Tift Merritt burst on the alt-country scene with 2002’s Bramble Rose—thanks to an assist from fellow then-North Carolina resident Ryan Adams—seemingly fully-formed as a songwriter. Her highly literary ...

Tift Merritt was expected to be the next great country music superstar. Instead, she subtly produced five introspective and soul-filled albums... Tift Merritt Will 'See You On The Moon' Tift Merritt ...

Late into Night, the collaborative LP from alt-country chanteuse Tift Merritt and classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein, the piano line of the traditional “I Will Give My Love an Apple” hangs ominously ...

Tift Merritt, whose area appearances at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton typically draw capacity crowds, has announced plans for a new album, due out May 25 on Fantasy Records/Concord Music ...

Singer-songwriter Tift Merritt has summer shows scheduled up through August 9th, when she plays the Edmonton Folk Music Festival. Those dates also include a stop at the Newport Folk Festival on August ...

This is FRESH AIR. Our rock critic Ken Tucker has a review of a new album by Tift Merritt. She's been praised as a skilled subtle singer since the release of her debut album in 2002. She said that her ...

Though Merritt’s debut album Bramble Rose has sold more than 50,000 copies since its release last June, they’re not exactly living the rock star lifestyle. The house and land belong to Hutchins’ aunt, ...

From winding Carolina country roads, Parisian avenues to New York City streets, where she and Hutchins currently reside, Merritt always keeps her native state close to her heart. “I take a lot of ...

06-29-11 Paris, France Le Grand Rex. Tift opens for Gregg Allman. 07-01-11 London, UK Barbican. Tift opens for Gregg Allman. SOLD OUT 07-02-11 Birmingham, UK Symphony Hall. Tift opens for Gregg Allman ...

In this concert, the singer-songwriter performs songs from her album Traveling Alone, which she recorded over the course of eight days in Brooklyn. Tift Merritt On Mountain Stage Singer-songwriter ...

Places blur one into the other when you're a musician on tour spending just 12 or 15 waking hours in each venue's locale. If you go Tift Merritt with Jason Collett Where: The Birchmere, 3701 Mount ...

Places blur one into the other when you’re a musician on tour spending just 12 or 15 waking hours in each venue’s locale. Perhaps it’s that feeling of transience that leads many back to the places ...