The High Lonesome Sound

6 songs / 18:39

By: Dope Burger

Playlist Description

The bluegrass music on this mix captures that 'high and lonesome sound,' a phrase originally coined by filmmaker John Cohen for his 1963 documentary focusing on Appalachian music. Find some hope in these mournful mountain songs sung with soaring tenor voices.

1 Roscoe Holcomb / Swanno Mountain 2:35
2 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys / Memories Of Mot… 2:45
3 The Del McCoury Band / Sweet Appalachia 3:28
4 Ralph Stanley / How Mountain Girls Can Love 1:55
5 Clarence Ashley & Doc Watson / House Carpenter 4:30
6 Vern and Ray / Can't You Hear Me Callin' 3:26