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Heart of the Heartland

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Released
  
1995

Artist
  
Peter Ostroushko

Producer
  
Peter Ostroushko

Genres
  
Folk music, Americana

Length
  
52:05

Release date
  
1995

Label
  
Red House Records

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Heart of the Heartland (1995)
  
Pilgrims on the Heart Road (1997)

Similar
  
Coming Down from Red Lodge, When the Last Morning, Sluz Duz Music, Sacred Heart, Minnesota: A History of the Land

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Heart of the Heartland is the first album in Peter Ostroushko's "heartland trilogy", released in 1995. Pilgrims on the Heart Road and Sacred Heart complete the trilogy.

Contents

Music from Heart of the Heartland was used by Ken Burns for the PBS documentary Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery and his arrangement of "Sweet Betsy from Pike" was used in Burns' Mark Twain. "Dakota Themes" featured in the film Into The Wild (2007).

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Track listing

All songs by Peter Ostroushko unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Seattle (The Fantasy Reel)" – 7:20
  2. "Prairie Sunrise" – 3:26
  3. "Puppy Belly Dance" – 5:07
  4. "Montana" – 4:50
  5. "Dakota Themes: Kasposia/Pioneer Waltz/Pigs Eye Reel" – 5:48
  6. "Heart of the Heartland" – 3:26
  7. "Nicaragua (Prelude and Dance)" – 8:30
  8. "Sweet Betsy from Pike" (Traditional) – 5:03
  9. "Virginia Reel from Hell Medley: Spotted Pony/Mississippi Reel/Wrystra" (Ostroushko, Traditional) – 5:00
  10. "(Twilight on) The Sangre de Cristos" – 3:35

Personnel

  • Peter Ostroushko – mandolin, fiddle
  • Richard Dworsky – piano, Hammond organ
  • Dean Magraw – guitar
  • Gordon Johnson – bass
  • Bruce Kurnow – harmonica
  • Cecilia Rossiter - cello
  • Sarah Lewis – cello
  • Marc Anderson – percussion
  • David Bullock – violin

    • Songs

    1Seattle (The Fantasy Reel)7:21
    2Prairie Sunrise3:29
    3Puppy Belly Dance5:12

    References

    Heart of the Heartland Wikipedia
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