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 ...

FALL RIVER — Iris DeMent is coming to Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., with special guest Ana Egge on Sept. 8, supporting her latest album "Workin’ On A World." Doors open at 7, and the ...

Steve Earle sang her praises, David Byrne and Natalie Merchant covered her music, and Merle Haggard famously said she was the best singer he’d ever heard. Her 1992 debut album, “Infamous Angel,” ...

For over three decades, Iris DeMent has been a singular voice in American music — unmistakable in tone, unwavering in truth. With her transcendent new album “Workin’ On A World” (2023), DeMent doesn’t ...

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 ...

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In her very first song, “Our Town,” which she wrote at age 25, Iris DeMent once said the lyrics came to her, “exactly as it is now,” and she realized that she found her calling. Almost 30 years later ...

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 ...

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