Iris DeMent brings tour, new album to Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River

FALL RIVER — Iris DeMent is coming to Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., with special guest Ana Egge on Sept. 8, supporting her latest album "Workin’ On A World."

Doors open at 7, and the show begins at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $48 in advance and $50 the day of the show, and can be purchased at https://rb.gy/wdksu.

With an inimitable voice as John Prine described, "like you've heard, but not really," and unforgettable melodies rooted in hymns, gospel, and old country music, she's simply one of the finest singer-songwriters in America.

Her debut record "Infamous Angel," which just celebrated its 30th anniversary, was recently named one of the “greatest country albums of all time” by Rolling Stone, and the two albums that followed, "My Life" and "The Way I Should," were both nominated for Grammys.

From there, DeMent released three records on her own label, Flariella Records, the most recent of which, "The Trackless Woods" (2015), was hailed as “a quietly powerful triumph” by The Guardian.

DeMent’s songs have also been featured in film ("True Grit") and television ("The Leftovers") and recorded by numerous artists. She received the Americana Music Trailblazer Award in 2017.

On her new record, "Workin' On A World," her seventh album, Iris DeMent faces the modern world — as it is right now — with its climate catastrophe, pandemic illness, and epidemic of violence and social injustice — and not only asks us how we can keep working towards a better world, but implores us to love each other, despite our very different ways of seeing.

Stalled partway through by the pandemic, the record took six years to make with the help of three friends and co-producers: Richard Bennett, Pieta Brown, and Jim Rooney.

For more information about this and other performances, visit narrowscenter.org.

This article originally appeared on The Herald News: Iris DeMent and Ana Egge at Narrows Center for the Arts Sept. 8