Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. iris-newalbum2 - Credit: Dasha Brown* In February, Iris DeMent will release Workin' on a World, an album of love letters to the ...

“I don’t really have a poet-y way of writing, although people tell me I’m a poet,” says Iris DeMent. “But that feels funny to me. I think of myself more as a preacher.” The Grammy-nominated DeMent, ...

The great Iris DeMent is back with Workin’ on a World, which will be out February 24 via Songs of Iris. It’s her first album in eight years, and her first of originals since 2011. She made the record ...

Whether it's the folk-protest music of DeMent, the cutting-edge blues of War or the hard-charging Americana of Price, these three artists create music that stands out. This is FRESH AIR. Three women ...

That Iris DeMent recorded and released just seven albums over the past 30 years suggests the singer and songwriter has an casual or unusual relationship with the music industry. DeMent works at a pace ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Known for her music with a message, singer-songwriter Iris DeMent will play World Records on Dec. 13. John Prine described ...

Iris DeMent has a new album arriving soon. The singer-songwriter announced that her next LP is titled Workin’ on a World, and it’s out February 24. The album includes “Goin’ Down to Sing in Texas,” a ...

Some people turn to comfort food for solace. Iris DeMent turns to comfort songs. At least she has on "Lifeline," her first album in eight years and one that finds her revisiting the church music of ...

The extraordinary absence of artifice in the music of Iris Dement required a confluence of nature and nurture, of wilderness and willpower. Born the youngest of 14 children in a family who’d lived for ...

During uncertain times, music is a balm and creative connective tissue provides hope when it’s needed most. It’s a sentiment Iris DeMent deeply feels and is a driving force behind her latest studio ...

I went looking in our archives for an interview I did with Iris DeMent a couple of years ago. I couldn't find it, so I widened my search, going back a couple more years. Still nothing. Third time was ...

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