In an article titled...
First Listen: Soundtrack, 'Inside Llewyn Davis'by STEPHEN THOMPSONNovember 03, 201311:00 PM
Oscar Isaac (left) and Justin Timberlake in a scene from Inside Llewyn Davis. Both are featured on the movie's soundtrack. Photo by Alison Rosa
...NPR Music claims "The Coen brother's sparked a bluegrass revival with their 2000 film 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?'"NPR music has very twisted sense of history.
O Brother was a fictional film set in the the Great Depression of 1930's in the American deep south; it featured traditional, old-time music and popular tunes and songs.
Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Po' Lazarus" traditionalJames Carter and the Prisoners4:31
2."Big Rock Candy Mountain" McClintockHarry McClintock2:16
3."You Are My Sunshine" Davis, MitchellNorman Blake4:26
4."Down to the River to Pray" traditionalAlison Krauss2:55
5."I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" (radio station version)Dick BurnettSoggy Bottom Boys & Dan Tyminski3:10
6."Hard Time Killing Floor Blues" JamesChris Thomas King2:42
7."I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" (instrumental)BurnettNorman Blake4:28
8."Keep On the Sunny Side" Blenkhorn, EntwisleThe Whites3:33
9."I'll Fly Away" BrumleyAlison Krauss & Gillian Welch3:57
10."Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby" traditionalEmmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch1:57
11."In the Highways" CarterLeah, Sarah, and Hannah Peasall1:35
12."I Am Weary, Let Me Rest" Roberts (Kuykendall)The Cox Family3:13
13."I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" (instrumental)BurnettJohn Hartford2:34
14."O Death" traditionalRalph Stanley3:19
15."In the Jailhouse Now" Blind Blake, RodgersSoggy Bottom Boys & Tim Blake Nelson3:34
16."I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" (with band)BurnettSoggy Bottom Boys & Dan Tyminski4:16
17."Indian War Whoop" (instrumental)Hoyt MingJohn Hartford1:30
18."Lonesome Valley" traditionalThe Fairfield Four4:07
19."Angel Band" traditionalThe Stanley Brothers2:15
Total length:61:24
Bluegrass was not even conceived in the time period protrayed in the film, that came in the following decade, and much further north.
Proceeding on this faulty foundation, NPR music infers a movie about a country blues and folk revival artist, Dave van Ronk, will cause new interest in folk music.
NPR Music really needs to understand music genre definitions much, much better.
Someone needs to tell NPR music that bluegrass is not old time, and folk revival is not folk.
Oy!
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