Interesting...! Well, it's a great collection of songs, and, in fact, a lot of great musicians as well. And I skimmed some of the liner notes (thanks for the link Nerd) and it looks like straightforward folk type liner notes to me. I'm curious to actually hear how the songs are styled. And even more curious how this album will come across to all those people who buy it because of the artists or movie tie-in, and never heard this type of song before.

I did take issue a bit with this paragraph (see that same link above) "At first, I was a bit concerned that most of these songs and chants don't really have song structure as some of us like. Many of these songs are verses over and over again with a one line chorus like 'heave ho boys heave away'... But, as I continued, it occurred to me that with exception of some collectors and scholars, this was a totally unexplored kind of folk music."

Well, thanks to the Mudcatters who alerted me to this, and maybe it will interest some new listeners in this "totally unexplored kind of folk music."