Tift’s live solo acoustic album is now available for download at the iTunes store–click here. 

Tift interviews one of her biggest inspirations–Emmylou Harris–on her monthly in-depth radio interview show this month.  The episode is available now for streaming here, and you can also follow the link on the site to the free iTunes podcast for download. 

Please visit the tour schedule page for new summer dates including the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, Targhee Fest, and more.

Tift was one of the featured artists at this series of Colorado concerts, a project organized by songwriter, performer and hitmaker John Oates.  The project’s myspace site features Tift’s performance of “Broken” this week–check out the site here.

Tift will play this free festival on July 1–details here.  Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion support.

Pre-sale is NOW–details here.

Tift’s photography exhibition Other Countries opened at the Mahler Gallery in downtown Raleigh on Friday, May 1.
It will be up and open to the public for the rest of the month. 
If you can’t make it to Raleigh, no problem–
check out the photos right here on the brand-new Other Countries page.

Details here.

Tift talks to artist Kiki Smith on this month’s edition of Marfa Public Radio’s The Spark With Tift Merritt.  You can stream the program here.

Fantasy Records will release Tift’s solo acoustic album, Buckingham Solo, recorded this past November in an old church in England, on April 18, exclusively through the Coalition of Independent Music Stores.   To find your local CIMS affiliate, click here. 

Tift will play London’s Jazz Cafe on Thursday, May 7.
James Walbourne supports.
Details here.

April 2, LARGO at the Coronet

Miranda Lee Richards supports.

Doors at 8pm, show at 9.

366 North La Cienega Blvd.

Info about tix: here.

NPR’s website is currently featuring Tift’s Mountain Stage performance from last year. 
You can stream it here.

You can pre-order Tift’s new live solo acoustic album now here.  All pre-orders will receive a collectible postcard set featuring images from Tift’s upcoming photography exhibit, “Other Countries.” 

Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, June 11-14, Manchester, Tennessee.
Details on stage and time tba.

New In Town, a new film out this weekend starring Renee Zellweger and Harry Connick Jr., features the song “Another Country.” 

Official movie site

In conjunction with Tift’s current UK tour, the BBC will broadcast three in-studio interviews and performances.

7 Feb.  BBC2, Bob Harris show, 11 p.m. - 2 a.m.
10 Feb. BBC Scotland, Another Country with Ricky Ross, 8:05-10:00 p.m.
20 Feb. BBC Radio Ulster, Alan Simpson show, 3-5 p.m.

All times are local.

These shows stream over their websites, and archive
shows for later listening for a limited time; check their sites for details.

Tickets for all posted April U.S. shows are now on sale.  Check venue sites.

Opens May 1 at the Mahler Gallery  Raleigh, NC–

Tift will debut photographs she took abroad while writing Another Country, which she wrote primarily in Paris. 
The photography show, Other Countries, will feature images that Tift calls the “visual component of the record
I wrote that summer.”  Other Countries opens at the Mahler Gallery, May 1 2009 in downtown Raleigh.

In conjunction with the show, Tift will perform a solo concert at the Fletcher Opera Theater,
Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts after the opening of Other Countries.

For more, please visit The Mahler Gallery.

Tift will play some solo shows in the northeast and upper south this April. 
Tickets go on sale Friday, January 23rd.
Please check the calendar page for details. 

Another Country comes highly recommended in the new issue of EW–check it out here . . .

Tift is thrilled to have Patty Griffin as her guest on this month’s episode of her artist-to-artist radio interview show The Spark.  You can stream The Spark from the website or subscribe to it as a free iTunes podcast. 

KBCO plans to broadcast Tift’s in-studio performance Sunday, Dec. 21, at around 4:30 p.m. MST.  Check their site here–Studio C has its own HD Radio channel you can access from the site. 

The 12/17 show at Boulder’s Fox Theatre with Martin Sexton and Brett Dennen is sold out. 

Tift’s store is now stocked with special holiday packages, a new Spark t-shirt, and a VERY limited-edition final printing of Home Is Loud, the 2005 live album that’s been sold out and unavailable for a long time now.  You’ll also find original design shirts from the Another Country tour, so if you haven’t browsed the store in a while, please check it out.

Tift will join The Bodeans, Alejandro Escovedo, and a very special guest for KGSR Austin’s 18th Anniversary celebration at the Texas Union Ballroom on Saturday, December 13.  You can’t buy tickets–you can only win them from the station–but they will be broadcasting the show live. 

Details on KGSR’s site.

in February–see CALENDAR for details . . .

See MEDIA page for video!

SOLD OUT

Tift will make two appearances at this winter festival in Northern Ireland.  Details here.

Tift will make three appearances at the 2009 NC festival–on Thursday, April 23; Friday, April 24; and Saturday, April 25.  Saturday’s performance will be on the main stage and the bill will be headlined by Tift’s hero Emmylou Harris.  More info at the Merlefest website.

Please vote!

Barack Obama will make his final NC campaign appearance this afternoon at UNC-Charlotte, and Tift will sing the national anthem.  The performance will be streamed live on the official campaign website beginning at 5:25 p.m. EST according to the latest info on the site.  We will update this post with the latest information we have until actual broadcast time. 

Tift will join Martin Sexton and Brett Dennen for KBCO’s annual Holiday Concert Series at the Fox Theatre December 17th.  The show is a special benefit for the Emergency Family Assistance Association of Boulder County and the Conscience Alliance.  Tickets go on sale Friday, November 7th.  More info here. 

