 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? [Read More ...]
Description: The best soundtracks are like movies for the ears, and O Brother, Where Art Thou? joins the likes of Saturday Night Fever and The Harder They Come as cinematic pinnacles of song. The music from the Coen brothers' Depression-era film taps into the source from which the purest stra... |
 | Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement (Barack Obama) [Read More ...]
Description: The 18-song disc, titled Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement, borrows its name from one of the campaign's central messages and boasts a stellar collection of artists from across genres, including such renowned, multi-platinum performers as Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, John... |
 | Thanksgiving: A Windham Hill Collection [Read More ...]
Description: Thanksgiving generally is a pleasant and likeable affair. Its features include a charming, gently propulsive take on the traditional piece "Allelujah" by Celtic harpist Lisa Lynne; a delicate rendering of "Amazing Grace" by John Doan on a 20-string harp guitar; and a church-ready... |
 | Garden State [Read More ...]
Soundtrack to eagerly anticipated 2004 film features music from Coldplay, The Shins, Zero 7, Colin Hay, Cary Brothers, Remy Zero, Nick Drake, Thievery Corporation, Simon & Garfunkel, Iron & Wine, Frou Frou, & Bonnie Somerville. |
 | Born to the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins [Read More ...]
Description: Born To The Breed is an all-star tribute to one of the leading lights of the folk music movement, Judy Collins, and is released through her own independent record label Wildflower Records. The idea for Breed came from a casual compliment Collins received from another iconic fem... |
 | A Windham Hill Christmas [Read More ...]
Description: The songs are familiar carols, but A Windham Hill Christmas retains the Windham Hill Winter Solstice series tradition of unusual arrangements and performances that evoke the mood of the season, especially if your take on that mood is a Northeast, snow-covered landscape, like that... |
 | Anthology Of American Folk Music (Edited By Harry Smith) [Read More ...]
Description: This deluxe 6-CD collector's boxed set contains a 96-page book featuring Harry Smith's original songbook framed by essays by Greil Marcus and other noted writers, musicians, and scholars. Play the enhanced sixth disc on your CD-ROM drive and access historic video footage, rare ph... |
 | American Primitive, Vol. 2 [Read More ...]
Review: PURE ETHER:I can't get enough of these two discs - I really can't! I'd say why don't they make music like this anymore but truth is the America that this music was made in vanished a long, long time ago. Grab your kazoo and get ready to be transported to the ancient future! This ... |
 | On a Starry Night [Read More ...]
Description: The party line on most Windham Hill products seems to be that it's either the greatest stuff since wave machines, or that it all sounds alike. On a Starry Night, with its collection of world songs and reputable artists such as Flora Purim, Airto Moreira, the Turtle Island String ... |
 | A Winter's Solstice: Silver Anniversary Edition [Read More ...]
Description: Since the Windham Hill imprint's Winter Solstice series was born in 1985, the concept has gone through some changes, bottoming out with 1999's abysmally kitschy Winter Solstice on Ice. With this Silver Anniversary Edition, Dawn Atkinson, who produced the first Winter Solstice dis... |
 | Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics [Read More ...]
Description: Appalachian Stomp is an ideal starter disc for those just beginning to explore bluegrass. Mostly this is because its 18 selections are so immediately accessible. The "classics" here, in other words, are usually those infrequent bluegrass cuts to have gained radio recognition beyo... |
 | Christmas on the Mountain: A Bluegrass Christmas [Read More ...]
Might be the best Xmas bluegrass CD ever:i have about 20 bluegrass xmas CDs, many are wonderful, but this may be the pick of the litter. The 10 songs here are witty, fun, simple without being slight. Kinda like how Xmas should sound. |
 | Putumayo Presents: Acoustic Arabia [Read More ...]
Description: On previous collections, Putumayo has explored upbeat Arabic pop and dance music (Arabic Groove and North African Groove) and laid-back Arabic electronica (Sahara Lounge). With Acoustic Arabia, Putumayo turns its attention to the more organic, traditional styles that are the foun... |
 | A Very Special Acoustic Christmas [Read More ...]
Description: Every year since 1987, there's been A Very Special Christmas record of one sort or another, the proceeds of which go to the Special Olympics. This year's A Very Special Acoustic Christmas is as great as any previous year's efforts, even though it's deliciously unplugged. Country ... |
 | Windham Hill Christmas II [Read More ...]
For those wanting a quiet Christmas album:This is my 5th Christmas cd from Windham Hill. While not my favorite of the five, it still fits the Windham Hill sound and I recommend it for a quiet "Night before Christmas". |
 | A Winter's Solstice, Vol. 4 [Read More ...]
Description: In 1993, Windham Hill Records released its fourth album of seasonal music recorded by the label's artists and unavailable in any other collection. Only a few of the tracks on A Winter's Solstice IV lend credence to the label's unfair stereotype as the home for new age background ... |
 | Celtic Woman 3 [Read More ...]
Awesome Music:As great as I expected it to be. Thanks for being a source for Celtic music. |
 | Cold Mountain [Read More ...]
Description: Director Anthony Minghella's take on Charles Frazier's bestselling novel is powered by wistful romanticism and a dramatic structure that's been compared to Homer's Odyssey. That latter creative tack parallels the Coens' O Brother, Where Art Thou in crucial ways, and is further en... |
 | Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways [Read More ...]
Description: It all began in 1956 with the release of the historic Folkways album American Banjo: Three-Finger and Scruggs Style (SFW 40037), the first-ever full-length bluegrass LP. From that point on, Folkways Records was synonymous with great bluegrass music. Folkways founder Moses Asch re... |
 | Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack - 32 American Classics On 2 CDs [Read More ...]
Japanese reissue of 1994 soundtrack adds two bonus tracks. Sony. 2005. |
