2003-12-30
The latest soundtrack assembled by uber-producer T-Bone Burnett features numerous renditions of traditional ballads performed by Americana elite like Alison Krauss, Tim O'Brien and Dirk Powell. The highlight, though, is the recasting of The White Stripe's Jack White as an acoustic country blues musician. Is there an Oscar for "Best Supporting Musician"?
ADAM SNYDER
This Town Will Get Its Due
The Del McCoury Band
The Promised Land
BORIS GARCIA
Mother's Finest
PETE BERNHARD
Straight Line
LARA EWEN AND THE UNSTRUNG ORCHESTRA
Ghosts and Gasoline
Rickie Lee Jones
Evening of My Best Day
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