Iris Luella DeMent is a singer-songwriter and musician. DeMent's musical style includes elements of folk, country, and gospel. She has been nominated for a Grammy Award twice.

On her transcendent new record, Workin' On A World, Iris DeMent faces the modern world — as it is right now — with its climate catastrophe, pandemic illness, and the epidemic of violence and social injustice — and not only asks us how we can keep working towards a better world but implores us to love each other, despite our very different ways of seeing. Her songs are her way of healing our broken inner and outer spaces.