Tift Merritt

Tift Merritt kicks off her European tour at the Assembly Hall in Islington tonight. A frequent visitor to the UK, she’s a much-loved figure among fans of honest, grounded songwriting, and it’s not hard to see why people have come to cherish her talent. Her 2002 debut album Bramble Rose ticked a lot of the boxes, but it wasn’t until the artistic rebirth of 2008′s Another Country that she seemed to really come into her own – slipping through the fingers of mainstream country to find her own...Read Full Story

It’s nice to know that American music has grown into how it exists today. From the early days of stripped-down gospels, folk standards, and work songs we now have EDM, heavy metal, and indie rock added to the mix. It’s equally as pleasing that despite the growth of new and more complicated instrumentation and electronic alteration, grassroots American tunes are still rehashed—and in the popular realm. Tift Merritt is one of many artists we can tune into who is at the forefront of today’s...Read Full Story

Yep Roc | October 1, 2012 | iTunes | Amazon | eMusic 7/10• Traveling Alone • Sweet Spot • Drifted Apart • Still Not Home • Feeling Of Beauty • Too Soon To Go • Small Talk Relations • Spring • To Myself • In The Way • Marks North Carolina’s Tift Merritt has avowed suspicion – even hostility – towards the ‘superficial’ qualities of the music industry, and yet here she is releasing her fifth studio album. Given that some of her disgruntlement has been directed at the demands of touring, it’s...Read Full Story

Concerts, April 4-10. by Leilani Polk THURSDAY, APRIL 4Rock the Park: Poetry N Lotion/Samurai Shotgun/Good Graeff The April edition of THX Management’s monthly outdoor music series provides a diverse and appealing soundtrack to the evening that features the trumpet-and-trombone attack of jazz-metal-electro fusionists Poetry N’ Lotion. Also performing is prog-alt hip hop outfit Samurai Shotgun, a fivesome that combines rocking live instrumentation (drums, bass, guitar) with the turntables...Read Full Story

Tift Merritt Looks Outside Herself to Kindle a SparkHouston Press (blog)Tift Merritt makes country music for city dwellers, the kinds of songs that NPR adores but Nashville doesn't have much use for anymore. Still, the thirtysomething singer-songwriter managed to score a Best Country Album Grammy nomination for 2004's … Source:Tift Merritt Looks Outside Herself to Kindle a Spark – Houston Press (blog)Read Full Story