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Tift Merritt branches out

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

Posted on May 16, 2009, 11:13 am

Tift merritt: new cd buckingham solo: an american troubadour&

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

Posted on May 1, 2009, 11:34 am

Tift Merritt's Buckingham Solo

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...

Posted on April 29, 2009, 12:23 pm

Tift Merritt returns to Burlington

Burlington Press - Found Apr. 9, 2009
Tift Merritt embraced the challenge when it happened to her in Burlington last summer.

Posted on April 9, 2009, 2:36 am

Brent's Notebook: More from Tift Merritt

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

Posted on April 7, 2009, 9:35 am

Forever The Activist: Pete Seeger Still Mesmerizing Fans

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 ...

Posted on July 3, 2009, 6:12 am

Upcoming events in the NYC country, americana, roots world

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...

Posted on June 29, 2009, 10:47 am

Radio On The TV: Week Of June 22, 2009, In Which Triumph Poops On ...

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?

Posted on June 24, 2009, 2:54 am

CD releases for the week of June 23

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...

Posted on June 23, 2009, 9:18 am

CD releases for the week of June 23

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...

Posted on June 23, 2009, 2:31 am

Tift Merritt Biography

Tift Merritt
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Tift Merritt

Background information
Born January 8, 1975 (1975-01-08) (age 34)
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

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
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
2005 Home is Loud RCAM
2009 Buckingham Solo Vella Recordings

EPs

Year Album Label
1999 The Two Dollar Pistols With Tift Merritt Yep Roc

Singles

Year Single US Country Album
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"

External links