Iris DeMent in Ireland, 22-26 July

Not strictly bluegrass, but Iris DeMent's concert schedule shows the following concert dates in Ireland in late July - no other shows by her outside the US are listed:

Tues. 22 July: Button Factory, Dublin

Wed. 23: Spring & Airbrake, Belfast

Thurs. 24: Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny

Sat. 26: Campbell's Tavern, Cloughanover, Headford, Co. Galway

Among the other dates on her schedule is the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival (October) in San Francisco - its organiser, Warren Hellman, received an IBMA Distinguished Achievement Award in 2007.