SWMBO will hate it but here's a picture of us snapped by our friend after the show.
(the Old Folks released from the Home)
Iris DeMent is an acquired taste. Her high, twangy voice is a reflection of her roots in a Pentecostal home in the Arkansas Delta. She's the youngest of 14 children and is married to another favorite of mine from the old Prairie Home Companion radio shows, Greg Brown. Iris told last night how he charmed her music-loving mother by sitting on their couch and singing all the old Jimmy Rogers tunes.
Her first new album in 16 years is called "Sing the Delta" and here's the title song.
Like I said, Iris DeMent is an acquired taste: you either love her or you hate her. I happen to love her and greatly enjoyed the concert in the acoustically perfect 300-seat theatre at the MIM. Unfortunately the rest of the museum was closed but we plan to return and view all the exhibits one of these days.
