Iris DeMent makes music that celebrates humanity's efforts toward salvation, while acknowledging that most of our time on Earth is spent reconciling with the fact that we don't feel so redeemed. Grounded in hymns, early country songs, gospel and folk, DeMent's work is treasured for its insight and unabashed beauty. Now the singer-songwriter is touring a new album: "The Trackless Woods," based on the works of Russian poet Anna Akhmatova (1889-1996). In the kindred spirit of a Russian rebel aristocrat, Dement has found a new view of her own artistic and emotional life.