I'm taking a cue from Kenan over at Analog Roam, and starting a tradition of posting the track listings of compilations I make. I make some pretty bizarre and wide-ranging collections, so I hope it will prove interesting.

The first selection is a set of music somehow related to the music that graced the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. It's a selection of classic folk and bluegrass tunes interspersed with modern blues / hip-hop / punk-rock tributes to those songs and the artists who made them famous. Or just the sound and style of them, in some cases.

I gave myself the imaginary audience of my ex-girlfriend for this one, since she adored the O Brother soundtrack. It will soon be winging its way to her as a house-warming gift for her new home in Colorado. If she likes this mix, my mission is accomplished.

Without further ado, then...

O Third Cousin Twice Removed, Where Art Thou?

1. Eric Darling - What Will We Do With The Baby-O
2. Last Forever - Jeanine's Dream
3. Dave Van Ronk - Fair And Tender Ladies
4. Gillian Welch - Acony Bell
5. G.Love and Special Sauce - Everybody
6. Retsin - dog and a butterfly
7. Damien Jurado - Rosewood Casket
8. Leroy Carr - Don't Say Goodbye
9. Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train
10. firehose - In memory of Elizabeth Cotten
11. Golden Gate Quartet - Didn't It Rain
12. Robert Johnson - Crossroads Blues
13. Ida & His Name Is Alive - Ain't No Lie
14. TenSpeed - The Most Famous Capricorn
15. New Lost City Ramblers - Pretty Polly
16. Eric Darling - Poor Ellen Smith
17. Leadbelly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night
18. Serena Matthews - Will The Circle
19. The Carter Family - You Are My Flower
20. George Torey - Lonesome Man Blues
21. Norman Blake - Going Home
22. Odetta - Wade In The Water
23. Gillian Welch - The Devil Had A Hold Of Me
24. Last Forever - Ain't Going Down To The Well No More / Poor Lazarus

If you know me and want a copy, take me out for sushi and I'll probably be persuaded to burn you one.