The WUNC website has audio and a transcript of a recent “Fresh Air” interview of Iris by Terry Gross. Iris discusses her upbringing, the new album The Trackless Woods and more; as well as performing. You can find it at the link below. For Iris DeMent, Music Is The Calling That Forces Her Into The Spotlight http://wunc.org/post/iris-dement-music-calling-forces-her-spotlight-0#stream/0
Posted on Fri, Oct. 25, 2002 Iris DeMent sings her songs for benefits and the Grand Ole Opry By TIMOTHY FINN The Kansas City Star Her last record, “The Way I Should,” is 6-years-old, yet some of its more strident songs are more relevant today than they were the day the album was released. Iris DeMent is hardly a protest singer per se. Whether she’s singing on “A Prairie Home Companion” or at the Grand Ole Opry, most of her…
DeMent spells out what matters most By Roy Kasten “What matters to me are the songs,” Iris DeMent explained in quiet conviction, during an interview one October Saturday from her home in Gladstone, Kansas. Iris DeMent is entering her sixth year of recording, but she speaks with a gentle wisdom beyond experience. Her career has moved steadily upward, ever since John Prine first heard her songs and encouraged her to quit work at K-Mart and record “Infamous Angel” for Rounder…
