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| |  | Zak Penn '90 | Home » » » Songs From the Mountain | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Songs from the Mountain is an album of passionate restraint, befitting the Appalachian heritage it celebrates and the novel that inspired the collection. The story--which may itself pass into folk legend--is that fiddler Dirk Powell and multi-instrumentalist and vocalist extraordinaire Tim O'Brien were so taken with Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain that they decided to do a companion CD with banjoist John Herrmann. The result is a superior collection of traditional tunes that echo the book's imagery and action--from songs of rebellion and revelry such as "The Drunkard's Hiccups" to the keen longing embodied in "Wayfarin' Stranger" and "The Blackest Crow." The liner notes capitalize on the music's links to the novel and vice versa. But this CD's intimacy and immediacy will transport even those unfamiliar with Frazier's debut. --Kerry Fried | | | Product Details: | | | Audio CD Release Date:
| July 09, 2002 | | Studio:
| Sugarhill | | Number Of Discs:
| 1 | | Format:
| Original recording reissued | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 27 reviews |
| | | Track Listing: | | | 1. | Mountain Air/Washington's March/Bonaparte's Retreat | | 2. | Cluck Old Hen | | 3. | Raleigh And Spencer | | 4. | The Blackest Crow | | 5. | Stobrod's Tune | | 6. | When I Die I'll Live Again | | 7. | The Drunkard's Hiccups (Jack Of Diamonds) | | 8. | Backstep Cindy | | 9. | Wayfarin' Stranger | | 10. | Skillet Good And Greasy | | 11. | Mole In The Ground | | 12. | Claire Dechutes | | 13. | Cherokee Trail/Glory In The Meeting House | | 14. | Bow Down | | 15. | Lonesome John | | 16. | Fair Margaret And Sweet William | | 17. | Hard Times | | 18. | Angel Band | |
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 Great Old Time MusicJun 17, 2010
A great glimpse into the music of Appalachia at the time of the Civil War, this volume follows closely the music that was so much a part of the Cold Mountain story. Don't confuse this with the soundtrack--I love T-Bone Burnett but this is closer to the real thing. Mostly "old time" (before bluegrass) music, but with a little additional music of the time (like Stephen Foster's "Hard Times"). Great songs, great information, but most of all some of the finest playing and the finest musicianship I have heard.
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 Somewhat disappointingDec 17, 2009
I may have been spoiled witht the excellent recordings on the "Return to Cold Mountain" soundtrack (which shares some of the songs with this CD), but the quality of the playing on this CD just seems rather poor to me. I think better musicians can achieve a better result of these often nice tunes, which unfortunately are not that well played.
Love This Mountain Music!Jun 20, 2007
I am from the Appalachian foothills in eastern Kentucky, and love the mountains. The music on this CD reminds of music I heard while growing up in a small mining camp in the 1950s. The music is simple, raw, and emotional. It is the kind that you might have heard performed by a family or friends gathered on the porch at the end of a hard week's work. My favorite tunes are The Blackest Crow, Angel Band, When I Die I'll Live Again, Wayfarin' Stranger, and Bow Down. (My least favorite is Fair Margaret.) Several good instrumentals on here, as well.
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Another Great CD By Tim O'BrienMay 05, 2007
This is a collection of old-time Appalachian/Mountain ballads. You will not find a bluegrass cut on this project. Tim O'Brien is an awesome performer of traditional music. I have seen him several times in concert. All songs are out-standing, and the two gospel numbers will bring shivers down your spine. (Especially Wayfaring Stranger-As close to true Appalachian singing that you will get-that high lonesome sound.)
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 BACK TO OUR MOTHER THE MOUNTAINJun 18, 2006
Since my youth I have had an ear for roots music, whether I was conscious of that fact or not. The original of that interest first centered on the blues, then early rock and roll and later, with the folk revival of the early 1960's, folk music. I have often wondered about the source of this interest. I am, and have always been a city boy, and an Eastern city boy at that. Nevertheless, over time I have come to appreciate many more forms of roots music than in my youth. The subject of the following review is an example.
This is music that was performed, and meant to be performed for a live audience on Saturday night after a week's hard work, or early in the morning looking out over the mountain at nature's handiwork, or at any time to evoke the loneliness of the mountains and the hardness of life. And the music brings to life all those sentiments. Certainly this is music to entertain in a time before radio.
A note on subject matter- The bulk of the songs concern home, hearth lovesickness and religion as might be expected from mountain people. And that is okay. The following is something on the order of a discalimer I feel a need to mention. This reviewer, although not a religious man, can appreciate the simple, fundamentalist but very personal religion evoked here. Not to romanticize the simple rural folk of the past but I do not believe that the religious sentiments expressed here are the same as those of religious fundamentalists today.
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