Happy Birthday Iris DeMent!

Celebrating the birthday of singer/songwriter Iris DeMent with a version of "Our Town" accompanied by Emmylou Harris and more.

Midweek Mixdown: Grey DeLisle

Singer/songwriter and voice actress extraordinaire Grey DeLisle just put together a mix for Radio L'envie... have a listen here.  

You can catch the fabulous Grey DeLisle on tour in the Netherlands this October! 

Iris DeMent – no Toronto tour dates – no problem!

Why not plan a road trip around one of Iris DeMent's tour stops on her current Workin' On A World tour. Get tickets here. 

Iris DeMent releasing new album Workin' On A World in February

Watch Iris perform "Goin' Down To Sing In Texas" off her highly anticipated Workin' On A World album out February 24.  

John Prine's collaborations you may have missed

Back around 1992, John Prine joined Dwight Yoakam and Joe Ely for a one-off version of "Sweet Suzanne." Check out more of John's collaborations below.

Happy Birthday Iris DeMent!

Cheers to Iowa City's amazing Iris DeMent on her day. Here are a couple of typically stellar performances.

The Pines @ The Garrison, October 25

Bo Ramsey's sons Benson & Alex play a rare T.O. show to preview songs from the new Pines album.

Pieta Brown vs. Mark Knopfler

Pieta Brown's cover of Before Gas and TV is off her forthcoming Paradise Outlaw album due Sept 30.

Pieta Brown's Tour Dates:

# with Iris DeMent
* with Greg Brown 

September
19 – Cleveland, Ohio @ Music Box Supper Club #
20 – Ann Arbor, Mich. @ The Ark #
21 – Chicago, Ill. @ City Winery Chicago #

October
3 – Cedar Rapids, Iowa @ CSPS
10 – Minneapolis, Min.. @ The Dakota
11 – La Crosse, Wisc. @ The Root Note
17 – Stoughton, Wisc. @ Stoughton Opera House
18 – Chicago, Ill. @ Schuba’s
23 – Nevada City, Calif. @ Miner’s Foundry #
24 – Berkeley, Calif. @ Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse #
25 – Napa, Calif. @ City Winery Napa #

November
14 – Cambridge, Mass. @ Passim’s
15 – Northampton, Mass. @ Parlor Room
16 – Portland, Maine @ One Longfellow Square
19 – Vienna, Va. @ Jammin’ Java *
20 – Sellersville, Pa. @ Sellersville Theater *
21 – Wilmington, Del. @ World Cafe Live @ The Queen – Upstairs *
22 – Beacon, N.Y. @ Towne Crier Cafe *
23 – New York, N.Y. @ City Winery NYC *

December
13 – Iowa City, Iowa @ The Englert (w/ The Pines)

The Perlich Post's Top Albums of 2012

1. Kelan Philip Cohran and The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - S/T 

2. Neneh Cherry and The Thing - The Cherry Thing
3. Nat Birchall - World Without Form
4. Iris DeMent - Sing The Delta
5. Beachwood Sparks - The Tarnished Gold
6. Dr. John - Locked Down
7. Getatchew Mekuria and The Ex and Friends - Y’Anbessaw Tezeta
8. Shovels and Rope - O' Be Joyful
9. Sun Araw, The Congos, M. Geddes Gengras - Icon Give Thank + Icon Eye
10. Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires - There Is A Bomb In Gilead
11, Human Eye - Live At Third Man
12, Bill Fay - Life Is People
13. Limiñanas - Crystal Anis
14. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
15. JJ Doom - Key To The Kuffs
16. Los Míticos Del Ritmo - Los Míticos Del Ritmo
17. Johnny Dowd - No Regrets
18. Catherine Irwin - Little Heater
19. Matthew Halsall - Fletcher Moss Park
20. Akalé Wubé - Mata
21. Redd Kross - Researching The Blues
22. Lonnie Holley - Just Before Music
23. Eleni Mandell - I Can See The Future
24. James Luther Dickinson - I’m Just Dead I’m Not Gone
25. K-Holes - Dismania
26. The Trashed Romeos - Where Dreamers Never Go
27. Nick Waterhouse - Time's All Gone
28. Big Dipper - Crashes On The Platinum Planet
29. Heidi Happy – On The Hills
30. Billy Joe Shaver – Live At Billy Bob’s Texas
31. The Bohannons - Unaka Rising
32. Andre Williams & The Sadies - Night & Day
32. Timmy's Organism - Raw Sewage Roq
33. Jessica Pratt - Jessica Pratt
34. Om - Advaitic Songs
35. Patterson Hood - Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance
36. The Walkabouts - Berlin
37. Guided By Voices – Let’s Go Eat The Factory
38. Moonrises - S/T
39. Woods - Bend Beyond
40. Alejandro Escovedo - Big Station
41. Shrag - Canines
42. METZ - S/T
43. Debo Band - S/T
44. Ralph "Soul" Jackson - The Alabama Love Man
45. Beach House - Bloom
46. Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
47. Abdominal & The Obliques - Sitting Music
48. Moon Duo - Circles
49. Tex Perkins & The Dark Horses - Everyone's Alone
50. Fanga and Maâlem Abdallah Guinéa – Fangnawa Experience