Disc 1
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| Song Title | Sample |
| 1. Powwow Song - Chippewa Nation ~ Original TV Soundtrack |  |
| 2. 22 - Babes In Toyland ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 3. Sail Away, Ladies - John Koerner ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 4. I Did My Best - Soul Asylum ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 5. Red-Headed Swede - The Skal Club Spelmanslag ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 6. Singing Leaf, The - Wang Chong Lor ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 7. I'll Open My Mouth To The Lord / I'll Be Ready - Sounds Of Blackness ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 8. Kim Marie - Karl Hartwich ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 9. Jazz Me Blues - The Manny Lopez Quintet ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 10. La Unica Estrella - La Otra Mitad ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 11. Flat Stuff - Greg Brown ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 12. Miss Ferris - John Hartford ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 13. Born To Be With You - The Bob Lewis Family ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 14. Milestone - Eugene Redmond/Sylvester "Sunshine" Lee ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 15. I'm So Grateful - Fontella Bass/Martha Bass ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 16. Stop Breaking Down - Oliver Sain ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 17. Get Down, River - Bottle Rockets ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 18. La Guignolee - The Ste. Genevieve Guignolee Singers ~ Original TV Soundtrack | | Disc 2
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| Song Title | Sample |
| 1. Sweetest Song I Know, The - The Boundless Love Quartet ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 2. T For Texas (Blue Yodel #1) - Sonny Burgess ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 3. St. Louis Blues - The Memphis Horns/Ann Peebles ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 4. Going Back To Memphis - Levon Helm/James Cotton ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 5. Take A Little Walk With Me - Robert Lockwood Jr. ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 6. Catfish - Big Jack Johnson ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 7. Shake Your Moneymaker - Big Jack Johnson/Jelly Roll Kings ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 8. Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around The World) - Little Milton ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 9. We Praise Your Holy Name - Mississippi Mass Choir ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 10. Taters And Gravey And Chicken-Fried Steak - Kenny Bill Stinson ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 11. La Porte D'en Arriere - D.L. Menard ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 12. Bon Chien - Geno Delafose ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 13. Marie Lavaux - David & Roselyn ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 14. Basin Street Blues - Henry Butler ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 15. Time Is On My Side - Irma Thomas ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 16. Check Your Bucket - Eddie Bo/Henry Butler ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 17. Let Your Mind Be Free - Soul Rebels ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
| 18. La Vida De Un Jaibero - Irvan Perez ~ Original TV Soundtrack | |
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| Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Engineers include: John Tyler, John Paulson, Matt Sakakeeny. | | Recorded between 1995 & 1997. Includes liner notes by Anthony Seeger and Elija Wald. | | River of Song is a companion double-CD set to a four-part 1999 PBS television series of the various styles of music found along the Mississippi River, from northern Minnesota to the river's mouth in Louisiana. It has 36 complete performances that the documentary makers recorded as part of the project, encompassing Delta blues (Robert Lockwood, Jr.), Native American powwows, Cajun (D.L. Menard) and zydeco (Geno Delafose), New Orleans soul (Irma Thomas), rockabilly (Sonny Burgess), singer/songwriter folk (Greg Brown), bluegrass, gospel, polka, jazz, and less expected things like traditional Swedish, Laotian, and norte¤o music. There's even alternative rock, via Babes in Toyland (whose selection is frankly ill-fitting), Soul Asylum, and the Bottle Rockets. This might be better seen on film than heard all at once: it covers a full smorgasbord of American music in one go, and although in concept that might be appealing, remember that when you actually eat at smorgasbords, you don't try to sample every last damn dish in the course of one meal. The most unusual items are the Skal Club Spelmanslag's "Red-Headed Swede," with its eerie musical saw; Sonny Burgess' "T for Texas," on which he sounds far more like a genuine soul man than a cult rockabilly singer; and the Memphis Horns and Ann Peebles' "St. Louis Blues," done without a rhythm section. Little Milton, Henry Butler, Levon Helm, James Cotton, Fontella Bass, and John Hartford are some of the other recognizable names contributing to the album. If you're interested, the project also generated a book with the same title as the CD, written by Elijah Wald and John Junkerman, and published by St. Martin's Press. ~ Richie Unterberger |
Producer: Elijah Wald |
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| Technical Info |
| Release Date : 11/17/1998 | | Original Release Date : 1998 | | Catalog ID : 40086 | | Label : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00093074008621 |
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