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

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.

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.

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