Sing the Delta - Iris DeMent
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  • Summary: The first release of original songs from the singer-songwriter in 16 years focuses on life on the Arkansas delta.

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  1. Positive: 14 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 16
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  1. Expert Witness (MSN Music)
    Oct 5, 2012
    91
    DeMent craves stuff she can "see and touch," but her songwriting makes do just fine with feeling.
  2. The Guardian
    Nov 1, 2012
    80
    This is her first album of new material in 16 years, but it sounds as powerful and timeless as anything she has done.
  3. Mojo
    Dec 17, 2012
    80
    This is real person-to-person music. [Jan 2013, p.95]
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  4. Q Magazine
    Dec 11, 2012
    60
    While Sing The Delta isn't DeMent's best work, it's full of understated, sharply observed songs. [Jan 2013, p.102]
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  1. ShepRock
    10
    Ms. DeMent's piano playing and gospel-tinged folk singing are nothing but beautiful inspiration for life's reflective and reverent moments. There is a true feeling of heaven and home within.… Expand

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