“O Brother Where Art Thou?,” the soundtrack to the 2000 George Clooney film that drove a surge in interest in roots and Americana music, has been re-issued in a deluxe 10th anniversary edition, with a disc of bonus songs, most of which were produced in the original T Bone Burnett sessions: “Hard Time Killing Floor Blues” (Colin Linden), “You Are My Sunshine” (Alan O’Bryant), “Tishamingo County Blues” (John Hartford), “Mood Indigo” (Duke Ellington), “Cow Road” (T Bone Burnett), “I’ll Fly Away” (The Kossoy Sisters), “Big Rock Candy Mountain” (Van Dyke Parks),”Admiration” (Duke Ellington),”Tom Devil” (Ed Lewis and the Prisoners),”Keep On The Sunny Side” (The Cox Family),”Angel Band” (Sarah, Hannah, and Leah Peasall),”Big Rock Candy Mountain” (Norman Blake),”Little Sadie” (Norman Blake), “In The Highways” (The Cox Family),”That Hog’s Foot Further In The Bed” (John Hartford),”The Lord Will Make A Way” (Fairfield Four) and “In The Jailhouse Now” (Harley Allen.)
Burnett spoke about the reissue on “All Songs Considered” recently. You’ll find the NPR interview and clips of the new songs here.
