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November 24, 2007
Music For The Trail:
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
Do you love music? While I'm not a big fan of listening to music while hiking, I know that many folks love to hike with MP3 players. While I may not hike with an MP3 player, music ranks right up their with my love of hiking.
Since moving to the southeast almost 5 years ago, I have really developed a keen appreciation for bluegrass music. I have enjoyed bluegrass for years, and credit Old and In the Way with opening my eyes to some great music.
In the last few years, I have developed an appreciation for the music of Alison Krauss and Union Station. Alison Krauss' mandolin player Dan Tyminski sang on the Oh Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack. In fact he sings lead on Man of Constant Sorrow. Checkout the video below of Man of Constant Sorrow being lip-synced by George Clooney.
Now, Alison Krauss has joined forces with rock legend Robert Plant. In my opinion, their new album entitled Raising Sand is the Album of the Year. While they may seem like an unlikely combo, it works - really well! You can stream the album at their website, or view the video below about the Raising Sand project.
The album is produced by T-Bone Burnett. He also produced the Oh Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack.
Enjoy! I hope to submit additional entries about music in the coming weeks.
Music | By Jeffrey Hunter | 09:16 PM
Comments
I think there's a "Seinfeld" joke in here somewhere (remember when George Costanza wanted to be called 'T-Bone' at work, but another guy took it first?), but you may have mistaken T-Bone Burnett for Tom "T-Bone" Wolk. Wolk is the longtime bassist for Hall & Oates, and he also worked with G.E. Smith and the "Saturday Night Live" band.
T-Bone Burnett did, as you mention, produce the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, along with many other projects.
I'm not being critical, I enjoyed your post; just trying to keep the T-Bones straight. :-)
Happy hiking.
Posted by: joe lance at November 25, 2007 10:21 AM
Thanks for correcting me Joe!
Posted by: Jeffrey Hunter at November 25, 2007 10:33 AM
