Lonesome Valley [Manteca] (2002)

About this title: Although traditional country, old-timey music, and Appalachian folk are all distinct musical genres with as many differences as similarities, in recent years they have all been increasingly lumped together in the public's perception as bluegrass, itself a distinct genre, and a relative newcomer to the dance at that. As frustrating as this trend is in some quarters, there's little doubt that albums like the T-Bone Burnett-produced O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack benefited from bending and blurring the boundaries in the various forms of what might be called mountain music (Burnett's ... read more

Tracks:

1. Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye) [Carter]
2. Man of Constant Sorrow [Traditional]
3. Bluegrass Breakdown [Monroe]
4. Don't Get Above Your Raising [Flatt/Scruggs]
5. Roving Gambler [Traditional]
6. Down in the Valley to Pray [Traditional]
7. The One I Love Is Gone [Monroe]
8. Angel Band [Live] [Traditional]
9. Sunny Side of the Mountain [McAuliffe/Gregory]
10. Standing on the Mountain [Delmore]
11. Five Speed [Underwood]
12. Little Cabin Home on the Hill [Flatt/Monroe]
13. Mansion on the Hill [Williams/Rose]
14. When God Dips His Pen of Love in My Heart [Hill/Atkins]
15. Acony Bell [Welch/Rawlings]
16. Keep on the Sunny Side [Carter/Garett]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.