Tift Merritt is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and recording artist who has quickly garnered high critical acclaim from Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Time, The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio and CNN. Her first two records landed on The New Yorker’s Top Ten List. Tift’s TV appearances include Austin City Limits, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Late Show with David Letterman. Tambourine was Grammy-nominated for Best Country Album, and the Americana Music Association nominated Tift for 2004 Album, Artist and Song of the Year.
      When she was two her family moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, where Tift grew up. Her father taught her “the only chords you need to know,” and his Bob Dylan and Dolly Parton records were part of her childhood. While in college she met Zeke Hutchins, who encouraged her to start a band and has been her drummer ever since. With help from her friend and fellow North Carolina musician Ryan Adams, she got her first management deal and record contract, and her debut album Bramble Rose was released by Lost Highway in 2002.
      Tift Merritt’s music defies categorization. Her uniquely satisfying stew of rock and roll, soul, and country has record stores scratching their heads and audiences dancing in the aisles. There’s food for thought there, too—Tift knew she wanted to be a writer before she knew she wanted to be a musician, and her lyrics are carefully and finely crafted. Her current release is entitled Another Country.
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