Songcatcher II: The Tradition That Inspired the Movie
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Performer: Michael DavisPerformer: Michael Goodwin
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2002-05-07
Music Label: Vanguard Records
Soundtracks:
- Babes In The Woods - Almeda Riddle
- Georgie - Doc Watson
- The Coo Coo Bird - Hobart Smith
- The Two Lovers - Almeda Riddle
- Matty Groves - Doc Watson
- Oh Death - Dock Boggs
- Girl Of Constant Sorrow - Sarah Ogan Gunning
- Winter's Night - Doc Watson
- Black Jack Davey - Almeda Riddle
- Wish I Was A Single Girl Again - Cousin Emmy
- Leather Britches - Fiddlin' Arthur Smith
- Will The Weaver - Almeda Riddle
- Little Birdie - Roscoe Holcomb
- Pretty Saro - Doc Watson
- House Carpenter - Clarence Ashley
- Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies - Maybelle Carter
Music reviews of Songcatcher II: The Tradition That Inspired the Movie
Music Review: My Review For Songcatcher 2
Rating: 5 Stars
This is a song to song review.1. Almeda Riddle "Babes In The Wood" (5 stars) This woman's voice is amazing. It reminds me of my grandma. Her voice could easily put me to sleep.2. Doc Watson "Georgie" (5 stars) This song could get 5 stars just for the music.3. Hobart Smith "The Coo Coo Bird" (4 stars) I do not like this song but, the banjo playing is great. Plus, this is the best version I have heard.4. Almeda Riddle "The Two Lovers" (5 stars) It is hard to believe somebody could sound so good on a song without music.5. Doc Watson "Matty Groves" (5 stars) This song is so incredibly sad. The music is great.6. Dock Boggs "Oh Death" (2 stars) This might sound better if ol Dock wasn't drunk . But, I doubt it.7. Sarah Ogan Gunning "Girl Of Constant Sorrow" (3 stars) I do not like Sarah's voice but I do like how it tell's the story of coal miner's unlike other version's of this song.8. Doc Watson "Winter's Night" (5 stars) The music and the singing is great. Especially the singing.9. Almeda Riddle "Black Jack Davey" (5 stars) Again, the singing is amazing. The melody and the song are so innocent in their simplicity.10. Dock Boggs "Sugar Baby" (2 stars) This man needed to find a new occupation because he couldn't sing.11. Cousin Emmy "Wish I Was A Single Girl Again" (4 stars) The banjo playing again is excellent. Emmy's voice brings a sense of fun to this track.12. Fiddlin' Arthur Smith "Leather Britches" (4 stars) The playing is good but at times it is too high pitched.13. Almeda Riddle "Will The Weaver" (5 stars) This song is the best. Once again, amazing vocals. Also, this song has a great dark humor to it.14. Roscoe Holcomb "Little Birdie" (3 stars) The vocals were a little off.15. Doc Watson "Pretty Saro" (4 stars) Doc's voice is great. This song is great. But I like Iris Dement's version better. You can find Iris' version on Songcatcher 1.16. Clarence Ashley "House Carpenter" (3 stars) I don't really know what to think of this track.17. Maybelle Carter "Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies" ( 5 stars) This song is beautiful. It is sung by one of the best voices of all time. The autoharp playing is excellent.My comments on the whole album is that it is a great album, but the Dock Boggs tracks are stinkers.Corey & Robert
Description of Songcatcher II: The Tradition That Inspired the Movie
All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.The first Songcatcher album contained both traditional Appalachian folk ballads and modern songs inspired by the movie of the same name and performed by contemporary female singers, including Iris DeMent, Julie Miller, and Emmylou Harris. The engaging Songcatcher II, however, is a step back in time. The album's 17 recordings date back to the early 1960s folk-music boom, when long-forgotten singers like Dock Boggs, Clarence Ashley, and Almeda Riddle were rediscovered by a new generation of music lovers. They sang ancient English and Scottish ballads that had been brought over to America and passed down through the ages, bleak songs about love, infidelity, God, and murder. Boggs, recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival, offers his bone-chilling version of "Oh Death"; Riddle, who lived her entire life in Greer's Ferry, Arkansas, sings the creepy "Babes in the Woods," in which two children get lost outdoors and die; Roscoe Holcomb, for whom the phrase "high, lonesome sound" was invented, is downright otherworldly as he accompanies himself on banjo on "Little Birdie." The four tracks by Doc Watson, including the lovely "Pretty Saro," come from his early Vanguard albums, which have long been accessible on compact disc, but most of these recordings haven't been available in years, if ever. Culled from Vanguard's extensive archives, they offer a tantalizing glimpse of the label's rich heritage. --David Hill
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