Tift Merritt’s last album, Tambourine, brought with it a mixture of blessings and curses. On the positive side, it was a young artist’s dream come true. Only two albums into her career, Merritt was ...

When Tift Merritt’s first album, Bramble Rose, came out in 2002, the critics all salivated, placing her in a genealogical line of country legends such as Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, and even Patsy ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. When it came time for Tift Merritt to record her second album more than ...

“I haven’t done an interview in a really long time, so forgive me if I’m wonky,” says Tift Merritt. After living in New York for nine years, Merritt has recently moved back to Raleigh, the city she ...

There are a dozen moments on Tift Merritt’s sixth album, Stitch of the World, that testify to her ability to craft moving words about the moments that make up a life. But perhaps the funniest and ...

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 ...

Tift Merritt will play at Three Links on Saturday, Feb. 25. Coming hard and fast on the heels of a divorce, Tift Merritt’s sixth album Stitch of the World could almost be considered a breakup album.

Tift Merritt blasted out her fine new album Stitch of the World in just four days, which makes it the quickest studio record the North Carolina singer-songwriter has ever made, by far. While that was ...

A few songs into her performance at the Birchmere on Monday night, singer-songwriter Tift Merritt asked the sound engineer to dial back the reverb on her vocals. "I'm not ever gonna be on 'American ...

Four years after the Grammy-nominated album 'Tambourine', rock singer Tift Merritt is back with a brand new album titled 'Another Country' that had her "lost" in Paris. Slated to be released on ...

Grammy-nominated songwriter Tift Merritt made her first appearance on Mountain Stage in 2002, when her debut record Bramble Rose established her as a new voice in modern folk music. Don Henley covered ...

Backstage at MerleFest, Merritt knows not a stranger. She warmly greets everyone she comes across, from longtime stage manager and friend Maple Byrne to members of (and fellow North Carolinians) the ...