The Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts Presents Iris DeMent
Broadway World
There's no getting around that the music is in Iris DeMent. Beginning with her 1992 debut, Infamous Angel, which was hailed as "an essential album of the 1990's" by Rolling Stone, DeMent released a series of stellar records that established her as "one

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Nashville Scene

Spin John Prine and Iris DeMent's 'Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out' [Fresh Track]
Nashville Scene
Seventeen years ago, John Prine bounced back from a bout with cancer by releasing the landmark duets record In Spite of Ourselves. The album used superbly intimate performances and some of the best country songs — hell, best in any genre — of the …

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New Haven Register

Iris DeMent brings folk sound to The Kate Friday night
New Haven Register
OLD SAYBROOK >> One of America's great songwriters, Iris DeMent, makes a rare appearance in these parts Friday night with a show at The Katharine …
From Russia with love: Iris DeMent brings her songs, storytelling chops to The Kate, June 10Shoreline Times

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TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

Garrison Keillor: As a farewell or revival, he provides a sweet night …
TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
Garrison Keillor brought “A Prairie Home Companion” to the State Fair Grandstand stage many times. On Friday night, it was “The Minnesota Show.” (Courtesy …
When this is over, you will have nothing that you wantChicago Tribune

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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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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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Valley News

Highlights: Labor Day Weekend Offers an Abundance of Music
Valley News
The Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph is now selling tickets for a 2016-2017 season that includes such performers as country-folk singer-songwriter Iris DeMent, the Cajun band Beausoleil, folk singer-songwriter Greg Brown, banjoists Bela Fleck

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New Bern Sun Journal

Entertainment briefs: Brace, Cooper visit Flat Rock
New Bern Sun Journal
The duo has opened on large stages for John Prine, Nanci Griffith, Don Williams, Todd Snider, Rodney Crowell, Iris Dement, Chris Smither, Dan Tyminsky, Travis Tritt and Jerry Douglas, among others. They've shared the stage with Tom T. Hall, Jim …

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American Songwriter

Iris Dement: The Letting Go
American Songwriter
One 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

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