and gives a well-rounded view of the rich musical heritage of a region that helped shape American popular culture.