Due out October 18th is a 30th Anniversary reissue of Iris DeMent’s fantastic second album, entitled My Life. Originally released om CD only, this LP release had it’s lacquer cut by Kevin Gray at his Cohearent Audio facility, and is being pressed in a quantity of 2,000 worldwide by Yep Roc Records. Get your order in now!
Music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a grade of A+ when it was released (and her debut Infamous Angel an A-, already available on a Yep Roc LP), but I think it’s better than that.
Merle Haggard covered one song on the album, the devastatingly heartbreaking "No Time To Cry". His version is good, Iris’ is great. Iris is my favorite artist to have emerged in the past three decades, in terms of both songwriting and singing.