O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection
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The bluegrass bandwagon continues to roll in 2001. This collection attempts to capitalize on the breakthrough success of the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. Drawn from Rounder's rich catalog, the 19-cut sampler of female singing, fiddling, and picking extends from an era when women were a novelty in this male-dominated music category through the popular crossover ascendance of such contemporary artists (and O Brother favorites) as Alison Krauss and the Cox Family. Harmonies from the likes of Rhonda Vincent and the Stevens sisters soar toward the heavens, while the earthier strains of Hazel Dickens and Ginny Hawker are more reflective of the music's hardscrabble roots. Though Wilma Lee Cooper's "You Tried to Ruin My Name" has all the subtlety of a hog-calling contest, such rawness is about as real as this music gets. --Don McLeese
O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection, Music, Various Artists, Americana, Bluegrass, Bluegrass Collections, Contemporary Bluegrass, Country, Neo-Traditional Folk, Neo-Traditionalist Country, Old-Timey, Pop, Progressive Bluegrass, Traditional Bluegrass, Traditional Folk
O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection
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