Considered “one of the great voices in contemporary popular music” (NPR), Iris DeMent has returned with an album unlike any other in her illustrious career. Featuring original music and melodies by Iris, ‘The Trackless Woods’ sets 18 poems by acclaimed 20thcentury Russian poet Anna Akhmatova to life.

Track listing:

1. To My Poems

2. Broad Gold

3. And This You Call Work

4. From The Oriental Notebook

5. Prayer

6. Not With Deserters

7. All Is Sold

8. Reject The Burden

9. From An Airplane

10. Oh How Good

11. Like A White Stone

12. Song About Songs

13. Listening To Singing

14. Lot’s Wife

15. Upon The Hard Crest

16. The Souls Of All My Dears

17. Last Toast

18. It’s Not With A Lover’s Lyre / The Muse