Sing the Delta
The title song of her 2012 comeback, about the part of Arkansas that shaped her.
Iris DeMent, from Sing the Delta (2012)
- Written by
- Iris DeMent
- Released
- 2012
- Length
- 6:48
- Album
- Sing the Delta
It is track five of Sing the Delta, at 6:48. DeMent said the title refers to the Arkansas Delta, where her family lives, and that much of what was stamped on her, musically, Sunday-dinner-wise and in religion, grew directly out of that region. setlist.fm logs it 50 times, among her most-played songs.
More songs by Iris DeMent
Our Town, Let the Mystery Be, Wasteland of the Free
Sources
- Sing the Delta, Wikipedia
- Sing the Delta (Flariella CD-FER-1005), Discogs
- Iris DeMent: Sing the Delta - review, The Guardian (2012-11-01)
- Iris DeMent song statistics, setlist.fm