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Iris DeMent - Lifeline

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Artist: Iris DeMent
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2004-11-02
Music Label: Flariella Records
Soundtracks:
  1. I've Got That Old Time Religion In My Heart
  2. Blessed Assurance
  3. Fill My Way With Love
  4. Hide Thou Me
  5. The Old Gospel Ship
  6. Sweet Hour of Prayer
  7. That Glad Reunion Day
  8. Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
  9. He Reached Down
  10. Near The Cross
  11. I Never Shall Forget The Day
  12. I Don't Want To Get Adjusted
  13. God Walks The Dark Hills

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Free Music Review: Thank You Iris...and Amazon!
Hit: 5 Stars

Ok, forgive me for being a little political, but I wasn't in the greatest of moods the morning of November 3rd (Election Night)! In fact, I was downright depressed. Being perhaps a little overly dramatic, I thought, "Oh Lord, what happens now?" Dramatic because I'm not very religious.

Then something wonderful happened...Amazon sent me an email indicating a new album release from Iris DeMent! AFTER 8 YEARS!!! I couldn't believe my eyes. It came as a complete surprise.

So I did what any true Iris DeMent fan would...I tried to run out and buy LIFELINE at the local music stores (sorry Amazon, but I wanted to get it right away). But here in Greenville, NC the CD was nowhere to be found. I wonder if Lee Armstrong had better luck than I. So thanks again to Amazon, I finally got what I've wanted for years...to hear Iris once again!

And I am not disappointed. As I've mentioned, I'm not particularly religious, and yet I love old gospel songs. Why? Because they're just flat-out good songs. And when these gospel songs come from the sweet, achingly soulful voice of Iris DeMent, it's pure perfection.

Songs like Hide Thou Me, That Glad Reunion Day and Near The Cross may have been written by others years ago, but from Iris, they seem to come straight from her bones. She even manages to include an original track that easily takes it's place among those wonderful songs. In fact, He Reached Down may well be the best on the album! I have to admit, when I first heard that Iris had only written one song on LIFELINE I was a little disappointed. But when she writes a song, it's one Hell of a song!

And I'd like to say one more thing. That voice. Is there a voice like it anywhere? Was there EVER a voice like it? So many country, rock and pop singers with allegedly 'great' voices receive constant attention these days. I'm sorry, but their voices are a dime a dozen. Iris is a true original. Her voice is pure and hauntingly personal!

And that voice is put to brilliant use in LIFELINE. So I'd like to thank Iris DeMent for coming back to us...and I thank Amazon for giving me the good news when I truly needed it!
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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

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