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Spring ahead: Upcoming arts and entertainment events - FayObserver.com
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Ticket holders brave snow, see show - WRAL.com
Ticket holders brave snow, see show WRAL.com In Raleigh, Tift Merritt and Kris Kristofferson headlined the PineCone Winter Music Festival at Meymandi Concert Hall. The Sunday portion of the two-day ... |
Chatham County Line - Cincinnati CityBeat
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Merritt's new album due - News & Observer
Merritt's new album due News & Observer David Menconi at On the Beat: By the time Tift Merritt plays her next hometown show at the end of this month, things should be moving forward with the ... |
PineCone presents a winter weekend of Americana - The Independent Weekly
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Palustris Festival Offers Family-Friendly Events - Southern Pines Pilot
Palustris Festival Offers Family-Friendly Events Southern Pines Pilot ... cocktail reception will be held at Hollyhocks Art Gallery in Pinehurst before a special appearance by Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Tift Merritt. ... |
Colonial benefit on Feb. 14 - Berkshire Eagle
Colonial benefit on Feb. 14 Berkshire Eagle "A Concert for Loved Ones in Haiti" will begin at 7 pm and will feature Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion, The Mammals, Bobby Sweet, Vetiver, Tift Merritt, ... |
Daily guide - Boston Globe
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Go! guide Jan. 29 - Greenville Daily Reflector
Go! guide Jan. 29 Greenville Daily Reflector ... Arts Meymandi Concert Hall, 2 E. South St., Raleigh. Performers include Kris Kristofferson and Tift Merritt. Tickets are $40-$50. Call (919) 745-3000. |
Nashville People in Business - The Tennessean
Nashville People in Business The Tennessean ... Amanda Hale-Ornales of New West Records, Brad First of SXSW, Fred Boenig of the Artist Development Group, Tift Merritt and Jessie Scott. ... |
Tift Merritt Biography
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| Background information | |
| Born | January 8, 1975 Houston, Texas, USA |
| Origin | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States |
| Genres | Folk Rock |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Voice Guitar Keyboards Harmonica |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Lost Highway, Fantasy |
| Website | Official Website |
Tift Merritt (born January 8, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter. She has released two studio albums for Lost Highway Records and one for Fantasy Records. She has released six singles, one of which ("Good Hearted Man") has charted. Her 2004 album Tambourine earned her a Grammy Award and Americana Music Association nominations. The first single from her latest album Another Country also received AMA Award nominations and held the #1 slot on the Americana airplay chart for several weeks. Her live albums so far are Home Is Loud released in 2005 and Buckingham Solo released in 2009.
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Meritt began her professional 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.
Merritt is also a photographer; her first gallery exhibition, Other Countries, ran at the new Mahler Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina in May of 2009. She also hosts an artist-to-artist interview radio show called The Spark with Tift Merritt which is produced by KRTS in Marfa, Texas. 1
Discography
Studio albums
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| 2002 | Bramble Rose
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| 2004 | Tambourine
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| 2008 | Another Country
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| "—" denotes the album failed to chart. | |||||
Live albums
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| 2005 | Home Is Loud
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| 2009 | Buckingham Solo
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EPs
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| 1999 | The Two Dollar Pistols with Tift Merritt
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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. | |||
Videos
- "Virginia, No One Can Warn You"
- "Good Hearted Man"
- "Broken"
- "Keep You Happy"
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