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DeMent's third album, The Way I Should, was released in 1996. Featuring the protest song "Wasteland of the Free", it is DeMent's most political work. It covers topics such as sexual abuse, religion, government policy, and Vietnam. [8] DeMent sang the duet "Bell Bottomed Tear" as part of The Beautiful South's Much Later with Jools live special ...
Infamous Angel is the debut studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Iris DeMent.It was released by Philo Records in 1992. The liner notes were written by John Prine, to whom DeMent's music has been compared by Los Angeles Times critic Robert Hilburn.
The Way I Should is the third album released by singer-songwriter Iris DeMent. It peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. Guests include guitarist Mark Knopfler and Delbert McClinton, who duets with DeMent on "Trouble". The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards.
Iris Dement performed a benefit concert to raise revenue for the station. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Senator Grant suggested that the shortfall could henceforth be raised in annual community fund drives, but local media outlets and public pressure salvaged a portion of the state funding at 75 percent of its previous level.
My Life is the second album released by singer-songwriter Iris DeMent. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Released in 1994 on Warner Bros. , it peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. The album was dedicated to her father, Patric Shaw DeMent, who died in 1992.
Writing for Pitchfork, Sam Sodomsky rated this release 8.0 out of 10, writing that decades into her career, "DeMent has found new ways to reach higher ground". [3] Steve Horowitz of PopMatters also gave an 8 out of 10, writing that she "sings from the heart" on "songs [that] are powerful statements of love and indictments of bad behavior". [4]
Sing The Delta is the fifth album by country and folk singer, Iris DeMent. The album, released on October 2, 2012, via Flariella Records, comprises DeMent's first original material in sixteen years. The album, released on October 2, 2012, via Flariella Records, comprises DeMent's first original material in sixteen years.
In her liner notes, DeMent recounts how her mother sang these songs in times of stress looking straight at the sky, "as if she were talking to someone." [ 1 ] DeMent's rendition of " Leaning on the Everlasting Arms " accompanies the closing credits of the Coen brothers ' True Grit (2010) .