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Iris DeMent Lifeline CD released 2004 on Flariella Records.
Iris DeMent Lifeline CD
Iris DeMent, one of the most celebrated country-folk performers of our day, returns with her first album in 8 years. LIFELINE Iris DeMent's first release on her own FlariElla springs from memories of her youth-time spent singing gospel as a young child. Containing twelve standards and one brand-new original, LIFELINE is gospel music sung with amazing conviction and passion from one of the extraordinary voices of our era.
Although there's only one new original on Iris DeMent's first release in eight years, the music throughout ranks with the most personal she has made. DeMent's quavering vocals invest this collection of traditional spirituals with an unwavering conviction. "This is my story," she sings on "Blessed Assurance," written more than 130 years ago. "This is my song." In her liner notes, the Arkansas-raised artist explains how these were the first songs she remembers hearing, and that this music has always provided comfort during hard times, a comfort that isn't necessarily (or at least not narrowly) religious. On "Sweet Hour of Prayer" and "God Walks the Dark Hills," DeMent accompanies herself on stately solo piano, and the emotion is as pure as the arrangement is unadorned. On other tracks, DeMent and co-producer Jim Rooney enlist homespun support from kindred spirits such as guitarists Mark Howard and Bo Ramsey and a call-and-response chorus of harmonizers including Stuart Duncan. The self-penned composition, "He Reached Down," is a folkish recasting of the Biblical "Good Samaritan" parable. Even listeners who don't share the faith expressed in these songs will have trouble resisting the unflinching intimacy of the performances. --Don McLeese
Tracklisting
1. I've Got That Old Time Religion In My Heart - Iris DeMent
2. Blessed Assurance - Iris DeMent
3. Fill My Way With Love - Iris DeMent
4. Hide Thou Me - Iris DeMent
5. The Old Gospel Ship - Iris DeMent
6. Sweet Hour Of Prayer - Iris DeMent
7. That Glad Reunion Day - Iris DeMent
8. Leaning On The Everlasting Arms - Iris DeMent
9. He Reached Down - Iris DeMent
10. Near The Cross - Iris DeMent
11. I Never Shall Forget The Day - Iris DeMent
12. I Don't Want To Get Adjusted - Iris DeMent
13. God Walks The Dark Hills - Iris DeMent