The Washington Post, February 1st, 2002
IN Joel and Ethan Coen's "O Brother, Where Art Thou?," the Soggy Bottom Boys' on-the-fly recording of "Man of Constant Sorrow" accidentally becomes a Depression-era hit, catapulting its unlikely hillbilly performers into the limelight. Talk about fiction repeating itself as fact! The "O Brother" soundtrack is closing in on sales of 4 million after having spent 24 weeks atop the country music chart and subsequently winning Country Music Awards for best single and best album -- this despite a total absence of airplay on country radio. It begat a Nashville concert, which begat a documentary, whic...
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