Gospel music seeped into the pores of almost every song that Iris DeMent sang on Friday night, from her opening "The Kingdom Has Already Come" to the encore of "There's a Whole Lotta Heaven." She was ...

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 ...

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 ...

Iris DeMent made a dramatic impression in the ’90s with two stark albums that blended hard-core country and gospel, sparse string-band arrangements and a pristine voice. “Infamous Angel” (1992) and ...

On "He Reached Down," the only song she wrote on her first album in eight years, Iris DeMent draws on Biblical stories to create her own modern parable. There's the Good Samaritan, who helps a ...

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" ...