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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.
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) .
DeMent was inspired to write her first new music in several years after the 2016 United States presidential election and her engagement with activism and political music, such as the 2017 song “We Won’t Keep Quiet”. [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. [3]
In Spite of Ourselves is the 13th studio album of John Prine, featuring duets of classic country songs with various well-known female folk and alt-country vocalists, released in 1999. The album was Prine's first release since successfully battling throat cancer.
— Iris Dement, interview with critic Richard Phillips, April 18, 1998. [ 1 ] The social and political orientation of several songs in The Way I Should , delivered from a left perspective, was widely acknowledged upon its release.
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.