In December 2000, the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? and its accompanying soundtrack put bluegrass and traditional country music in the pop culture spotlight. The Coen Brothers satirical comedy ...

Jones, a classically trained pianist steeped in musical theory, came to serve as shorthand for the raw grittiness of Memphis R&B; and why ... years after O Brother, Where Art Thou?, ...

Times and dates tend to blur in rural, off-grid Mississippi and so it is too with O Brother, Where Art Thou?, which has its feet, hands and fingers in several different decades. The film is re ...

O Brother, Where Art Thou? is one of the 10 top-selling soundtracks of all time (according to the RIAA), the No. 1-selling soundtrack and the 17th biggest album of the 21st Century, with more than ...

But Monday night’s bash at Loews Century Plaza in Century City was a low-key affair. The younger cast members seemed too tired to kick up their heels. They were virtual unknowns when “O ...

Dan Tyminski may never forget the first paycheck he earned after "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" hit cinema screens and record store shelves. For much of his career, Tyminski considered it a "win ...

That cynical perspective is as strong as ever in “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” (2000), but it is also arguably the most positive work the Coens have ever made about faith. At the heart of the ...

One autumn day in 1959, a field recordist named Alan Lomax sat at the roadside and watched a Mississippi chain-gang chop logs ...

James Sullivan reviews the soundtrack to the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou, a film from Joel and Ethan Coen. Sullivan says even if you don't see the movie, you should check out the soundtrack ...

(l-r) Delmar O'Donnel (Tim Blake Nelson), Everett Ulysses McGill (George Clooney), and Pete Hogwallop (John Turturro) -- on their way to becoming a depression era ZZ Top in O Brother, Where Art Thou?.