Vanguard Records is preparing the compilation "Songcatcher II: The Tradition That Inspired the Movie" for a May 7 North American release. The 17-track set of traditional folk ballads mined from the… ...

Catching lightning in a bottle is tough enough to do, once. Repeat attempts, especially in Hollywood, often have disappointing results. The people behind “Songcatcher: Music From and Inspired by the ...

There are intriguing and original ideas lacing through "Songcatcher," writer/director Maggie Greenwald's early 20th-century slice of Americana pie. The film boasts another passionate and fearless ...

Call it mountain, country or old-timey, traditional American music is enjoying a cinematic revival. The sounds of Appalachia and the South were central to the success of Joel and Ethan Coen’s “O ...

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Emmy Rossum got off to a quick start as a singer. At the tender age of 7, she joined the Metropolitan Opera's Children's Chorus. Now, at 15, she's graduated to motion pictures, with ...

Lily Penleric hears America singing, loud and clear. But since she's only a woman, nobody cares. That's the gist of Maggie Greenwald's captivating new film "Songcatcher," about a heroic musicologist ...