Album: Iris DeMent, Sing the Delta (Flariella)
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There are moments on DeMent's first album of new material in 16 years when you wonder if the wait was worth it.
The youngest of 14 children born to a Pentecostal household, her voice – once as clear and true as an Arkansas church bell – has thickened, and there's a professionalism here that sometimes threatens blandness. But on the title track and "Out of the Fire", DeMent cuts through the sheen with a simplicity that reaches back through decades.
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