THE ROSE AND THE BRIAR includes most of the songs treated in the Rose And the Briar Book. On this CD the saga of the American ballad unfolds much as the songs themselves appeared in the historical record, from classic recordings dating to the 1920s and 1930s to brand new recordings, made especially for this collection.

Tracklist:

Barbary Allen - Jean Ritchie
Pretty Polly - Coon Creek Girls
Ommie Wise - G.B. Grayson
Little Maggie - Snakefarm
Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
Deliah's Gone - Koerner, Ray & Glover
Wreck of the Old 97 - John Mellencamp
Dead Man's Curve - Jan & Dean
Buddy Bolden's Blues (I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say) - Jell
Coo Coo Bird, The - Clarence Ashley
Volver, Volver - Vicente Fern ndez
Foggy Dew, The - Burl Ives
Black, Brown & Beige, Pt. IV (Come Sunday) - Duke Ellington & Hi
Paso, El - Marty Robbins
Trial of Mart Maguire - Bobby Patterson
Down from Dover - Dolly Parton
Sail Away - Randy Newman
Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts - Bob Dylan
Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen
Blackwatertown - The Handsome Family

UPC: 827969286623
Label: Sony
Release Date: 9.28.04
Format: CD

Rose & The Briar - The Rose and The Briar: Death, Love and Liberty In The American Ballad (CD)