#Iris DeMent

[90s-music-tourney]

[hardcorestitchcorps]

Quote from Iris Dement's song Easy's Getting Harder Every Day. Pattern for sale here.

[oldmanpeace]

[opspro2005]

Wasteland of the Free

I’d marry Iris right this minute if she’d lower her standards enough to have me. Check out her catalog/YouTube channel,  She’s an absolute American Treasure

[dinosaursr66]

Legends sing the quintessential duet.

SONG OF THE DAY - Tuesday, November 21, 2023

[nabakovian]

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Sarah Jarosz and the Brother Brothers feat. Nick and Helen Forster - “In Spite of Ourselves” (eTown)

Cheeky and ribald, “In Spite of Ourselves” is one of those songs that somehow comes across as innocent.

Onstage at eTown, Sarah Jarosz, the Brother Brothers and Nick and Helen Forster rendered Iris DeMent and John Prine’s latent classic in a playful manner that included a round-robin of acoustic guitar, piano, octave mandolin and fiddle solos. The vocals went similarly around the horn and, ultimately, in to the audience.

The result is a gem that’ll have big ol’ hearts dancing in listeners’ ears.

Grade card: Sarah Jarosz and the Brother Brothers feat. Nick and Helen Forster - “In Spite of Ourselves” (eTown) - A

7/29/24

[agoodsongeveryday]

Day One Thousand and Ninety

She don't like her eggs all runny She thinks crossin' her legs is funny She looks down her nose at money She gets it on like the Easter Bunny She's my baby, I'm her honey I'm never gonna let her go

He ain't got laid in a month of Sundays I caught him once and he was sniffin' my undies He ain't too sharp, but he gets things done Drinks his beer like it's oxygen He's my baby and I'm his honey I'm never gonna let him go

[soundgrammar]

Listen/purchase: Warriors of Love by Iris DeMent

[viliere]

Susan Tedeschi - Sweet Forgiveness

[oldmanpeace]

[brightfametexan]

John Prine - (We're Not) The Jet Set - In Spite of Ourselves

[dinosaursr66]

John Prine is a great way to say goodbye to Summer.

SONG OF THE DAY - September 3, 2023

[musiconspotify]

Iris DeMent

Workin’ On A World (2023) …  meant to inspire …

#IrisDeMent

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: 10,000 Maniacs feat. David Byrne - “Jolene” (Live)

David Byrne didn’t know what to do with himself when he joined 10,000 Maniacs for “Jolene” during the band’s famous “MTV Unplugged” gig. So, while he may have been strumming an acoustic guitar, he sung but a couple of words.

No matter. Natalie Merchant had things under control. She didn’t over sing it, nor did she try to emulate Dolly Parton. Merchant simply did Merchant and did so splendidly.

And now that the song is out to preview the Maniancs’ MTV Unplugged (Expanded Edition), the only question is: what took so long?

Following the template that marked the balance of Merchant’s swan song with the Maniacs, “Jolene” is one of three bonus tracks - Iris DeMent’s “Let the Mystery Be” and Jimmie Dale Gilmore’s “Dallas” are the others, also with Byrne - that’ll appear on the puffed-up album, set for a Sept. 6 release.

Every note - false starts, do-overs; everything - from the sessions that produced 10,000 Maniacs’ MTV Unplugged should come out. This is a good start.

Grade card: 10,000 Maniacs feat. David Byrne - “Jolene” (Live) - A

7/23/24