I had never even heard of Dan Tyminski before seeing this movie (Oh Brother, that is), then seeing the live music appearances on the late-night talk shows. But what a great singer! The Kossoys were in the soundtrack (I'll Fly Away, I think) but not on the CD (which I don't have) or the live appearances. They should have been. I thought the movie was lots of fun. Sometimes I wish reviewers would comment on what a movie was, rather than give their opinions on what they thought it ought to have been.

I await Songcatcher, and Passions, which don't seem to have made it to my neck of the woods yet. At least there's relevant subject material.

Thread creep alert. I was sidetracked for a couple of days by the MusiTrad references above, then from that into the Elizabeth Cronin debate (it's amazing the passion that is engendered by debate about traditional music - as someone once put it, we fight so hard because the stakes are so small). But since Russ has posted to this thread I'll take this opportunity to say GREAT JOB. Terrific letter. Very gentle. I wish I could have put it as well myself. I would say that Dr. Brocken seems to be the ultimate personification of the very essence of ejut. Perhaps he could join Mudcat, or maybe one has to be enrolled in his institute to get the benefit of his erudition. unless he's actually "publishing" somewhere.