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,” ...

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 ...

DeMent describes herself as extremely shy, but says that "when the songs started coming to me, I felt I didn't have the option to hide and avoid"... For Iris DeMent, Music Is The Calling That Forces ...

DeMent describes herself as extremely shy, but says that "when the songs started coming to me, I felt I didn't have the option to hide and avoid"... Growing up as the youngest of 14 children, singer ...