The Bluegrass Sessions
1999
Fleck plays banjo in styles bluegrass had no name for, surrounded by the best acoustic players alive, none of whom show off.
★ 2.8
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2002
They made it after suing their own record label, on acoustic instruments, with no drums on most of it. It sold six million anyway.
★ 4.0
O Brother Where Art Thou Soundtrack
Various artists
2000
T Bone Burnett recorded most of it before the film was shot, so the Coens built scenes around the music. It sold eight million.
★ 5.7