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Iris DeMent: Putting poet's words to music 'fate'
Northwest Arkansas News Iris DeMent is speaking by phone from a converted garage in the backyard of her Iowa City home that contains a piano, a small table, a voice recorder and other things songwriters might use to write songs. But that's not actually what she's doing. "Well … |
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Chicago Tribune |
Iris DeMent seeking her spot in the big picture
Chicago Tribune Born in Arkansas, DeMent moved with her family to California when she was 3 years old. Her parents were devout Pentecostals, and her mother often sang around the house, banging out songs on a piano when she was stressed out. Iris was the youngest of … |
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Lexington Herald Leader |
Iris DeMent takes a walk in very different 'Woods'
Lexington Herald Leader Iris DeMent traveled another route altogether in constructing her sublime new album The Trackless Woods. A vocalist of regal Americana beauty and a writer of brilliantly reflective songs steeped in often heartbreaking detail (the rural eulogy Our Town … |
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Today in History
The Observer News Enterprise Singer Iris Dement is 55. Actress Suzy Amis is 54. Actor Ricky Paull (correct) Goldin is 51. Actor Vinnie Jones is 51. Rock musician Kate Schellenbach (Luscious Jackson) is 50. Dancer-choreographer Carrie Ann Inaba is 48. Rock musician Troy Van Leeuwen … |
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San Francisco Examiner |
Iris DeMent finds inspiration in Russian poetry
San Francisco Examiner In 2012, an artistic collaboration was the last thing on Iowa-based folksinger Iris DeMent's mind. She was busily recording, then touring behind, “Sing the Delta,” her first album of originals in 16 years. “I had my mind, and my plate, full at that … |
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Kansas City Star (blog) |
Iris DeMent plumbs matters of the heart and soul at Knuckleheads
Kansas City Star (blog) The Garage at Knuckleheads felt more like a chapel or a church Friday night. For nearly two hours, before a crowd of more than 400, Iris DeMent and her three-piece band filled the venue with ballads and hymns, many of them gospel songs with lyrics that … |
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American Songwriter |
Iris Dement: The Letting Go
American Songwriter One afternoon back in 2011, Iris DeMent sat down at her living room piano and began flipping through a book of poetry her friend had lent her by the late Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. By the time she finished reading the first poem that she had flipped … |
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Galway Advertiser |
Noelie McDonnell @ Monroe's Live
Galway Advertiser He has appeared alongside numerous artists over the years including John Martyn, Iris DeMent, Luka Bloom, and Mundy. After releasing a new album with The Whileaways earlier this year, Noelie got together with long term collaborators Dave Clancy, Larry … |
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For Iris DeMent, Music Is The Calling That Forces Her Into The Spotlight
WUNC This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Happy Thanksgiving. For the holiday, we have a recent interview with singer and songwriter Iris DeMent, during which she performed some of her songs. She was born in Arkansas on the Delta, the youngest of 14 children. |
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