Tift Merritt branches out
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Charlotte Observer - Found May. 16, 2009 When Raleigh expatriate Tift Merritt started working on her Another Country album a few summers back, it was less a collection of songs than an |
Tift merritt: new cd buckingham solo: an american troubadour&
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Examiner.com - Found May. 1, 2009 Tift Merritt, singer/songwriter, releases second live album--Buckingham Solo: www.tiftmerritt.com image Tift Merritt fits a modified definition of a |
Tift Merritt's Buckingham Solo
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INDY - Found Apr. 29, 2009 ... and promotion, the Parisian furlough, the exile to the independents?it simply seems wrong to suggest that Tift Merritt's most essential and... |
Tift Merritt returns to Burlington
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Burlington Press - Found Apr. 9, 2009 Tift Merritt embraced the challenge when it happened to her in Burlington last summer. |
Brent's Notebook: More from Tift Merritt
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Burlington Press - Found Apr. 7, 2009 I'll have an interview with singer-songwriter Tift Merritt in Thursday's issue of Weekend and here at www.burlingtonfreepress.com (she'll be at |
Forever The Activist: Pete Seeger Still Mesmerizing Fans
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24-7PressRelease.com - Found Jul. 3, 2009 Mavis Staples; Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman; Ramblin' Jack Elliott; Ben Kweller; The Low Anthem; Tift Merritt; Brett Dennen; Tao Rodriguez ... |
Upcoming events in the NYC country, americana, roots world
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Examiner.com - Found Jun. 29, 2009 July 1 - Tift Merritt--Rockefeller Park (Battery Park City)--freeJuly 2 - Lindy Loo's Country Cuzins+Daniel Marcus -- Banjo Jim'sJuly 3... |
Radio On The TV: Week Of June 22, 2009, In Which Triumph Poops On ...
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Blender - Found Jun. 24, 2009 Note the press conference scene, featuring Tift Merritt and Alejandro Escovedo. The clip is titled Part 1. Might we see a Part 2? |
CD releases for the week of June 23
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Aliant - Found Jun. 23, 2009 Willie Mack - 'Journey' The Mars Volta - 'Octahedron' Maylene and the Sons of Disaster - 'III' Tift Merritt - 'Buckingham Solo' Mitchel Musso... |
CD releases for the week of June 23
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Macleans Online - Found Jun. 23, 2009 Willie Mack - 'Journey' The Mars Volta - 'Octahedron' Maylene and the Sons of Disaster - 'III' Tift Merritt - 'Buckingham Solo' Mitchel Musso... |
Tift Merritt Biography
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Tift Merritt
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| Tift Merritt | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | January 8, 1975 Houston, Texas, USA |
| Origin | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States |
| Genre(s) | Country Alt-Country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Voice Guitar Keyboards Harmonica |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Label(s) | Lost Highway, Fantasy |
| Website | Tift Merritt |
Tift Merritt (born January 8, 1975) is an American country music artist. She has released two albums for Lost Highway Records and one for Fantasy Records. Although she has released six singles, only one, "Good Hearted Man", has charted. Her 2005 album Tambourine earned her a Grammy Award and Americana Music Association nominations.
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Biography
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Merritt began her career playing small clubs in Chapel Hill and Raleigh. In 1998 she was part of a band called The Carbines, which released a single, "Jukejoint Girl" b/w "Cowboy", on the Oil Rig Recordings label. In 1999, she released a 7-song EP with the Two Dollar Pistols, led by John Howie, Jr. The EP featured two original songs and five covers.
In 2002, after signing with the Lost Highway label, Merritt released her debut album Bramble Rose. Her follow-up release, 2005's Tambourine, was produced by roots rock producer George Drakoulias and featured backing by Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell (of the Heartbreakers) and Don Heffington (of Emmylou Harris's Hot Band and Lone Justice). Tambourine was honored with a 2004 Country Album of the Year Grammy nomination. In 2005, Merritt and Tambourine were also nominated for three Americana Music Awards by the Americana Music Association: Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Song of the Year for "Good Hearted Man". It also produced her only chart single in "Good Hearted Man", which reached #60 on the country singles charts in the US.
Tift Merritt signed a new record contract with Fantasy Records on June 25, 2007 and recorded her third full-length studio album, Another Country, in L.A. with George Drakoulias producing in the summer of 2007. Another Country was released in Australia February 22, Norway February 25, February 26, 2008 in the U.S. and Canada.
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Chart Positions | Label | ||
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| US Country | US | US Heat | |||
| 2002 | Bramble Rose | 47 | — | — | Lost Highway |
| 2004 | Tambourine | — | — | 21 | |
| 2008 | Another Country | — | 156 | 1 | Fantasy |
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart, or not released. | |||||
Live albums
| Year | Album | Label |
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| 2005 | Home is Loud | RCAM |
| 2009 | Buckingham Solo | Vella Recordings |
EPs
| Year | Album | Label |
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| 1999 | The Two Dollar Pistols With Tift Merritt | Yep Roc |
Singles
| Year | Single | US Country | Album | |
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| 2002 | "Virginia, No One Can Warn You" | — | Bramble Rose | |
| "Sunday" | — | |||
| 2003 | "Trouble Over Me" | — | ||
| 2004 | "Good Hearted Man" | 60 | Tambourine | |
| "Stray Paper" | — | |||
| 2008 | "Broken" | — | Another Country | |
| "—" denotes the single failed to chart, or not released. | ||||
Videos
- "Virginia, No One Can Warn You"
- "Good Hearted Man"
- "Broken"
- "Keep You Happy"



















