It's been so long since we've been to a proper concert that we're starting to forget the sensation. The last show we saw before the shutdown was the Growlers at Meow Wolf in Santa Fe on March 9, 2020. We dug up this unfinished piece celebrating the December 19, 2019, appearance of Iris Dement at the South Broadway Cultural Center. While we await the re-emergence of real live concerts, let's pretend this was more recent.
Iris Dement wandered onstage at the South Broadway Cultural Center the other day and did not have a panic attack. Thus, she played 90 minutes of passionate Americana, tapping mainly into her two best-known albums, 1992's "Infamous Angel" and 2012's "Sing the Delta."
She certainly knows how to turn a phrase that evokes the simple profundity of Hank Williams. Example: "Easy's Gettin' Harder Every Day":
Her gospel songs have the lilting pop-folk of Bob Dylan's Christian period. Example: "The Kingdom Has Already Come":
And our title track, "Sing the Delta," so heartfelt, with the stinging punchline, "A love song for me":
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