The Trackless Woods
Poems by Anna Akhmatova set to her own music.
Iris DeMent, 2015
- Released
- 2015
- Label
- Flariella
The lyrics are poems by the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova, in translations by Babette Deutsch and Lyn Coffin, set to music by DeMent. She sings and plays piano, and Richard Bennett and Leo Kottke accompany her. The record opens with To My Poems and ends with a pairing of It's Not With a Lover's Lyre and a recitation of the Muse. Pitchfork noted that its literary influence carried into Workin' on a World.
Personnel
- Iris DeMent vocals, piano
- Richard Bennett guitar
- Leo Kottke guitar
More from Iris DeMent
Infamous Angel (1992), My Life (1994), The Way I Should (1996), Lifeline (2004), Sing the Delta (2012), Workin' on a World (2023)
Sources
- The Trackless Woods, Wikipedia
- Iris DeMent: Workin' on a World, Pitchfork (2023-02-24)