The Susquehanna Folk Music Society concert showcases legendary bluegrass singer Nov 2, 2008
Other American Masters slated for the SFMS-hosted series include bluesmen Corey Harris and John Cephas, Irish dancer Donny Golden, singer-songwriter Iris Dement, avant-garde fiddler Darol Anger, accordion player Walt Mahovlich and Croatian dancer Zeljko Jergan. The Susquehanna Folk Music Society was one of only two Pennsylvania-based presenters to be selected to offer events funded by this program in the presenters category. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
40,000 enjoy Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Oct 6, 2008
If Dawn Holliday, general manager of Slim's and Great American Music Hall, who books the leviathan show, was brave enough to put a divorced couple on the same stage, she also has Greg Brown and Iris DeMent, who are still married, doing their acts a couple of hours apart today on the same stage. There are secret themes to her bills. (San Francisco Chronicle)
9/15: Amos Lee Sep 13, 2008
" He's also studied the masters of soul, not just Al Green, whose falsetto he seems to be channeling on Won't Let Me Go, among the more compelling tracks on his new album. Yes, he loves Al Green, Lee says. But he also love Iris DeMent and old blues singers from the '40s. "To me, a great singer is someone who really emotes," he says. "So in the music I make, I try to get to the emotion of the song and not necessarily just to the aesthetics of it. " The reporter can be reached at or 602-444-4495.... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
DeMent enjoys 'Prine' time backup band with Wilber, Jacques Jun 26, 2008
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All you need is love: The best love songs Feb 14, 2008
" The big D bypasses the giddy electricity of a new love in favor of nailing down the difficulty and payoff of a long-term relationship. "In Spite of Ourselves," John Prine (sung with Iris DeMent) Prine manages to combine the Easter bunny, women's underwear, convict movies, brass monkeys and beer in this tribute to a couple who, against all odds, "end up a'sittin' on a rainbow. " "Pour Some Sugar on Me," Def Leppard Nothing says 'I love you' like "You got the peaches, I got the cream. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Three of a perfect pair Jan 25, 2008
This will be at least Neill s fourth trip here, following a bar gig, a show five years ago opening for country/folk artist Iris Dement, also at the Majestic, and even a performance at the Benton County Courthouse. Neill s most recent album, Brooklyn Bridge, was actually recorded between Portland and New York, where he laid down the basis of many of the tracks with the late fiddler and his close friend, Johnny Cunningham. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Our Country Albums of the Year Dec 20, 2007
Duets, Various Artists -- From A Prairie Home Companion From this collection come vocal and instrumental pairings by the likes of the Everly Brothers, Chet Atkins and Jethro Burns, Robin and Linda Williams, Leo Kottke and Iris DeMent, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Garrison Keillor and Meryl Streep and plenty more. More pleasant than exciting -- which is fine with me. (VHI.com -- CMT.com Music News)
Rockies in six ... No, wait. Sox in five Oct 24, 2007
This rich, eclectic set ranges from country and rock to folk and blues, from Eldridge Holmes beautiful R&B cover of If I Were a Carpenter to Dwight Yoakam s Yet to Succeed and Zakary Thaks garage-rock Bad Girl, from Thelonious Monk s sublime Trinkle, Tinkle to Iris Dement s Sweet is the Melody. You can get it on the newsstands. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Emmylou Harris' Songbird a Gem Sep 15, 2007
"Sweet Chariot" is on Portraits, "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" is included on Songbird, and "Rhythm Guitar is on Anthology. I suspect she senses, rightly, that such albums as Sally Rose (and perhaps Thirteen, for that matter) stand best alone. Her duets and trios are well represented here with artists including the late Gram Parsons, Willie Nelson, Beck, Steve Earle, Mark Knopfler, Waylon Jennings, Vince Gill, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Guy Clark, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Carl Jackson, Sheryl Crow,... (VHI.com -- CMT.com Music News)
Fans primed for John Prine Aug 23, 2007
Iris DeMent discography ... The Illinois native will be joined by folk artist Iris DeMent, who is a Grammy nominee in her own right, and who performed duets with Prine on his acclaimed 1999 album In Spite of Ourselves. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Laura Ellen Hopper, 57; helped establish Americana radio format Jun 11, 2007
KPIG is credited with helping to establish the Americana radio format by spotlighting lesser-known artists often ignored by mainstream radio, such as folk-country songwriter John Prine, country-folk artist Iris DeMent and Texas troubadours Joe Ely and Robert Earl Keen. "You'd have to say she started the genre," KPIG deejay "Sleepy" John Sandidge told the San Jose Mercury News after Hopper died. (Los Angeles Times)
The Long Hot Summer May 27, 2007
HOT COUNTRY CHICK: Iris Dement at the Strawberry Music Festival with Utah Phillips, J.D. Crowe and the New South and the Dave Alvin Acoustic Trio. May 24-27 and Aug. 30-Sept. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Greg Brown headlines N.H. Folk Festival Apr 26, 2007
SPOTLIGHT In 2002, you married Iris DeMent, whose music I am quite fond of. Has this marriage affected your songwriting. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
around the state Mar 17, 2007
Iris DeMent, Friday, April 6, Crawford Theater, Emerson Center, Bozeman, 8 p.m. Tickets are 25 advance and 28 door. Visit vootie. (Montana Standard, MT)
Get your motor running Feb 20, 2007
Infamous Angel (Warners) by Iris DeMent. I first saw Iris during a session for the BBC's Late Show. (Guardian Unlimited)
From John Waters: Love songs for the not-so-faint of heart Feb 17, 2007
"Hell no, I'm lookin' for a little action and 'In Spite of Ourselves' by John Prine and Iris DeMent ought to do the trick. 'Convict movies make her horny' goes the lyrics. Me too! Put on a video.". The album peaks with Ike and Tina Turner's "All I Can Do Is Cry." Over Ike's wavering blues guitar riff, Tina delivers a long, agitated recitation about sitting in the back of a church and watching her ex-lover marry another woman. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Things to do today Feb 11, 2007
MOUNTAIN STAGE: Featuring Iris DeMent, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, J.D. Crowe ew South, The Greencards and Freeman, Bloom. Advance tickets $25, at the door $25. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Various artists: A Date With John Waters (4 stars out of 5) Feb 9, 2007
The material ranges from Elton Motello's rocking "Jet Boy Jet Girl" to the greasy soul of Ike & Tina Turner ("All I Can Do Is Cry") and the goofy folk of John Prine (who duets with Iris DeMent on "In Spite of Ourselves''). Jaded romantics also will enjoy Waters' rambling liner notes, a free-wheeling open letter that's a practical, opportunistic and hilarious guide to modern love: "Come on over next weekend," he writes, "and we can break up. " Until then, these 14 songs make love sound like the... (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
John Waters' Valentine Jan 17, 2007
In Spite of Ourselves - John Prine with Iris DeMent 6. All I Can Do Is Cry - Ike Turner 7. (IGN FilmForce)
