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.
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Biography
Merritt began her career playing small clubs in
Chapel Hill and
Raleigh. In 1998 she was part of a band called The Carbines, which released a single, "Jukejoint Girl" b/w "Cowboy", on the Oil Rig Recordings label. In 1999, she released a 7-song
EP with the
Two Dollar Pistols, led by John Howie, Jr. The EP featured two original songs and five
covers.
In 2002, after signing with the
Lost Highway label, Merritt released her debut album Bramble Rose. Her follow-up release, 2005's
Tambourine
, was produced by
roots rock producer
George Drakoulias and featured backing by
Benmont Tench and
Mike Campbell (of the
Heartbreakers) and Don Heffington (of
Emmylou Harris's Hot Band and
Lone Justice).
Tambourine
was honored with a 2004 Country Album of the Year
Grammy nomination. In 2005, Merritt and
Tambourine
were also nominated for three Americana Music Awards by the
Americana Music Association: Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Song of the Year for "Good Hearted Man". It also produced her only chart single in "Good Hearted Man", which reached #60 on the country singles charts in the US.
Tift Merritt signed a new record contract with Fantasy Records on
June 25,
2007 and recorded her third full-length studio album,
Another Country
, in L.A. with George Drakoulias producing in the summer of 2007.
Another Country
was released in Australia
February 22, Norway
February 25,
February 26,
2008 in the U.S. and Canada.
Merritt is also a photographer; her first gallery exhibition,
Other Countries,
ran at the new Mahler Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina in May of 2009. She also hosts an artist-to-artist interview radio show called
The Spark with Tift Merritt
which is produced by KRTS in Marfa, Texas.
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Discography
Studio albums
Year
| Album
| Chart Positions
| Label
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US Country
| US
| US Heat
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2002
| Bramble Rose
| 47
| —
| —
| Lost Highway
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2004
| Tambourine
| —
| —
| 21
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2008
| Another Country
| —
| 156
| 1
| Fantasy
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"—" denotes the album failed to chart, or not released.
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Live albums
Year
| Album
| Label
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2005
| Home is Loud
| RCAM
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2009
| Buckingham Solo
| Vella Recordings
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EPs
Year
| Album
| Label
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1999
| The Two Dollar Pistols With Tift Merritt
| Yep Roc
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Singles
Year
| Single
| US Country
| Album
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2002
| "Virginia, No One Can Warn You"
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| Bramble Rose
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"Sunday"
| —
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2003
| "Trouble Over Me"
| —
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2004
| "Good Hearted Man"
| 60
| Tambourine
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"Stray Paper"
| —
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2008
| "Broken"
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| Another Country
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"—" denotes the single failed to chart, or not released.
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Videos
- "Virginia, No One Can Warn You"
- "Good Hearted Man"
- "Broken"
- "Keep You Happy"