In February, Iris DeMent will release Workin’ on a World, an album of love letters to the promise of a better future and to historical heroes like John Lewis, Jesus Christ, and Mahalia Jackson. The ...

Known for her music with a message, singer-songwriter Iris DeMent will play World Records on Dec. 13. John Prine described DeMent's voice as "like you've heard, but not really," which, combined with ...

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." ...

Iris DeMent is set to release her first album in 16 years, called Sing The Delta, on October 2nd, but she treated us to a live preview of a few of the new songs in an FUV Live show at The Living Room.

Iris Dement’s new album is both right in line with all the music she’s ever made and unlike anything else she’s accomplished in an already iconoclastic career. What makes "The Trackless Woods" ...

Iris DeMent is feeling the strain of living in a divided country. “Worried, sick worried. And I don’t use that word lightly,” she says. “It’s a constant battle not to succumb to illness from it. And ...

"I really believe that I have been given an ability to deliver my songs," says the folk and country singer-songwriter Iris DeMent from her home in Iowa City, Iowa. "Not everybody's going to get them, ...

Iris DeMent agreed in November to let the makers of the film "True Grit" use her version of the gospel standard "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms." And then she promptly forgot about it -- until she ...

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 ...

Iris DeMent’s voice and lyrics go straight to the heart of the matter. Her gospel and country music roots inform every verse and chorus. “There’s that first level of bravery, where you open your heart ...

Singer-songwriter Iris Dement draws on her upbringing in Arkansas for inspiration for her new album, Sing the Delta. It's her first release in 16 years. Changing genres now to American ...