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 ...

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 ...

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

Iris DeMent's new album is titled Sing the Delta. DeMent's new album is called Sing the Delta — a reference to the Arkansas Delta, where her family is based. She recently spoke to NPR's Rachel Martin ...

Fans of musician Iris DeMent have a lot to celebrate this year. In February, she released a new studio album, and now she is in the middle of an extensive tour that will bring her to our region on ...

Iris DeMent more than made up for having to postpone her May 25 show. She fell ill following her arrival in Little Rock and wasn’t able to perform what was intended to be the inaugural concert at the ...

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 ...

Iris DeMent is from Arkansas, and that means she and her 13 siblings grew up singing in a classic Bible-belt Pentecostal church. It means she has an affinity for Charles Portis, the famed novelist who ...

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,” ...

There's not much new about Iris DeMent. She hasn't released an album in seven years, for one thing. And even when she warbles material unfamiliar to her longtime fans, as she occasionally did at the ...