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The Words That Remain gets under way with perhaps its most impressive arrangement idea: Woody Guthrie's classic Pastures of Plenty. The piece begins sounding like an intricate Irish reel, but one soon realizes that the lyrics are about immigrant workers in the days of the Depression and American Dust Bowl.
Singing at age five as one of "the little DeMent sisters", Iris had a bad experience when she forgot her words during her first performance, which caused her to avoid performing in public for some time. Music and career. DeMent was inspired to write her first song, "Our Town," at age 25 by a drive through a boarded-up Midwest town.
21 apr 2024 · As an admirer of Iris DeMent’s music, I have always been captivated by her ability to infuse deep meaning into her songs. One such song that has resonated with me is “Goin’ Down To Sing In Texas” from her album “Workin’ On A World” released on October 5, 2020.
24 feb 2023 · Her newest album, Workin' on a World, is out today. DeMent, born in Arkansas and the youngest of 14 kids, says she mostly grew up in the church, where she learned to ask a lot of questions about ...
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12 gen 2023 · YouTube. Iris DeMent 's songs sound like heaven and earth meeting within one woman's searching sensibility. The Arkansas-born, Iowa-based folk legend has announced Workin' on a World, a new...
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Iris DeMent – Walkin' Home lyrics. Album: The Way I Should. I'm walkin' home tonight. The streets are glowing 'neath the pale moonlight. I look around, there's not a soul in sight. and I'm walkin' home. Once again I hear my mother's voice. and all us kids making a bunch of noise. If I'm not careful I might start to cry. Just walkin' home tonight.
24 feb 2023 · By Sam Sodomsky. Genre: Folk/Country. Label: Flariella. Reviewed: February 24, 2023. On her first collection of original material in over a decade, the country-folk songwriter frames observations...
