Iris DeMent emerged from the holler with three stunning albums. Infamous Angel (1992) and My Life (1994) reveled in pure, unreconstructed Ozark wonder, brimming with original songs that sounded old as ...

"She said she jumped up at the end, screaming, 'That's my Aunt Iris!' " The song, culled from DeMent's 1994 album "Lifeline," a collection of gospel tunes that were the soundtrack to her childhood, is ...

Iris DeMent’s much-celebrated 2012 release, “Sing the Delta” (Flariella), marked the singer’s first album of new material in 16 years. But it was an album of old-timey gospel songs she essentially ...

Music does not come easy to Iris DeMent. That much was apparent before she even began the earlier of two sets at the City Winery Saturday night. Her latest release “Sing the Delta” arrived eight years ...

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 ...

Iris DeMent, Lifeline (Flariella): Iris DeMent begins her first album in eight years by declaring, “I’ve Got That Old-Time Religion in My Heart.” The country-folk singer goes on to prove it on the ...

Iris DeMent, Lifeline (Flariella): Iris DeMent begins her first album in eight years by declaring, “I’ve Got That Old-Time Religion in My Heart.” The country-folk singer goes on to prove it on the ...

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 ...

Rich as country music's heritage is, this seems a singularly inappropriate moment to release an album of elderly country/gospel songs from America's Bible Belt with titles such as Sweet Hour of Prayer ...

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