The Music of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"

Mid guitar lesson the other day, my student (and Patreon patron) Kit mentioned the soundtrack to the 2000 award-winning film "O Brother, Where Art Though?" and we decided, during the conversation, I was long overdue in writing a lesson article on the movie's soundtrack (similar to my Black Widow and James Bond lesson articles).....so this writing exists to correct that oversight!

The soundtrack, which also won accolades for its soundtrack (including 2022 Grammy Awards for both "Album of the Year" and "Best Compilation Soundtrack" as well as several other Grammys, CMAs, IBMAs, & more) and hit #1 on the charts and sold over 8 million copies, was produced by legend T Bone Burnett.

Let's leap right in and look at each song (charts provided where there is musical accompaniment, though much of the album features a cappella performances - the term "a cappella", it should be noted, simply means there is no harmonic instrumentation supporting the singers).