Top Iris Dement News Stories of the Week

Iris Dement goes Gospel, with spirit
Albany Times Union
Gospel music seeped into the pores of almost every song that Iris DeMent sang on Friday night, from her opening "The Kingdom Has Already Come" to the encore of "There's a Whole Lotta Heaven." She was seated at the grand piano on the stage on The …

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Iris Dement at the Egg Friday
Albany Times Union
Born in Arkansas and raised in southern California in a home filled with the gospel music of the Pentecostal church, singer/songwriter Iris Dement grew up believing that music had the power to help people through hard times, maybe even save them.

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San Francisco Examiner

Iris DeMent finds inspiration in Russian poetry
San Francisco Examiner
In 2012, an artistic collaboration was the last thing on Iowa-based folksinger Iris DeMent's mind. She was busily recording, then touring behind, “Sing the Delta,” her first album of originals in 16 years. “I had my mind, and my plate, full at that …

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SOUND ADVICE: Yonder Mountain String Band, PoemJazz, Iris Dement
Wicked Local
Two of the biggest stars in folk/roots music when Iris Dement plays the Narrows Center with Pieta Brown opening. Road trip special: the Devens Rock For Warriors benefit for veterans programs takes place at the Bull Run in Shirley, with Saturday Night …

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NPR

For Iris DeMent, Music Is The Calling That Forces Her Into The Spotlight
NPR
Growing up as the youngest of 14 children, singer Iris DeMent and her family attended a Pentecostal church, which taught that each person would get a calling from God. DeMent remembers waiting in vain for her calling to come — and being disillusioned …
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Slate Magazine

Like Elena Ferrante, Joanna Newsom Is Performing a Vanishing Act in Order to …
Slate Magazine
On her new album, Joanna Newsom—like writer Elena Ferrante and country singer Iris DeMent—performs a vanishing act, in order to make her audience see her more clearly. By Carl Wilson. Joanna Newsom. Photo illustration by Juliana Jiménez. Photo by …

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Riverfront Times (blog)

The Best Concerts in St. Louis This Week, November 16 to 22
Riverfront Times (blog)
At times the voice of Iris Dement seems other-worldly, as hieratic and strange as a cantor from the long-gone past. But the Arkansas native, who now makes her home in Iowa, has always been rooted in our time, our towns, our stories and our struggles, …

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Review: The Pines expose gospel roots at Sacred Heart show
Duluth News Tribune
“He Reached Down,” written by veteran country artist Iris Dement, featured imagery straight out of the Gideon's Bible and a chorus built to rouse the faithful out of the pews. The audience responded like it would at the end of any good gospel show …

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Poetry Is Set To Melody In Iris DeMent's 'The Trackless Woods'
NPR
Poems by the Russian writer Anna Akhmatova form the basis of singer Iris DeMent's new album. Critic Ken Tucker says Akhmatova and DeMent share an urge to articulate "sorrow, sacrifice and gratitude." TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR.

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Music

Posted on November 16, 2015

Mexican gray wolf's reintroduction shows shifting views on conservation

Mexican gray wolf's reintroduction shows shifting views on conservation
The Mexican gray wolf almost disappeared in the 1970s. But four decades later, its reintroduction to the wild still spawns controversy and sheds light on mankind's changing perspectives on policy.
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Oregon prosecutor to review killing of endangered gray wolf
The hunter, whom officials have declined to name, reported to Oregon wildlife authorities on 6 October that he had shot the gray wolf while hunting coyotes in Prairie City, Oregon, a small town about 284 miles (457 km) south-east of Portland …
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Endangered Mexican Gray Wolf: Up to 10 Will Be Released in New Mexico in 2016
The Mexican gray wolf, or El Lobo, is listed on Endangered Species lists federally and in New Mexico and Arizona. Up to 10 of the wolves will be released into the wild in New Mexico in 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has noted. This is a …
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Animals

Posted on October 25, 2015

Top Iris Dement News Stories of the Week

Deadline

HBO's 'The Leftovers' Gets Sunnier Makeover For Title Theme
Deadline
The most ominous musical chord on TV is no more, as HBO's The Leftovers gets a plucky alt-country opening title sequence to replace the grim, spooky (but quite wonderful) bombast of its debut season. The new main title song, Iris DeMent's spry, winsome …
'The Leftovers' Starts Over Beautifully in Season 2New York Times
'Axis Mundi'Entertainment Weekly
'The Leftovers' Season 2: A New Chapter That's All Damon Lindelof's OwnForbes
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American Songwriter

