Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Tift Merritt

In the latest copy of Paste the have an article about the 25 Albums We're Looking Forward To This Summer
and coming in at number five is Tift Merritt.
Though See You On The Moon has retained the singer’s classic polish, it’s her first that successfully captures the intimate tone of her songwriting. —Matt Fink
I have been a fan for a while, so did some sniffing around and here are three of the tracks from it performed live in Raleigh. Album won't be out until June 1, so enjoy these for now.

Broken

Tift Merritt performs Broken during her April 24, 2010, set at the N.C. Museum of Art in Raleigh. Tift's new album, See You On The Moon, is scheduled for a June 1 release on Fantasy Records.

Mille Tendresses

From the same performance as mentioned above.

Something To Me


Tift Merritt (born January 8, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter. She has released two studio albums for Lost Highway Records and one for Fantasy Records. She has released six singles, one of which ("Good Hearted Man") has charted. Her 2004 album Tambourine earned her a Grammy Award and Americana Music Association nominations. The first single from her latest album Another Country also received AMA Award nominations and held the #1 slot on the Americana airplay chart for several weeks. Her live albums so far are Home Is Loud released in 2005 and Buckingham Solo released in 2009. ...... more