
Iris Dement
Iris Dement
This event occurred as part of the 18/19 Hop Presents season. This is an archived view.
Singer-songwriter brings modern sensibility to Americana roots music.
SHIFT 2019Iris Dement is a voice for an America seeking roots and meaning. As Cory Henry marries retro-funk with Afro-Futurism, so Dement brings a modern sensibility to the timeless pentecostal gospel twang of her native Ozarks. Twenty-seven years after she pioneered what we now call “Americana” with her debut album Infamous Angel, she is still sharing powerful stories and shining a light into dark places.
“Grounded in hymns, early country songs, gospel and folk, DeMent’s work is treasured by those who know it for its insight and unabashed beauty.”
—NPR

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