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Top Iris Dement News Stories of the Week

October 20, 2015
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San Francisco Examiner Iris DeMent finds inspiration in Russian poetrySan Francisco ExaminerIn 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 … Source link: iris dement – Google News Deadline HBO's 'The Leftovers' Gets Sunnier Makeover For Title ThemeDeadlineThe most ominous musical chord on TV is no…

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In Spite Of Ourselves

October 15, 2015
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In Spite Of Ourselves John Prine on Cowboy Records CD, with Iris DeMent, Connie Smith, Lucinda Williams, Trisha Yearwood, Melba Montgomery, Emmylou Harris, Delore Keane, Patty Lovelace, Fiona Prine, You’ve got to hand it to John Prine. On the first song on this collection of duets, he plunges valiantly into “(We’re Not) The Jet Set,” singing the part made famous by George Jones, the Caruso of country music. And Prine, never blessed with the most pliant pipes, promptly pancakes a…

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Top Iris Dement News Stories of the Week

October 13, 2015
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American Songwriter Iris Dement: The Letting GoAmerican SongwriterOne 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 … Source link: iris dement – Google News Deadline HBO's 'The Leftovers' Gets Sunnier Makeover For Title ThemeDeadlineThe most ominous musical chord on TV is no…

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