Film Music Site - The Appalachians Soundtrack (Various Artists)

#	Track	Artist/Composer
1.	Title theme: East River of Shannon-Instrumental (excerpt)
2.	Boozefighters	Gandydancer
3.	The Road To Kaintuck	June Carter Cash
4.	I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home	Mac Wiseman
5.	Waiting For A Train	Jimmie Rodgers
6.	How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times	Blind Alfred Reed
7.	Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow	The Carter Family
8.	We're Stole And Sold From Africa	Addie Graham
9.	Northfield	Alabama Sacred Harp Singing Convention
10.	Wildwood Flower	The Carter Family
11.	Down On The Banks Of Ohio	Blue Sky Boys
12.	Title theme: East River of Shannon-Instrumental
13.	East River Of Shannon	Instrumental
14.	Dark As A Dungeon	Jeff Black
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	The Osborne Brothers
19.	Old Camp Meeting Time	Grandpa Jones
20.	Soldier Of The Cross	Ricky Skaggs
21.	Price Of Progress	Jason Ringenberg
22.	Wildwood Flower Instrumental	David Grisman

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. 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. 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