Iris DeMent brings the Workin’ on a World tour to Old Saybrook on September 5
Iris DeMent
Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center • 300 Main St, Old Saybrook, CT 06475
September 5, 2023
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Iris DeMent is coming to The Katharine Hepburn Arts Center on September 5 supporting her latest album Workin’ On A World. Tickets can be found here.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 as well as one of our fiercest advocates for human rights. 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. Fittingly, she received the Americana Music Trailblazer Award in 2017.
On her transcendent 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. Listen to Workin’ On A World here.
Accolades for Workin’ on a World include:
“Workin’ on a World is an album about DeMent’s ongoing quest to find her place, about passing the wisdom of the generation that came before her to the one that follows.” – The New York Times
“Workin’ on a World is ultimately rooted in the same fundamental project DeMent has been engaged in from the very beginning of her career: drawing secular, spiritual strength from gospel music, telling mystical stories about community and perseverance and finding meaning amidst modern alienation in the meantime. It’s just that now, more than ever before, DeMent is urging us to sing along with her.” – Rolling Stone
“This is a very personal letter about the moment we all share, and it demands hearing.” – The Wall Street Journal
“Iris DeMent is fiery, energized, angry and invigorated on this long-awaited return.” – Holler
“Her fiercest offering since 1996’s landmark The Way I Should and a long overdue follow up to that album’s righteous ire.” – 4 stars MOJO
Tour Dates:
Aug 09 – Eugene, OR, US – Soreng Theater*
Aug 10 – Portland, OR, US – Aladdin Theater*
Aug 11 – Seattle, WA, US – Nordstrom Hall*
Aug 12 – Boise, ID, US – Egyptian Theatre
Aug 19 – Little Rock, AR, US – Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
Aug 30 – Alexandria, VA, US – The Birchmere
Aug 31 – Philadelphia, PA, US – City Winery
Sep 02 – New York, NY, US – City Winery
Sep 03 – Red Bank, NJ, US – The Vogel
Sep 05 – Old Saybrook, CT, US – The Kate
Sep 06 – Natick, MA, US – Center for the Arts in Natick
Sep 08 – Fall River, MA, US – Narrows Center for the Arts
Sep 09 – Cohoes, NY, US – Cohoes Music Hall
Sep 10 – Homer, NY, US – Center for the Arts of Homer
Oct 20 – Groningen, NL – SPOT/Stadsschouwburg
Oct 21 – Utretcht, NL – Ramblin’ Roots Festival
Oct 23 – London, UK – Union Chapel
Oct 25 – Mechelen, BE – Stadsschouwburg
Oct 28 – Dublin, IE – Vicar Street
Oct 29 – Sligo, IE – Sligo Live Festival, Knocknarea Arena
Oct 31 – Glasgow, UK – Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
*with special guest Pieta Brown
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