Iowa City's Iris Dement puts Russian poems to music in new album (audio)
Radio Iowa
The Iowa City woman who is considered one of the finest singer-songwriters in America is releasing a new album based on an unlikely muse. Iris DeMent happened across a book of poetry and discovered the works of Anna Akhmatov, a Russian poet who …

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Iris DeMent show at the Spire starts at 7
Wicked Local
The Isris DeMent show, with Ian Fitzgerald opening, performing tonight, Thursday, at the Spire Center for Performing Arts, begins at 7 p.m., not at 8 p.m. as had been initially reported by the Spire. Most shows start at 8 p.m.. Wicked Local Carver. Writer.

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The Union of Grass Valley

Iris Dement concert set for Sunday in Grass Valley
The Union of Grass Valley
Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter Iris Dement will stop in Grass Valley for a concert presented by The Center for the Arts on Oct. 25 as part of the release tour of her sixth studio album, “The Trackless Woods.” Dement got her start in 1992 with

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New York Times (blog)

Taking Note | Don't Cry for Merle Haggard. Cry for Country Music.
New York Times (blog)
According to an interview in 1995, he liked Iris DeMent. Ms. DeMent, who writes and sings country and gospel with a voice that's wise, sorrowful and unforgettable, appeared on a Haggard tribute album, “Tulare Dust.” Mr. Haggard said her contribution, a
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Santa Fe New Mexican

Pasa Review — Let the mystery be: Iris DeMent
Santa Fe New Mexican
For her sixth album, The Trackless Woods (2015), Iris DeMent set poems by the late Russian writer Anna Akhmatova to the same haunting yet rollicking country-gospel-inspired music she's become known for since the release of Infamous Angel in 1992.

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Chicago Tribune

Iris DeMent seeking her spot in the big picture
Chicago Tribune
Born in Arkansas, DeMent moved with her family to California when she was 3 years old. Her parents were devout Pentecostals, and her mother often sang around the house, banging out songs on a piano when she was stressed out. Iris was the youngest of …

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The Guardian

My Irish farm kitchen(s) – Imen McDonnell
The Guardian
At the moment I have Iris DeMent, a US folk singer, on loop. My storecupboard staple is … Macroom Mills flour – a coarse wholemeal Irish flour I use all the time in my baking. So flavourful. When I'm starving I … make these little toasts with a

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Northeast Kansas happenings
Topeka Capital Journal
FOLK CONCERT — A 940 Live Concert featuring folk singer and songwriter Iris Dement will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. Indie-Americana singer Pieta Brown will open for Dement. Tickets cost …

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Lexington Herald Leader

Iris DeMent takes a walk in very different 'Woods'
Lexington Herald Leader
Iris DeMent traveled another route altogether in constructing her sublime new album The Trackless Woods. A vocalist of regal Americana beauty and a writer of brilliantly reflective songs steeped in often heartbreaking detail (the rural eulogy Our Town

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