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Tift Merritt Photos - Seattle, Wash.

Photos taken by Kirk Stauffer at Seattle’s Triple Door on May 12....  read more

Yo La Tengo, Big Star, R.E.M., M. Ward Playing New Orleans Benefit in NYC

On March 26, a concert in New York City will bring together big names like Jody Stephens (Big Star), Mike Mills (R.E.M.), Mitch Easter (Let’s Active), M. Ward, Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo), Tift Merritt and more to perform Big Star’s 1978 album Third/Sister Lovers....  read more

Tift Merritt Sets Sail Westward

Americana songwriter Tift Merritt is planning a mini-tour of the west coast in support of her latest, See You On the Moon....  read more

Tift Merritt: See You On The Moon

Daring to dig deeper Tift Merritt’s first three releases were so solid they seemed calculated; her shifts from alt-country (2002’s Bramble Rose) to soulful Americana (2004’s Tambourine) to homespun lo-fi (2008’s Another Country) were almost too surefooted to fully capitalize on the aching vulnerability that lay below the surface of nearly every song. Though See You On The Moon retains the singer’s classic polish, it’s her first album to successfully capture the intimate tone of her songwriting. Much of the credit for that goes to producer Tucker Martine (Sufjan Stevens, Laura Veirs, The Decemberists), who drapes her in pedal steel...  read more

Tift Merritt Announces New Album

Tift Merritt has shown no signs of slowing...  read more

Bonnaroo 2009: Saturday Photos ft. Bruce Springsteen, Nine Inch Nails, Bon Iver, Wilco and More

[Above: Jimmy Buffett]Photos taken by Amber Roussel at Bonnaroo 2009...  read more

Bonnaroo 2009: Friday Photos ft. Al Green, Beastie Boys, Grizzly Bear, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and More

[Above: Tift Merritt]Photos taken by Amber Roussel at Bonnaroo 2009...  read more

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: hardly anything but awesome

It takes little more than a (rare) fogless fall day to make a trip to San Francisco's Golden Gate Park worth quite a trek...  read more

Tift Merritt announces Country-wide tour

Alt.country rocker Tift Merritt is returning to the music scene this year after taking a well-deserved break from touring and recording. Her latest, Another Country, is scheduled for a Feb. 26 release on Fantasy Records, and she will kick off a two-month North American tour on March 17 in Philadelphia. Another Country is Merritt's third release, and her second with veteran producer George Drakoulias. Her 2002 debut, Bramble Rose, won her rave reviews and comparisons to the likes of Ryan Adams and Emmylou Harris. Her sophomore effort, Tambourine, garnered a Grammy nomination for Country Album of the Year in 2004....  read more

Tift Merritt

An hour or so into her July 2002 show at Atlanta’s Smith’s Olde Bar, Tift Merritt puts down her battered Guild acoustic, picks up a tambourine and saunters to the mic...  read more