Shoreline Times

From Russia with love: Iris DeMent brings her songs, storytelling chops to The Kate, June 10
Shoreline Times
OLD SAYBROOK >> Like most of us, acclaimed folk singer-songwriter Iris DeMent, who will appear at The Kate on Friday, June 10, had never heard of the dissident Stalin-era poet Anna Akhmatova. Of course, she wasn't much of a poetry buff. “I had poetry …
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Iris DeMent in Concert
Chester County Press
Singer/songwriter Iris DeMent has something special: She has collaborated with Emmylou Harris, John Prine and Steve Earle, and was invited by Merle Haggard to join his touring band. She brings her graceful vocals and poignant melodies to West Chester …

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With a 'Prairie' spirit to the end: Garrison Keillor bids farewell as the radio show's host, amid evocative music
WatertownDailyTimes.com
You could hear the march of time as Keillor bent to match his airy voice with that of Jarosz on the yearning “It Gets Lonely in a Small Town” by Greg Brown, and there was a whiff of finality to Keillor's opening of Iris DeMent's “My Life” — with its

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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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Los Angeles Times

Garrison Keillor brings 'A Prairie Home Companion' to a close at the Hollywood Bowl
Los Angeles Times
You could hear the march of time as Keillor bent to match his airy voice with Jarosz on the yearning “It Gets Lonely in a Small Town” by songwriter Greg Brown, and there was a grim whiff of finality to Keillor's opening of Iris DeMent's “My Life
Garrison Keillor reflects at the Hollywood Bowl, rehearsing for final show: 'I just want it to be good' – Los Huewire News

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Red and Black

Iris DeMent to perform at The Foundry, melds folk and Russian poetry
Red and Black
Ever since Iris DeMent adopted her daughter from Siberia in 2005, she had sparked a curiosity to understand more about Russian culture, specifically poetry. The country and folk singer is currently on a national tour putting Russian poetry to song

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On The Trackless Woods, Iris DeMent Finds Inspiration in Russian Poetry
Flagpole Magazine
Iris DeMent has this thing she's good at, where she can take something familiar and well known and make it her own. When Flagpole reaches her by phone, it's still early in the morning, and she's fixing a cup of coffee. But there's more to the coffee

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NorthJersey.com

Iris DeMent performs in Montclair
NorthJersey.com
Iris DeMent performs in Montclair. By Gwen Orel. Staff Writer |. The Montclair Times. As her voice warbles feelingly on the opening lines of "Like a White Stone," it's clear Iris DeMent's song is a country-soul hymn to lost love. Iris DeMent, above

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Elmore Magazine

Loudoun Wainwright III and Iris DeMent
Elmore Magazine
At the end of his typically quirky, dryly humorous set at the Birchmere last Wednesday night, Loudoun Wainwright III, reciting passages from a moving article written by his father for Life Magazine about an expectant father who had just lost his

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