Heritage Album

American heritage music... I need albums or songs. Greensleeves and music like it.?

I'm looking for an album that has songs including or similar to greensleeves, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Shenandoah, Old Man River(I know it's not actually in this category, but it sounds like it should be), When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again, Big Rock Candy Mountain, etc. If anybody knows the name of any albums or has a recommendation for other songs which might fit I'd appreciate it. I've got the O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack, which is the closest thing I've found.

Public Comments

1. Dude your looking for American Roots Music, Smithsonian Folkways has a lot of original roots music from the original artists, for a contemporary take try Bruce Springsteen's "We Shall Overcome the Seegar Sessions". Johnny Cash also covered a lot of them as did his inlaws, The Carter family. Another great contemporary album is "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. http://www.folkways.si.edu/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_the_Circle_Be_Unbroken http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Shall_Overcome:_The_Seeger_Sessions