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About Iris Dement
Iris doesn't just do protest songs, actually most of her work is really good country-style folk rock (at least that's what I call it) that tells stories about her life. I will eventually add to this page but for now you can visit Iris' Web site at irisdement.com for more information.
These are the CDs she's put out so far, which you can BUY HERE =>

Infamous Angel
05/25/1993 Warner Bros. Records
In her first album, Iris extolls the virtues of love, faith, and home.
Rolling Stone (12/23/93, p.156) - "...Plainly beautiful, Iris DeMent's voice has the high country clarity rarely heard these days..."
Entertainment Weekly (9/4/92, p.73) - "...a batch of songs about love, home, and family so good you'd swear you've heard them before...I hear America singing--and it sounds like Iris DeMent..."
Audio (11/93, p.105) - "...one of the most ingenuous, charming, and original storytelling songwriters in years...."

My Life
04/12/1994 Warner Bros. Records
Nominated for Best Contemporary Folk Album in the 37th Annual Grammy Awards
New York Times (1/5/95, p.C15) - Included on Stephen Holden's list of the Top 10 Albums Of '94 - "...Songs of love, loss and emotional survival [that] have the cutting simplicity and directness of classic country."
New Musical Express (4/30/94, p.39) "...when you get to hear the industrial strength, emotion and resilience...you know that Iris and her big heart will survive the very toughest of times..."
Rolling Stone (8/11/94, p.66) "...her abillity to write about intensely personal--and often painful--moments without romanticizing them shows that the wide-eyed farm girl...is now pondering issues that make the difference between healing and merely coping..."

The Way I Should (with Wasteland of the Free )
10/08/1996 Warner Bros. Records
Nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album
Entertainment Weekly (10/18/96, p.82) - "The freshest young talent in contemporary folk weighs in with her third wonderful album. Dement can genre-hop seamlessly, dipping into traditional folk, folk-pop, honky-tonk country, gospel and blues..."
Q Magazine (12/96, pp.125-126) - "...Dement's vocal casts a simple, evocative backwood country veil over proceedings, dashing the comfort of melody with the pain of reality, a true reflection of the gravity of her situation."
Village Voice (2/25/97) - Ranked #17 in the Village Voice's 1996 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.

<= BUY HER SONGS HERE

RAYS OF HOPE

ONE GOOD THING ABOUT BUSH

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	Infamous Angel 05/25/1993 Warner Bros. Records In her first album, Iris extolls the virtues of love, faith, and home. Rolling Stone (12/23/93, p.156) - "...Plainly beautiful, Iris DeMent's voice has the high country clarity rarely heard these days..." Entertainment Weekly (9/4/92, p.73) - "...a batch of songs about love, home, and family so good you'd swear you've heard them before...I hear America singing--and it sounds like Iris DeMent..." Audio (11/93, p.105) - "...one of the most ingenuous, charming, and original storytelling songwriters in years...."
	My Life 04/12/1994 Warner Bros. Records Nominated for Best Contemporary Folk Album in the 37th Annual Grammy Awards New York Times (1/5/95, p.C15) - Included on Stephen Holden's list of the Top 10 Albums Of '94 - "...Songs of love, loss and emotional survival [that] have the cutting simplicity and directness of classic country." New Musical Express (4/30/94, p.39) "...when you get to hear the industrial strength, emotion and resilience...you know that Iris and her big heart will survive the very toughest of times..." Rolling Stone (8/11/94, p.66) "...her abillity to write about intensely personal--and often painful--moments without romanticizing them shows that the wide-eyed farm girl...is now pondering issues that make the difference between healing and merely coping..."
	The Way I Should (with Wasteland of the Free ) 10/08/1996 Warner Bros. Records Nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album Entertainment Weekly (10/18/96, p.82) - "The freshest young talent in contemporary folk weighs in with her third wonderful album. Dement can genre-hop seamlessly, dipping into traditional folk, folk-pop, honky-tonk country, gospel and blues..." Q Magazine (12/96, pp.125-126) - "...Dement's vocal casts a simple, evocative backwood country veil over proceedings, dashing the comfort of melody with the pain of reality, a true reflection of the gravity of her situation." Village Voice (2/25/97) - Ranked #17 in the Village Voice's 1996 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.