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Sunday, July 16, 2023  ·  7:00 PM CDT

Iris DeMent

with special guest Ana Egge

4544 N Lincoln Ave · Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall · 773.728.6000


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, Iris DeMent is 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. Fittingly, she received the Americana Music Trailblazer Award in 2017.

On her transcendent new record, Workin' On A World, 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. Her songs are her way of healing our broken inner and outer spaces.

https://irisdement.com/