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Iris Dement in Mill Valley on 10.22.15

Artist: Iris Dement Date: Thursday, October 22nd 2015 City: Mill Valley, CA Venue: Sweetwater Music Hall Address: 19 Corte Madera Ave Country: United States Notes: Opening Act: Pieta Brown Add to Google Calendar | Download iCal Source link: Upcoming shows

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‘The Leftovers’ Starts Over Beautifully in Season 2

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

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Top Iris Dement News Stories of the Week

Iris DeMent sensitively sings Russian poems on ‘The Trackless Woods’ The Olympian Iris DeMent recorded her latest album in her living room in five days with a group of friends, which sounds just about right. DeMent bides her time between albums until she feels fully invested in the music and then plunges into it without making a big … Source link: iris dement – Google News Pacific Northwest Inlander Iris DeMent with Pieta Brown Pacific Northwest Inlander From the moment…

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Top Iris Dement News Stories of the Week

Roanoke Times Out & About: Iris DeMent with Pieta Brown Roanoke Times Iris DeMent and Pieta Brown, who just happens to be DeMent’s step-daughter, will perform Saturday at Harvester Performance Center. The event will benefit Unbridled Change, which uses what it calls equine-assisted therapies with people who have suffered … Music Review: Iris Dement’s ‘The Trackless Woods’KCURall 3 news articles » Source link: iris dement – Google News News & Observer Country Picks: Iris DeMent performs at Carolina Theatre News & Observer…

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The Trackless Woods Liner Notes

“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…

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“The Trackless Woods” Track List

“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 —…

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New Album! “The Trackless Woods” Released

August 7, 2015 The Trackless Woods has been released.  It is Iris’ first album release since Sing The Delta. It is “the poems of Anna Akhmatova set to music”.  Iris describes it as an inspiration from a book of Russian poems. Watch for posts to follow about this new album.  In the meantime, check the official site at: www.irisdement.com  

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