Harry Smith Tribute

A veritable rock-snob glitterati guest list.

Pitchfork: Wilco, Beck, Sonic Youth on Harry Smith Tribute

The late Harry Smith, renowned musicologist, filmmaker, and painter, will be soon receive the tribute treatment with a four-disc box set titled The Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited, due October 24 on Shout! Factory.

The two-CD/two-DVD collection draws performances from Wilco, Beck, Lou Reed, Nick Cave, Beth Orton, Richard Thompson, David Johansen, Steve Earle, and more. In addition, it holds a new documentary on Smith's continuous influence on contemporary music, as well as three of his short films.

cool. I'll tell you how it sounds in November or so. Full tracklist here

and the expanded CD of the Harry Smith compilation is an essential rock snob box set

“Anthology of American Folk Music (Edited by Harry Smith)” (Various Artists)