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As you may have seen in a previous post, Iris does not have a personal Facebook page, but there is an official Iris Dement page on Facebook.  That page is: https://www.facebook.com/irisdementofficial/

According to a post on the official Iris Dement website at irisdement.com: It has come to our attention that someone has created a Facebook account under Iris DeMent’s name and is trying to friend her fans, and then proceed to try to get money from the fan. Please be aware that this is not Iris DeMent and that she does not have a personal Facebook account! Her Facebook page can be found here. You can read the post at: http://irisdement.com/2016/07/iris-dement-scam-on-facebook/

The NY Times has an article about “The Leftovers” which mentions Iris’ song “Let the Mystery Be” as the new title theme. The second season features an apt new theme song, “Let the Mystery Be,” an eschatological shruggie by the country singer Iris DeMent.   Get the full song on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1FNA4Qh or iTunes: Let The Mystery Be

“BLESS THEM, O LORD” My daughter is Russian. My husband and I brought her from Siberia to the States in 2005. She was just a few months shy of six years old. I’d never have made this record were not for her. Like my daughter, Anna Akhmatova was Russian. She was born in 1889 and died in 1966. Most of her life was spent in St. Petersburg. She survived 30 years of Stalin, two world wars and the imprisonment and…

“The Trackless Woods” Track list With Links to Lyrics To My Poems — Lyrics Broad Gold — Lyrics And This You Call Work — Lyrics From The Oriental Notebook — Lyrics Prayer — Lyrics Not With Deserters — Lyrics All Is Sold — Lyrics Reject The Burden — Lyrics From An Airplane — Written by Iris! Oh, How Good — Lyrics Like A White Stone — Lyrics Song About Songs — Lyrics Listening To Singing — Lyrics Lot’s Wife —…

Find Where Iris is Appearing on Pollstar and Ticketmaster Tour Schedule on The Office Iris Dement site —  http://irisdement.com/tour/