The Mississippi: River Of Song - A Musical Journey Down The Mississippi [Soundtrack]

Manny Lopez Quintet (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 17, 1998)
• Original Release Date: November 17, 1998
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Smithsonian Folkways
• ASIN: B00000DHWW
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #302,517 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #48 in Music > Pop > Oldies > Beach Pop

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Powwow Song

2. 22

3. Sail Away, Ladies

4. I Did My Best

5. Red-Headed Swede

6. The Singing Leaf

7. Medley

8. Kim Marie

9. Jazz Me Blues

10. La Unica Estrella

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. St. Louis Blues

2. Going Back to Memphis

3. Catfish

4. We Praise Your Holy Name

5. Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around the World)

6. T For Texas (Blue Yodel #1)

7. Marie Lavaux

8. Take a Little Walk With Me

9. Shake Your Moneymaker

10. Check Your Bucket

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

This two-hour, 36 track, musical journey down the Mississippi from the headwaters to the delta captures the power and diversity of American music in the late 20th century. The music, recorded between 1995 and 1997 in small towns and large cities along the river, reflects centuries of interaction and experimentation along America’s great waterway. 48-page booklet.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful variety of music, November 28, 2000

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Paul Marjoram (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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I don't normally write reviews, but since this great CD set has no review currently, I thought I'd make an exception. If you are passing by I urge you to give these tracks a listen. You'll find blues, gospel, rock, and various other tpyes of ethnic music. I've yet to play this to anyone who didn't like it. It's fun, it's moving and it's a great buy. Check out "Hilda the red-headed Swede".

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wide range of sounds, January 20, 2009

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Constance Tarracino "tarracino1" (Dania, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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Well like I said ths dc has a wide range of music.. It starts with American Indian and goes this way and that with tracks very diverse of the lands and people of the Mississippi. I enjoy this type of cd music cause nothing sounds the same. Shows how wide and talanted Americans are in the roots of music. It travels down to Lousiana to cajun with blues and country and gospel etc.all along the way.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hooky concept produces some good and bad Modern music, January 11, 2012

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J. Bynum (the southwest) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mississippi: River Of Song - A Musical Journey Down The Mississippi (Audio CD)

The Mississippi River of Song / a musical journey down the Mississippi (Folkways): This 2 CD set is supposedly only one part of a various media presentation. I have only experienced this 2 CD set and so my review is based on it alone. The whole idea of Modern recordings being done by all sorts of bands that are supposed to represent the music found as you go down the Mississippi seems unmanageable to begin with, but the concept ultimately fails in these recordings. There are a few good songs here and there but the randomness of these performances are only mildly entertaining. The educational value of this set is completely dependent on someone explaining the `journey', which is not done within the albums themselves. No doubt the film of this project uses these songs well and perhaps again these CDs are here only to give the uneditied songs to those who have seen the film, but as an independent set of songs, this isn't very good. Three Stars