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Soundtrack:  The Appalachians Tell a Friend about this album

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Released: 2005
Label: Dualtone
Selection #: 161178
Jimmie Rodgers: Waiting For A Train; Ricky Skaggs: Soldier Of The Cross; Jean Ritchie: West Virginia Mine Disaster; plus June Carter Cash, others.
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1 East River of Shannon [Instrumental][Excerpt] N/A N/A
2 Boozefighters - Gandydancer
3 The Road to Kaintuck - Cash, June Carter
4 I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home - Wiseman, Mac
5 Waiting for a Train - Rodgers, Jimmie
6 How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times - Reed, Blind Alfred
7 Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow - Carter Family
8 We're Stole and Sold From Africa - Graham, Addie
9 Northfield - Alabama Sacred Harp Singing Convention
10 Wildwood Flower - Carter Family
11 Down on the Banks of the Ohio - Blue Sky Boys
12 Electricity - Burch, Paul
13 East River of Shannon
14 Dark as a Dungeon - Black, Jeff
15 West Virginia Mine Disaster - Ritchie, Jean
16 When This World Comes to an End - Hammons, Maggie
17 Amazing Grace - Bell, Rose
18 Hillbilly Fever - Osborne Brothers
19 Old Camp Meeting Time - Jones, Grandpa
20 Soldier of the Cross - Skaggs, Ricky
21 Price of Progress - Ringenberg, Jason
22 Wildwood Flower - Grisman, David
  
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Album Review

This soundtrack to the three-hour Public Television documentary of the same name chronicles the region's rich musical heritage from the Carter Family through Ricky Skaggs. It's a harrowing assignment, and while one could argue for days over which Jimmie Rodgers song to use -- the producers chose "Waiting For A Train" -- they've done a nice job balancing the old and the new, resulting in a listening experience that's infinitely more esoteric than collections' past. Highlights include Kentucky native Jean Ritchie's heartbreaking "West Virginia Mine Disaster," the Alabama Sacred Harp Singers' reverent and spooky "Northfield" and Paul Burch's contemporary sepia-toned painting "Electricity." Fans of the genre, especially those that like their old timey music peppered with equal parts field recording and modern stereo-goodness, will find much to love here. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide

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