Those kings of cinematic quirkiness, the Coen brothers, fashioned their film O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? as a contemporary adaption of Homer’s Odyssey, centering around a group of American chain-gang prisoners. The film’s earthy Southern setting makes it a natural for a bluegrass-oriented soundtrack, for which producer T-Bone Burnett picked the cream of the country crop.
“Didn’t Leave Nobody But the Baby,” for example, is a summit meeting of some of the finest contemporary female country vocalists (Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris, and Alison Krauss). The old school isn’t forgotten either, as evidenced by a chilling a cappella rendering of “O Death,” courtesy of Ralph Stanley, and by the closing cut, where the Stanley Brothers issue an elegant plea to heaven with “Angel Band.”

• Format: Vinyl
• 2 LP
• Released: 1/28/2003
• Genre: Soundtrack, Folk, Country
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Track Listing:

A1 James Carter & The Prisoners Po Lazarus 4:30
A2 Harry McClintock Big Rock Candy Mountain 2:17
A3 Norman Blake (2) You Are My Sunshine 4:26
A4 Alison Krauss Down To The River To Pray 2:53
A5 The Soggy Bottom Boys I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow 3:13
B1 Chris Thomas King Hard Time Killing Floor Blues 2:01
B2 Norman Blake (2) I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow 4:30
B3 The Whites Keep On The Sunny Side 3:35
B4 Alison Krauss And Gillian Welch I’ll Fly Away 3:57
B5 Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss And Gillian Welch Didn’t Leave Nobody But The Baby 1:58
C1 Sarah, Hannah & Leah Peasall In The Highways 1:36
C2 The Cox Family I Am Weary (Let Me Rest) 3:16
C3 John Hartford I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow 2:34
C4 Ralph Stanley O Death 3:21
C5 The Soggy Bottom Boys In The Jailhouse Now 3:36
D1 The Soggy Bottom Boys I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow 4:18
D2 John Hartford Indian War Whoop 1:30
D3 Fairfield Four Lonesome Valley 4:08
D4 The Stanley Brothers Angel Band 2:18