After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist, impulsively visits her sister, who runs a struggling rural school in Appalachia. There she stumbles upon the discovery of her life - a treasure trove of ancient Scots-Irish ballads, songs that have been handed down from generation to generation, preserved intact by the seclusion of the mountains. With the goal of securing her promotion, Lily ventures into the most isolated areas of the mountains to collect the songs and finds herself increasingly enchanted.
Janet McTeer
Michael Goodwin
Gregory Russell Cook
Jane Adams
E. Katherine Kerr
Emmy Rossum
Pat Carroll
Stephanie Roth Haberle
Aidan Quinn
Bart Hansard
Erin Blake Clanton
David Patrick Kelly
Kristin Hall
Michael Harding
Taj Mahal
Iris DeMent
Rhoda Griffis
Michael Davis