Just announced!

Tift & the band are back in the UK this summer! The tour kicks off with a NIGHT performance at London’s Southbank Centre before Tift headlines a run through England and Scotland. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, more dates to be announced: http://tiftmerritt.com/calendar/

July 01 Purcell Rooms – London, UK
July 04 The Haunt – Brighton, UK
July 05 Thelka – Bristol, UK
July 06 Temple – Birmingham, UK
July 07 Cornbury Festival – Oxford, UK
July 08 The Brudenell Social Club – Leeds, UK
July 10 Oran Mor – Glasgow, UK
July 11 Ruby Lounge – Manchester, UK

Dear Folks,
 
Hope you can make it out to our shows this May — I’m so very happy to be playing with Andrew Bird & Simone & Justin Townes Earle & super excited for the duo run of shows with Eric Heywood in tow on steel and guitar.  And teaming up with writer Philip Meyer in NYC — I could not put his book The Son down, just finished it last night. Hope this note finds you well and hope to see you soon.

Tift

Tift will perform alongside Philipp Meyer, author of ‘The Son’ at Barnes & Noble’s next edition of ‘Upstairs at the Square’ at the Union Square Barnes in Noble in Manhattan! On Tuesday, May 28, at 7 p.m the two will discuss their work in conversation with host Katherine Lanpher. Admission is free, and no tickets are required. More information can be found HERE.

Just announced- Tift and Simone bring NIGHT to London! The two will perform at  Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room on July 1st. Tickets are on sale today HERE.

Tift and Simone Dinnerstein stopped by American Public Media’s Performance Today while in Minneapolis. Take a listen to the collaboration HERE.

Join pianist Simone Dinnerstein and singer-songwriter Tift Merritt as they discuss their unique collaboration on the album, “Night”.  Listen to the Podcast HERE.

‘A Musical Odd Couple, On Bridging Their Worlds’. Stream Simone Dinnerstein and Tift’s segment on NPR’s All Things Considered from last weekend’s broadcast HERE.

Tift and Simone Dinnerstein stopped by NPR during a Washington, DC snow storm to record a segment for All Things Considered. Tune in to NPR tomorrow, March 23rd to catch the airing. Visit NPR.org to find your local NPR affiliate and broadcast schedule or stream live HERE.

“True collaboration is that willingness to extend yourself to a new place but in a way that does not feel like anything has been given up.”

Happy ‘Night’ release day! The collaborative record with Simone Dinnerstein is available today digitally via iTunes: http://bit.ly/10vS3ld & physically via Barnes & Noble:  http://bit.ly/13RIXUw

You can now listen to ‘Night’, an album collaboration with Simone Dinnerstein at NPR first listen HERE.

Pre-order the album (out 3/19) today:
iTunes: http://bit.ly/10vS3ld or
Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/13RIXUw

Friends in Germany-

Subscribe to Tift’s favorite traveling songs playlist on Spotify to win tickets to one of her upcoming shows in Germany, March 15-18! Two subscribers will be randomly chosen to win 2 tickets each to the show of their choice in Haldern, Berlin or Munich.  

Subscribe HERE.

Yahoo! Music is premiering the video for ‘Only in Songs / Night and Dreams’ from Tift & Simone Dinnerstein’s  forthcoming album ‘Night’. Catch a first glimpse of the collaboration HERE.

So happy that the band & I are playing Cornbury Festival this summer in the UK!! Van Morrison night!  http://www.cornburyfestival.com

So excited and humbled to be back playing Newport Folk Festival this year!

“Tift has an uncommonly infectious spirit and deep soul. When I play music with her she lifts me up and reminds me to be present. Tift also reminds us that folk music isn’t about acoustic guitars and fiddles (though those happen to be at arm’s reach). It’s about connecting with your fellow human. This is why I’m happy to introduce Tift Merritt to the 2013 Newport Folk Line-up.”

– Andrew Bird

Tift is joining this summer’s Pickathon Music Festival in Happy Valley, Oregon! Full lineup and ticket info HERE.

Watch the new lyric video for ‘To Myself’. The song appeared on last night’s episode of ABC Family’s Switched at Birth and is on sale this week on iTunes!

‘To Myself’ will be featured in tonight’s new episode of Switched at Birth. Tune in at 8/7c on ABC Family!

Stream the audio from Tift’s headlining show on February 9th at Off Broadway in St. Louis! Take a listen over at Speakers in Code HERE.

