Her Town
Okay, so in the midst of my John Prine trilogy, I've mentioned Iris DeMent a couple of times, embedded a video of her singing a duet with Prine, and noted that if you don't know her, she wrote and sang the heart-wrenching song "Our Town" that played over a deeply-rich, tender montage which ended the series Northern Exposure.
I wrote a long article here about that superb ending (and my odd connection to the series, thanks to my friend Jeff Melvoin, the show's supervising producer, writing my name into the show that became a periodic storyline), and once upon a time there was a video of the montage online, but it has since been taken down. The whole thing together -- montage, song and her evocative vocals -- is so wonderful, so moving, and I'm sorry it isn't available anymore. Happily, the song is great on its own, so I thought it only fitting to have Iris DeMent sing her own song here anyway.
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