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The use of [[dirges]] and other macabre songs is a theme that often recurs in Appalachian music<ref>{{cite web| last=McClatchy| first=Debbie| title=A Short History of Appalachian Traditional Music| website=Appalachian Traditional Music — A Short History| date=June 27, 2000| url=http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/appalach.htm| access-date=November 8, 2007| archive-date=October 25, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025051143/http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/appalach.htm| url-status=live}}</ref> ("O Death", "Lonesome Valley", "[[Angel Band (song)|Angel Band]]", "I Am Weary") in contrast to bright and cheerful songs ("Keep On the Sunny Side", "In the Highways") in other parts of the film.
The voices of the Soggy Bottom Boys were provided by [[Dan Tyminski]] (lead vocal on "Man of Constant Sorrow"), [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] songwriter [[Harley Allen]], and the [[Nashville Bluegrass Band]]'s Pat Enright.<ref name="Soggy">{{cite web| url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233045| title=Soggy Bottom Boys Hit the Top at 35th CMA Awards| date=November 7, 2001| access-date=November 8, 2007| archive-date=September 8, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908111612/http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233045| url-status=live}}</ref> The three won a [[Country Music Association Awards|CMA Award]] for Single of the Year<ref name="Soggy" /> and a Grammy Award for [[Best Country Collaboration with Vocals]], both for the song "Man of Constant Sorrow".<ref name="Grammy01" /> Tim Blake Nelson sang the lead vocal on "[[In the Jailhouse Now]]".<ref name="FAQ">{{cite web| last=Lafrance| first=J.D.| title=The Coen Brothers FAQ| date=April 5, 2004| url=http://www.youknow-forkids.com/coenbrothersfaq.pdf| access-date=November 8, 2007| pages=33–35| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071126204347/http://www.youknow-forkids.com/coenbrothersfaq.pdf|archive-date=November 26, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref> During a cast reunion at the 2020 [[Nashville Film Festival]], George Clooney recalled being called into the recording studio and singing despite his lack of talent. It was assumed that he could sing because he was the nephew of [[Rosemary Clooney]]. Despite the relation, he could not.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://decoy.tvpassport.com/q_a/q-does-george-clooney-do-his-own-singing-o-brother-where-art-thou?subid=national-00001|title=Q: Does George Clooney do his own singing in 'O Brother, Where Art Thou'?|last=Thomlison|first=Adam|publisher=TV Media|access-date=June 23, 2022|archive-date=March 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315194434/http://decoy.tvpassport.com/q_a/q-does-george-clooney-do-his-own-singing-o-brother-where-art-thou?subid=national-00001|url-status=live}}</ref>
"Man of Constant Sorrow" has five variations: two are used in the film, one in the music video, and two in the soundtrack album. Two of the variations feature the verses being sung back-to-back, and the other three variations feature additional music between each verse.<ref name="OBWAT">{{cite web| last=Long| first=Roger J.| title="O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Home Page| url=http://home1.gte.net/longrj2/fluff/o_brother.html| date=April 9, 2006| access-date=November 9, 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103172436/http://home1.gte.net/longrj2/fluff/o_brother.html| archive-date=November 3, 2007| df=mdy-all}}</ref> Though the song received little significant radio airplay, it reached #35 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] chart in 2002.<ref name=bbc/><ref name="Billboard">{{cite news| title=Hot Country Songs: I Am A Man Of- Constant Sorrow| url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2002-04-27/country-songs| access-date=November 2, 2007| newspaper=Billboard| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223035246/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=357&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Country+Songs&ci=3045248&cdi=7847789&cid=04%2F27%2F2002| archive-date=December 23, 2007| url-status=dead| df=mdy-all}}</ref> The version of "I'll Fly Away" heard in the film is performed not by Krauss and Welch (as it is on the CD and concert tour), but by the [[Kossoy Sisters]] with [[Erik Darling]] accompanying on long-neck five-string banjo, recorded in 1956 for the album ''Bowling Green'' on [[Tradition Records]].<ref name=countrystandardtime.com>{{cite web| title=O Kossoy Sisters, Where Art Thou Been?| url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/article.asp?xid=548| access-date=January 8, 2009| website=[[Country Standard Time]]| date=January 2003| archive-date=February 15, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215035547/http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/article.asp?xid=548| url-status=live}}</ref>
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