Listen to Tift’s session live from 90.3 WCPN in Cleveland yesterday afternoon HERE.

A couple weeks ago, Tift and Eric performed at the sold out ‘Write The Night’ series hosted by Last Call with Carson Daly at the Troubadour.

Tune in to NBC tonight at 1:35am ET / 12:35am CT to watch “Traveling Alone” & “Small Talk Relations” from the performance.

We’re very excited to announce that Tift will be joining the lineup of this year’s Bottle Rock Napa Valley Festival! More information HERE.

Watch Tift perform alongside Andrew Bird & band during Billboard’s Live at Sunrise session: http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/tastemakers/1536079/andrew-bird-performs-live-at-sunrise-watch

Tift & the band are back on the road next week!
Full list of shows HERE.

If your town isn’t on the list of dates, worry not! We’re excited to share that the first night of tour will be broadcast live from One Longfellow Square in Portland, Maine. The show will air live on January 30th at 8:00pm Eastern.

Tickets and more information HERE.

Pick up a digital copy of ‘Traveling Alone’ for $5 HERE or physical CD for $9.99 HERE for a limited time on Amazon

Tift Merritt & Anna Schuleit collaborating live at 92YTribeca on January 26th, tickets:
http://www.92y.org/Tribeca/Event/Tift-Merritt-with-painter-Anna.aspx

When I met painter visual artist Anna Schuleit, I was looking at her paintings and I could not find the bottom of them. They were so emotional, and reminded me of my favorite painter Cy Twombly. When I met Anna herself, she was so open and giving and beautiful. I felt like I had met a kindred spirit, someone who inspired me, a better version of who I wanted to be. We talked for hours and hours and naturally, I wanted to find a way to combine the way we see the world.

I’ve always been fascinated by how creating in any medium is a kind of private performance – a parallel intensity of mind. While I wrote Traveling Alone, stops by Anna’s studio were a refuge of color and calm. Anna came to the studio to peer into our world, too. To see what the emotional journey within an album like Traveling Alone would look if Anna painted it is fascinating to me, and I think sound is fascinating to her. We speak different languages and are drawn toward that language we can’t speak fluently in order to translate ourselves. Performing together seemed like an amazingly tangible and sensitive way to entangle ourselves.

Tift will be performing alongside painter Anna Schuleit at 92YTribeca on January 26th for an event that combines Anna’s art with Tift’s music. Tickets go on sale this Friday, head HERE for more information about the event.

The New York Times compares Tift to Bobbie Gentry in this week’s music match. Read the article HERE.

Stream Another Country with Ricky Ross featuring an interview with Tift HERE.

Watch Tift Merritt perform ‘Traveling Alone’ on Later… With Jools Holland HERE!

Tift will be on on tonight’s Later with Jools Holland! Tune in to BBC Two at 11:45pm to catch her performance.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p6q5s

Tune in to BBC Two at 10pm this evening to catch Tift performing on Later Live with Jools Holland!

Check out Tift’s songwriting process in the interview with American Songwriter HERE.

Absolutely thrilled & pleased to announce that Tift will be playing on LATER WITH JOOLS HOLLAND next week in London, airing Nov 30. Later Live airs at 10pm on BBC 2 Tuesday Nov 27  &  Later…. with Jools Holland airs on Friday, Nov 30 at 11:45pm. 

We’re excited to announce that The Wallflowers will be appearing this Saturday night with Tift and Justin Townes Earle at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY! All profits from ticket sales will be donated to the American Red Cross to support their relief efforts for Hurricane Sandy victims.

http://www.thecapitoltheatre.com/event/158133/

Tift talks about her favorite record on Rhapsody TV HERE!

If you didn’t stay up last night to catch The Late Show With David Letterman, you can watch Tift performing with Andrew Bird HERE.

Tune in to the Late Show with David Letterman tonight where Tift will be a special guest in Andrew Bird’s performance. 11:35 EST / 10:35 CST.

Tift’s Loft Session is airing today on SiriusXM Radio. Tune in to channel 30 at Noon Eastern!

We’ve added a handful of new dates to Tift’s Fall European Tour! For more information & tickets, head HERE.

Dec 2nd John Dee – Oslo, Norway
Dec 3rd Nalen – Stockholm, Sweden
Dec 4 Pustervik – Göteborg, Sweden with Dry the River
Dec 6 Quasimodo – Berlin, Germany

Check out the interview with Tift over at CMT Edge HERE!

