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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 …

Iris DeMent with Pieta Brown
Pacific Northwest Inlander
From the moment she burst onto the scene back in the early ’90s, Iris DeMent’s voice has resonated with lovers of folks and country music. It’s a weathered-but-inviting croon that belied her years back when her debut, Infamous Angel, arrived in 1992, …

Enchanting misery
Missoula Independent
Iris DeMent is an acquired taste. With her tremolos and plaintive voice (think Alison Krauss, only more so), it’s a taste I haven’t quite managed to acquire. That said, I’ll be the first to admit that she’s exceptionally talented, and her reputation as …

Poetry Is Set To Melody In Iris DeMent’s ‘The Trackless Woods’
NPR
Poems by the Russian writer Anna Akhmatova form the basis of singer Iris DeMent’s new album. Critic Ken Tucker says Akhmatova and DeMent share an urge to articulate “sorrow, sacrifice and gratitude.” TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR.

Iris DeMent finds the poetry of Russia on ‘The Trackless Woods’
Chicago Tribune
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 …
New music releases for week of Aug. 7The Courier-Journal

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Iris DeMent finds inspiration in Russian writer’s work
Boston Globe
A few years ago Iris DeMent was invited to sing one song on the Grand Ole Opry’s radio broadcast. It had been 20 years since the one-of-a-kind singer had released her debut album, “Infamous Angels,” which featured a song she wrote called “Mama’s Opry.”.

Iris Dement: The Trackless Woods
PopMatters
There was a substantial eight-year gap between Iris Dement’s third and fourth albums, then another eight between the fourth and fifth. Fortunately for her fans this pattern has been broken, and The Trackless Woods, her sixth long-player, was recently …

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Iris DeMent: The Trackless Woods review – powerful Russian-themed country set
The Guardian
Country meets Russia, courtesy of one of the most distinctive singer-songwriters in the US. Iris DeMent isn’t exactly prolific; there was a 16-year gap before her 2012 album Sing the Delta. Now comes an 18-song concept work, influenced by her adopted …
Iris DeMent, ‘The Trackless Woods’Boston Globe

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Iris DeMent Returns, Via Russia
New York Times (blog)
Iris DeMent, a songwriter and singer of country and gospel music, emerged in the 1990s. And if you listened a lot to the New York City radio station WFUV back then, you could hear her voice every day, plaintive and joyous, lonely and quite …
Why you need to hear these works by Iris DeMent and Lizzy Mercier DesclouxLos Angeles Times
Iris DeMent: Pure PoetryMIX

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