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Workin' On A World

Iris DeMent

Workin' On A World

Secenth release and first in eight years from the Arkansas country folk singer-songwriter

ADM rating[?]

7.6

Label
Flariella
UK Release date
24/02/2023
US Release date
24/02/2023
  1. 8.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Delivered from DeMent, whose voice has never sounded more curious and committed (listen to her phrasing in the last verse of “Warriors of Love”), these messages of spirit-rising and movement-building feel less like MSNBC screeds than warm invitations toward a righteous calling
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  2. 8.0 |   Pitchfork

    On her first collection of original material in over a decade, the country-folk songwriter frames observations of modern life in timeless American musical forms
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  3. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    While Iris DeMent may moan against the world’s evils in Workin’ on a World, the album offers an optimistic message. We can change the world!
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  4. 8.0 |   Uncut

    13 toe-tapping and soul-stirring treatises against hate, inequality and violence. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Her fiercest offering since 1996's landmark The Way I Should, and a long overdue follow-up to that album's righteous ire. Print edition only


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