If you’re in the LA area (and an early riser!), you may have caught Tift on Good Day LA this morning. If not, check out the performance and interview HERE.

As we’re nearing the end of Tift’s fall US headlining tour, we’re excited to announce another batch of tour dates in February! More information HERE!

2.1 Albany, NY – The Linda Theater
2.5 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern
2.7 Evanston, IL – SPACE
2.8 Milwaukee, WI – Shank Hall
2.9 St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway
2.14 Austin, TX – The Parish
2.15 Houston, TX – McGonigel’s Mucky Duck (two shows!)
2.20 Knoxville, TN – The Square Room
2.21 Asheville, NC -The Grey Eagle
2.22 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
2.23 Nashville, TN – 3rd and Lindsley

Tift’s Daytrotter session is streaming now! Listen HERE.

If you picked up The Wall Street Journal this morning, you may have caught the article on ‘Traveling Alone’!
Check out Jim Fusilli’s review HERE.

Tune in to Soundcheck on WNYC Radio at 9pm ET this evening to catch Tift’s in-studio performance & interview HERE.

If you didn’t catch Tift today on NPR Morning Edition, listen to the interview HERE.

Tift’s Mountain Stage performance begins airing today! Head HERE to check your local broadcast schedule to hear Tift’s set from Alaska.

Catch Tift’s performance and interview with Bob Harris on BBC Radio 2 at 7:00pm GMT / 2:00 pm ET today. Tune in HERE!

‘Traveling Alone’ is available today! Pick up your copy HERE.

Stream Traveling Alone

California
Amoeba Hollywood – Hollywood,
Amoeba Music – Berkeley and San Francisco
Boo Boo Records – San Louis Obispo
Dimple Records – Sacramento
Fingerprints – Long Beach

Maine
Bull Moose Music – Portland

Tennessee
Disc Exchange – Knoxville
Grimey’s – Nashville

Washington
Silver Platters – Seattle
Sonic Boom Records – Seattle
Easy Street – Seattle
Electric Fetus – Minneapolis
Everyday Music – Oregon

Oregon
Music Millenium – Portland

North Carolina
Offbeat Music – Durham
Schoolkids – Raleigh

Florida
Park Avenue CD – Orlando

Idaho
Record Exchange – Boise

Wisconsin
The Exclusive Company – Milwaukee

New Jersey
Vintage Vinyl – Fords

Texas
Waterloo Records and Video – Austin

Tift stopped by WUNC’s Morning Edition last week. Check out the interview HERE!

This afternoon, Tift is swinging by Soundcheck (WNYC Radio). You can stream the audio live at 2:00pm Eastern HERE. Or, catch the broadcast on WNYC this evening at 9 p.m Eastern.

After playing to more than 5,000 North Carolinians last week, Tift is thrilled to offer up ‘Traveling Alone’ early to fans in the Triangle of N.C. Local retailers will feature the new CD starting Sept. 25, before it’s available Oct. 2. See below for a list of stores in Raleigh, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Pittsboro, Durham and Hillsborough.

Raleigh / Cary
Art of Style at Brier Creek and Cameron Village
Big Boss Brewery
Galetea Boutique
Joint Venture Jewelry
Lonerider Brewery
Nice Price Books
NOFO
Schoolkids
Uniquities in Cameron Village and North Hills
Scout & Molly’s

Chapel Hill / Carrboro
CD Alley
Flyleaf Books
Franklin Street Yoga
Joyful Jewel
Local 506
Saxapahaw General Store
Townsend Bertram & Co.
Uniquities

Durham / Hillsborough
Chaz’s Bull City Records
The Depot
Ninth Street Bakery
Offbeat Records
Outsiders Art & Collectibles
Posh Salon
The Regulator Bookshop
Uniquities
Wine Authorities

‘Traveling Alone’ is now streaming on Spotify, one week early before its release Oct. 2.

The album, featuring exclusive bonus track “Worn Out World,” is also available for pre-order now on iTunes.

Excited to announce that Tift is headed to Europe this Fall! The week-long run kicks off in Copenhagen with Andrew Bird and wraps up in the UK.

