We apparently have dueling Songcatchers here.

Looks like Sharyn McCrumb's novel is unrelated to Maggie Greenwald's movie.

For the movie see

www.sundancechannel.com/festival00/filmguide/sub_index.tin?Section=dramatic_competition&Film=songcatcher.tin

and

www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1312/12_377/59535330/p1/article.jhtml