Artist	Song
Iris Dement	No Time To Cry (My Life)
Randy Scruggs (with Iris Dement and Emmylou Harris)	Wildwood Flower (Crown Of Jewels)
Iris Dement	Let The Mystery Be (Infamous Angel)
Iris Dement	Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room (Infamous Angel)
Iris Dement	The Shores Of Jordan (My Life)
Iris Dement	Mama's Opry (Infamous Angel)
Iris Dement	I've Got That Old Time Religion In My Heart (Lifeline)
Iris Dement	He Reached Down (Lifeline)
Iris Dement	Our Town (Infamous Angel)
Iris Dement	Big City (Tulare Dust)
Iris Dement	These Hills (Infamous Angel)
Iris Dement	My Life (My Life)
Iris Dement	I Don't Want To Get Adjusted (Lifeline)
Iris Dement	Leaning On The Everlasting Arms (Lifeline)
Iris Dement	When My Mornin' Comes Around (The Way I Should)

Comment:

Usually, for me, it takes one great song by an artist that compels me to make a single artist mix. For Iris Dement, that song is "No Time To Cry." It is one of the most amazing songs I have ever heard; after having heard it many many times, I still feel on the verge of tears every time I hear it. It is about becoming indifferent to the world as we become older and how, after her father died, she had "no time to cry" -- i.e., how she kept herself busy to avoid thinking about his death and, most of all, to numb herself from feeling any pain or loss. A lot of Iris Dement's songs are like this -- they are real, poignant songs that have a lot to say about our society today. On the other hand, she does a lot of cover songs, and you would swear, listening to her sing a Carter song, that the song was recorded in the 1930s. Either way, Iris Dement's songs all seem to take me to another place, sometimes to a place I don't want to go, but I think that's what good music is all about.

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