Iris Dement: The Letting Go
American Songwriter
One afternoon back in 2011, Iris DeMent sat down at her living room piano and began flipping through a book of poetry her friend had lent her by the late Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. By the time she finished reading the first poem that she had flipped …

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Washington Post

John Jennings, guitarist and producer, dies at 61
Washington Post
He worked on albums for singer-songwriters including John Gorka, Iris Dement, Janis Ian and the Indigo Girls. For Carpenter, he produced and performed on at least eight albums and 11 top-10 singles, and he received a Grammy Award nomination for record …

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Boston Globe

Iris DeMent finds inspiration in Russian writer's work
Boston Globe
A few years ago Iris DeMent was invited to sing one song on the Grand Ole Opry's radio broadcast. It had been 20 years since the one-of-a-kind singer had released her debut album, “Infamous Angels,” which featured a song she wrote called “Mama's Opry.”.

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The Guardian

Iris DeMent: The Trackless Woods review – powerful Russian-themed country set
The Guardian
Country meets Russia, courtesy of one of the most distinctive singer-songwriters in the US. Iris DeMent isn't exactly prolific; there was a 16-year gap before her 2012 album Sing the Delta. Now comes an 18-song concept work, influenced by her adopted …
Iris DeMent, 'The Trackless Woods'Boston Globe

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PopMatters

Iris Dement: The Trackless Woods
PopMatters
There was a substantial eight-year gap between Iris Dement's third and fourth albums, then another eight between the fourth and fifth. Fortunately for her fans this pattern has been broken, and The Trackless Woods, her sixth long-player, was recently …
Iris DeMent's poetry in motion with The Trackless WoodsStuff.co.nz

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Chicago Tribune

Iris DeMent finds the poetry of Russia on 'The Trackless Woods'
Chicago Tribune
Iris DeMent recorded her latest album in her living room in five days with a group of friends, which sounds just about right. DeMent bides her time between albums until she feels fully invested in the music, and then plunges into it without making a …
New music releases for week of Aug. 7The Courier-Journal

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KCUR

Music Review: Iris Dement's 'The Trackless Woods'
KCUR
The expectation of fans and critics who want new Dement songs, she's said, has been a burden she's been anxious both to accept and escape. In a sense, this kind-of-sort-of collaboration — words by Anna (who died in 1966); music by Iris — is a way for …
Out & About: Iris DeMent with Pieta BrownRoanoke Times

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Music

Posted on October 19, 2015

New 500 pc Jigsaw Puzzle Puzzlebug Gift Autumn Gray Wolf

Some recent graywolf auctions on eBay:

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Animals

Posted on October 17, 2015

Latest Gray Wolf News

Wildlife Commission Denies Permit Appeal For Mexican Gray Wolf Release
Officials from the federal government were disappointed after wildlife commission denied their appeal to release more Mexican Gray wolves into the wild. In a public meeting where the decision was announced, the spectators expressed reacted with …
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Battle over gray wolf breeding continues
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Federal officials saw their push to help New Mexico's gray wolf population take a big blow Tuesday. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service is pushing to allow more gray wolves to be introduced into the Gila Wilderness. It planned to …
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DNA test confirms gray wolf presence in Michigan's Lower Peninsula
17, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced the second confirmed presence of a gray wolf in the Lower Peninsula since 1910. Tribal officials announced the testing results earlier this week. "We have had some tracks and potential …
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Animals, Wolves

Posted on October 7, 2015

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Check out these grey wolf images:

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Image by swh
Grey wolf, this wolf was sleeping, but occasionally looked up.

European grey wolf

Image by hehaden
Wolves are stunningly beautiful creatures, even in the rain. I had the huge privilege of having a wolf sniff my hand, through a wire fence, on Wednesday (thank you again, Lillian, for arranging this for us!). It was a memorable and moving experience.

Grey Wolf at WNC Nature Center

Image by francoismi
Wolf in captivity at WNC Nature Center in Asheville, NC.

Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS

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Animals, Wolves

Posted on October 3, 2015

Cool Wolf images

Some cool wolf images:

Wolf

Image by Dennis from Atlanta
This is one of the wolves at the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery center in West Yellowstone.

Wolf

Image by Douglas Brown
Beautiful day and even though I’ve posted many Wolf images, from the Zoo and in the Wild, I can’t resist posting this one from a couple of days ago.

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Animals, Wolves

Posted on September 29, 2015