Women Music March 2024 – Day 14 – Iris DeMent

Iris Dement performing at Old Settler’s Music Festival in Driftwood, Texas (2007). Photo by Ron Baker. If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out. ~ Iris DeMent Iris Luella DeMent (b. 1/5/61) is…

MMB 2024 Week 9 — Iris Dement

Click on the above link to take you to an NPR interview with Iris. Iris DeMent is an American singer-songwriter and musician. DeMent’s musical style includes elements of folk, country and gospel.  DeMent was inspired to write her first song, “Our Town,” at age 25 by a drive through a boarded-up Midwest town. The song…