How O Brother, Where Art Thou? got inspired – then upstaged – by its own soundtrack

One autumn day in 1959, a field recordist named Alan Lomax sat at the roadside and watched a Mississippi chain-gang chop logs ...
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Dec. 5 in Music History: the 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' soundtrack album released

Fleetwood Mac hit Gold, NME panned the Sex Pistols, The Jesus and Mary Chain were banned, and Paul McCartney released Band On ...
American Songwriter

Remember When ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’ Surprised the Music Industry

T Bone Burnett was brought in to produce the soundtrack for O Brother, Where Art Thou?, which was set in Mississippi during the Great Depression. The Coen brothers wanted the music to reflect that. In ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 2002: The ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’ Soundtrack Makes Bluegrass Cool Again

Remember O Brother, Where Art Thou? This 2000 Cohen Brothers classic was quite a big deal back at the turn of the millennium. It’s still a very well-loved satirical musical today. George Clooney and a ...
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? - George Clooney's Odyssey Adaptation Trends on Streaming

O Brother, Where Art Thou?, the Coen brothers' adaptation of The Odyssey, is trending on streaming – watch it now before Christopher Nolan's arrives next year. Written and directed by the Coen ...
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T-Bone Burnett On 10 Years Of 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?'

When the soundtrack to the Coen Brothers film O Brother, Where Art Thou? hit American ears 10 years ago, the impact was as massive as it was unexpected. Led by producer T-Bone Burnett, the album ...
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One of the Coen Brothers’ Best Comedies Was an Accidental Adaptation

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...
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Review: 'O Brother, Where Art Thou' Soundtrack

James Sullivan reviews the soundtrack to the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou, a film from Joel and Ethan Coen. Sullivan says even if you don't see the movie, you should check out the soundtrack ...