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Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, J.W. Mahoney, Loretta Lynn, Ricky Skaggs - The Appalachians

Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, J.W. Mahoney, Loretta Lynn, Ricky Skaggs - The Appalachians

Band: Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, J.W. Mahoney, Loretta Lynn, Ricky Skaggs Title: The Appalachians Rating: Release Date: 22 March, 2005 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 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 21: Price Of Progress - Jason Ringenberg 22: Fort Shades Of Green - Rosanne & Johnny Cash 23: Wildwood Flower - David Grisman & Tony Rice

Editoral Review While PBS's documentary series examines every facet of that history, this 22-track soundtrack companion focuses on the region's impossibly rich musical legacy. Stretching across the traditional North-South delineation of America's original colonial core, yet linking them as firmly as a spine, the Appalachian Mountains have had a central role in American industry, culture, and politics for centuries. Along with jazz and the blues, the music of Appalachia remains one of America's most primal and consistently influential (as evidenced by the revivalist successes of Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? cultural treasures. The collection performs a tricky tightrope walk between tradition and its contemporary echoes, and artists from Jimmie Rodgers (the sublime "Waiting For a Train") and the Cash and Carter clans to contemporary stars like Rickie Skaggs and Jason Ringenberg, yet its most compelling moments seem rooted not in recording studios, but the region's rocky soil. The Alabama Sacred Harp Singing Convention's haunting, African-rooted harmonies on "Northfield" and eerie a cappella of Maggie Hammon's "When This World Comes to an End" stand in stark contrast to the disturbingly frank musings of the Blue Sky Boys' murderous "Down on the Banks of the Ohio. " These are but three of the highlights on this evocative anthology. --Jerry McCulley .. You can see a complete list of all Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, J.W. Mahoney, Loretta Lynn, Ricky Skaggs discography, or go back to the Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, J.W. Mahoney, Loretta Lynn, Ricky Skaggs tabs