William Dart celebrates a new album from American songwriter Iris DeMent, Workin' on a World. There seems to be a veritable world in its 13 tracks, taking on gun issues in the States, tributing Mahalia Jackson and revisiting Anton Chekhov's Cherry Orchard.
Iris DeMent Photo: Dasha Brown via All Eyes Media
Music Details
ARTIST: Iris DeMent
TITLE: Sweet is the Melody
ALBUM: Folk Live from Mountain Stage
COMPOSER: DeMent
LABEL: Blue Plate Music
ARTIST: Iris DeMent
TITLE: Let the Mystery Bee
ALBUM: Infamous Angel
COMPOSER: DeMent
LABEL: Philo
ARTIST: John Prine, Iris DeMent
TITLE: In Spite of Ourselves
ALBUM: In Spite of Ourselves
COMPOSER: Prine
LABEL: Oh Boy
ARTIST: Iris DeMent
TITLE: There's a Wall in Washington
ALBUM: The Way I should
COMPOSER: DeMent
LABEL: Warner
ARTIST: Iris DeMent
TITLE: Hide Thou Me
ALBUM: Lifeline
COMPOSER: Crosby
LABEL: Flariella
ARTIST: Iris DeMent
TITLE: Mama was Always Tellin' Her Truth
ALBUM: Sing the Delta
COMPOSER: DeMent
LABEL: Flariella
ARTIST: Iris DeMent
TITLE: To My Poems
ALBUM: The Trackless Woods
COMPOSER: DeMent
LABEL: Flariella
ARTIST: Iris DeMent
TITLE: Listening to Singing
ALBUM: The Trackless Woods
COMPOSER: DeMent
LABEL: Flariella
ARTIST: Iris DeMent
TITLE: Goin' Down to Sing in Texas
ALBUM: Workin' on a World
COMPOSER: DeMent
LABEL: Flariella
ARTIST: Iris DeMent
TITLE: Nothin' for the Dead
ALBUM: Workin' on a World
COMPOSER: DeMent
LABEL: Flariella
ARTIST: Iris DeMent
TITLE: The Cherry Orchard
ALBUM: Workin' on a World
COMPOSER: DeMent
LABEL: Flariella