Please join Tift, Portastatic, Greg Humphreys, Chris Stamey, Owl Science, and The Reigning Sound for a night of music and get-out-the-vote inspiration at The Grey Eagle, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 8-midnight.  Get the scoop here!

Making good on a promise she made when she played there in May, Tift will record a live solo album at the Radcliffe Centre in Buckingham, a converted old church she fell in love with.  (And they have a grand piano.)  More info  here.

Please join Tift in Columbia MO for a great night of music to raise inspiration with Swing State voters in Missouri.  The concert will feature Tift, classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein (see The Spark #6), Missouri-native cellist Clarice Jensen and baritone Casey Molino Dunn.  FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TICKETS–click here.

Tift will be teaming up with Teddy Thompson for a month of shows throughout the UK and Ireland.  Please check the Calendar for a full list of dates. 

–one of her favorite NPR shows–Fri Oct 3–details here–check your local NPR affiliate for local broadcast times.

Tift interviews one of her favorite songwriters–check it out here. 

Find a station near you here.

Tift’s brand-new iTunes Exclusive EP, released 9/16/08–get it now here. 

at the Ryman with Buddy Miller, Thu Sept 18–”Broken” up for Song of the Year–click here for details

Tift and the band will perform live on WNCW Friday Sept 5th at 1:00 p.m.  Tift will be live on Reg’s Coffeehouse at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday Sept 7th and on WUTC at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday Sept 9th.  Tune in on-line if you aren’t in the neighborhood.

Tift kicks off new tour dates this week with Teddy Thompson opening!  Check dates and buy tickets here.

Tift talks to the legendary photographer on this month’s episode.  Listen here or take a look at Mark’s work here.

Tift will be opening for James Blunt on August 27th & 28th. Visit the Calendar for details.
Also, check out Tift’s mention in Hot Tracks in this month’s Vanity Fair!

This weekend’s concerts with Emmylou Harris are unfortunately cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.  Emmylou is planning to reschedule them at a later date. Tift certainly hopes to join her.   

This month’s episode of The Spark is the amazing, incredible story of the amazing incredible Simone Dinnerstein.

Tift will be live on WSM 650 AM in Nashville at 9am Friday morning, then playing a free concert on Saturday at 8:15pm at the Opry Plaza with her band. She’ll also be performing that night at the Grand Ole Opry, the 7pm show will be broadcast live on GAC TV, the 10:30pm Opry show will include a Tift duet with Charlie Louvin. Sunday, Tift will be performing at 3rd & Lindsley in Nashville, broadcast live on WRLT, Lightning 100 fm at 9pm.

Tift and her band head off on another UK tour this Sunday and start everything off at the Glastonbury Festival . The London show is sold out, but tickets are still available for other shows.

Tift and her band will be performing on The Late Show with David Letterman next Wednesday, June 25 on CBS TV. Tift will be singing “Morning Is My Destination” with her band.

Tift is nervous, honored and excited to appear on The Late Show with David Letterman next Thursday, June 12 on CBS TV with her hero Emmylou Harris. She will be singing back up vocals for Emmylou’s performance!

More tour dates are rolling in, including Labor Day Weekend at Jazz Aspen Snowmass Festival with Bob Dylan, John Fogerty and Dwight Yoakam. Check them out here, and come on out to a show.

Broadcasting legend Bob Edwards talks to Tift in this month’s episode. Check it out HERE and remember, you’ve got the spark!

27 shows coming up in Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden and Oslo, including Reading Festival, Cornbury Festival and Norwegian Wood festival.  See calendar.

Tift interviews painter Wolf Kahn on her monthly radio program The Spark on Marfa Public Radio, iTunes Podcast and www.marfaspark.com

Among piles of great press, Another Country got a 4 star review in Mojo.

The great band Nickel Creek are Tift’s guests on this month’s installment of her radio show The Spark. Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek will be opening for Tift on her West Coast dates this month.

Tift will be lecturing on “The Art & Craft of Songwriting” at the 22nd annual Tennessee Williams / New Orleans New Orleans Literary Festival on Thursday March 27. 

Tift will be appearing on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Monday February 25, the night before Another Country hits record store shelves everywhere in North America February 26.

Another Country will also be coming out in Australia Feb. 22, Norway Feb. 25, UK & Ireland April 14, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden - tentatively April.

Another Country has already gotten rave reviews from Paste, Harp, Amazon and Performing Songwriter.

Pre-order your copy of Another Country here.

THE SPARK is a monthly interview program, hosted by Tift, which will debut online and air on KRTS 93.5fm in Marfa, Texas, Sunday Jan. 27, 3pm (Central time). The Spark’s first four episodes will feature author Nick Hornby (January 27), poet C.K. Williams (February 24), Nickel Creek (March 30) and painter Wolf Kahn (April 27).

If you’re not in far west Texas, you can subscribe to The Spark as a free podcast on iTunes (”The Spark With Tift Merritt”), or listen at www.marfaspark.com.

A DVD of Tift’s performance on the television show Austin City Limits just came out on October 30th. The performance features songs from her Grammy nominated album, Tambourine. This appearance taped for television at the end of the Tambourine World Tour, which covered over 40,000 miles and eleven countries.

Click here to preview.

“Tift Merritt made a surprise appearance, taking on “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall,” to a near standing ovation.” — Billboard

“….last-minute addition Tift Merritt’s straightforward, impassioned reading of “Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall — ranked as the program’s most gripping.” — Variety

“Tift Merritt, who had the night’s purest voice, sang “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” with cresting drama in each verse, bringing out both the song’s revelations and it’s touches of lullaby.” — New York Times

Photo from Pitchfork