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Iris DeMent, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2013

By Stephen Thompson
Published July 31, 2013 at 9:00 AM MDT
Iris Dement performs at the 2013 Newport Folk Festival.
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Iris Dement performs at the 2013 Newport Folk Festival.

Iris DeMent is as credible as folksingers come: The 52-year-old singer-songwriter grew up singing traditional gospel and country music alongside 14 siblings in rural Arkansas. Once endorsed as "the best singer I ever heard" by no greater an authority than Merle Haggard, DeMent seems to emerge from another era entirely.

After a 16-year absence, DeMent recently returned with a gorgeous album called Sing the Delta. Hear her perform as part of the 2013 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Saturday, July 27 in Newport, R.I.

Set List

  • "The Way I Should"

  • "Making My Way Back Home"

  • "The Kingdom Has Already Come"

  • "Livin' On The Inside"

  • "Out Of The Fire"

  • "Walkin' Home"

  • "This Love's Gonna Last"

  • "Easy's Gettin' Harder Every Day"

  • "The Night I Learned How Not To Pray"

  • "Sing The Delta"

  • "How Long?"

  • "Morning Glory"

  • "Go On Ahead And Go Home"

  • "Keep On The Sunnyside (with Spirit Family Reunion)" (The Carter Family cover)

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    Stephen Thompson
    Stephen Thompson is a writer, editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist on All Songs Considered. Since 2010, Thompson has been a fixture on the NPR roundtable podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which he created and developed with NPR correspondent Linda Holmes. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the NPR Music video series Tiny Desk Concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk. (To be more specific, Thompson had the idea, which took seconds, while Boilen created the series, which took years. Thompson will insist upon equal billing until the day he dies.)
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