Various Artists - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/ American Originals

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American Originals is the latest release from the Cincinnati Pops conducted by John Morris Russell and features iconic American songs interpreted by a diverse array of acclaimed musical collaborators including Rosanne Cash, Dom Flemons, Over the Rhine, Joe Henry, Aoife O'Donovan and the Comet Bluegrass All-Stars.

The first-ever Cincinnati Pops album to be recorded live in concert, American Originals breathes new life into the first chapter of the Great American Songbook and the music of Stephen Foster. The 94th Cincinnati Pops album includes inspiring new renditions of "My Old Kentucky Home," "O Susannah," "Camptown Races," "Aura Lee," "Slumber My Darling," "Hard Times," and "Beautiful Dreamer," among other classic tunes. The Cincinnati Enquirer says, "The fresh arrangements and unique talents who performed them set each in a new light."

LP 1

Side A:

1. O! Susannah

- Stephen Foster

Arr. Chris Walden

Joe Henry, vocals

2. Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair

-Stephen Foster

Arr. Rob Mounsey

Aoife O’Donovan, vocals

Karin Bergquist, vocals

3. My Old Kentucky Home

- Stephen Foster

Arr. Rebecca Pellett

Rosanne Cash, vocals

4. Amazing Grace

- Traditional

Arr. Reecca Pellett

Aoife O’Donovan, vocals

Comet Bluegrass All-Stars, vocals, picking and strumming

Side B:

5. Rolling River: Sketches On Shenandoah

- Peter Boyer

6. Why, No One To Love?

- Stephen Foster

Arr. Rebecca Pellett

Over the Rhine (Karin Berhquist, vocals / Linford Detweiler, Rhodes keyboard)

7. Old Folks At Home

- Stephen Foster

Arr. Timothy Berens

Dom Flemons, vocals and harmonica

Timothy Berens, banjo

Paul Patterson, fiddle

8. Kumbaya

- Traditional

Arr. Timothy Berens

Timothy Lees, violin

Kathryn Woolley, violin

Gabriel Pegis, violin

Scott Mozlin, violin

Richard Jensen, djembe

LP 2

Side C:

1. Slumber My Darling

- Stephen Foster

Arr. Chris Walden

Aoife O’Donovan, vocals and guitar

2. Aura Lee

- George R. Poulton

Orch. Rebecca Pellett

Joe Henry, vocals

Ed Cunningham, vocals

3. Foster's Folly

- Stephen Foster

Arr. Timothy Berens

4. Ring, Ring the Banjo

- Stephen Foster

Arr. Chris Walden

Dom Flemons, banjo and bones

Ed Cunningham, fiddle

5. Red River Valley

- Traditional

Arr. Timothy Berens

Comet Bluegrass All-Stars, vocals, picking and strumming

Side D:

6. The Battle Cry of Freedom

- George Fredrick Root

Arr. Timothy Berens

7. Beautiful Dreamer

- Stephen Foster

Arr. Rob Mounsey

Rosanne Cash, vocals

8. Hard Time Come Again No More

- Stephen Foster

Orch. Timothy Berens

Over the Rhine (Karin Bergquist, vocals/ Linford Detweiler, guitar)

9. Camptown Races

- Stephen Foster

Arr. Rob Mounsey

Rosanne Cash, vocals

Comet Bluegrass All-Stars, vocals, picking and strumming

Dom Flemons, vocals, harmonica

Joe Henry, vocals

Aoife O’Donovan, vocals

Over the Rhine, vocals

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