Nov 18 Amager Bio – Copenhagen, Denmark w/ Andrew Bird
Nov 19 Pustervik – Göteborg, Sweden w/ Andrew Bird
Nov 22 Assembly Hall – Islington London, UK
Nov 23 Bullington Arms Oxford, UK
Nov 25 Manchester Ruby Lounge – Manchester, UK
Nov 26 Pleasance Courtyard & Theatre – Edinburgh, UK
Nov 28 Cluny – Newcastle, UK

Full tour dates & tickets: www.tiftmerritt.com/calendar/

Head over to PASTE for the premiere of Tift’s handmade home videos for ‘To Myself’  and porch front ‘Feeling of Beauty’

Tift is live & on the air! Catch her interview with WRAL (CBS) at 12:30 pm today and then her performance on WNCN (NBC) at 7:00 pm this evening.

If you’re in Nashville this weekend for the Americana Music Festival & Conference, you’ve got a few chances to catch Tift tomorrow!

11:30am Songwriter Session at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

2:00pm  In-store at Grimey’s New & Preloved Music

10:00pm  AMA Showcase at Mercy Lounge

Before performing at Waterfront Wednesday in Louisville, Tift swung by the studio at WFPK. Check out the performance and interview HERE!

Dear Folks,

Just a note from the front porch to say how excited I am for Traveling Alone to be released this fall.  I’ve had a wonderful summer on tour with Mary Chapin Carpenter who has been so kind to me – but I’m looking forward to being back with the full band and pulling these songs out of our suitcase!   Hope this finds you well, hope we see you soon on the road.

Warmest, Tift

‘Traveling Alone’ and the The ‘Traveling Alone’ Travel Kit are available for pre-order today!

Louisville-

Head over to the Big Four Lawn tomorrow evening for WFPK Waterfront Wednesday! Tift will be playing the free show with Jukebox the Ghost & Whistle Peak. More information HERE.

New Spark episode with the very talented Andrew Bird coming to you from Marfa, Texas Public Radio…

Tift is performing at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum on September 15th! More information HERE.

The ‘Traveling Alone’ sampler is this week’s featured download on Noisetrade.com. The free download includes two new songs “Sweet Spot” and “In The Way” from the album, as well as the acoustic ‘Sweet Spot’ EP recorded earlier this year. ‘Traveling Alone’ comes out Oct 2nd on Yep Roc Records

Check out the free sampler here!

Tift is performing at the next WFPK Waterfront Wednesday on 8/29! Come out to the Big Four Lawn in Louisville for the free show with Jukebox the Ghost and Whistle Peak

http://www.wfpk.org/waterfront-wednesday-august-2012/

Vouchers are now available for the free show at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro on 9/21! Pick yours up HERE.

Dear Friends!

Just a quick note from the road to say how excited I am about the new album and being back on the road with the band this fall. We had such a wonderful time making Traveling Alone. Funny enough, ‘To Myself’ was recorded in just two takes! I’ve been having a really great time on the road with Mary Chapin Carpenter in the meantime this summer and am looking forward to a fall filled with lots of music and friends.

Warmest,
Tift

Paste premiered the first single off the upcoming album Traveling Alone today – click HERE to stream “To Myself” now. The single is also now available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon, before Traveling Alone is released Oct. 2 on Yep Roc Records. After supporting Mary Chapin Carpenter this summer, Tift will be headlining major markets throughout the fall before pairing up with Justin Townes Earle this November. All of the October headline dates go on sale this Friday, July 27th. See below for a list of headlining tour dates or head HERE for more ticket information.

No place like home… can’t wait to start our Fall tour off right in North Carolina. We are so pleased to announce that we will be playing a free show at Carrboro Town Commons on September 21st.
www.catscradle.com

Tift will be heading out on the road this fall with Justin Townes Earle.  Tickets go on sale this Friday, July 13th. For more information, head HERE
11/2 Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theatre
11/4 West Long Branch, NJ – Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University
11/5 Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
11/7 Portland, ME – Port City Music Hall
11/8 Portsmouth, NH – The Music Hall
11/9 Norfolk, CT – Infinity Hall
11/11 Westhampton, NY – Westhampton Performing Arts Center
11/14 Blacksburg, VA – The Lyric Theatre
11/16 Charlotte, NC – McGlohon Theatre

Tift’s new album and Yep Roc Records label debut Traveling Alone is due October 2. The album was recorded in Brooklyn with Tucker Martine (The Decemberists, My Morning Jacket, Spoon) and features a guest appearance by Andrew Bird and well as performances by Marc Ribot, Rob Burger (Lucinda Williams, Iron & Wine, Rufus Wainwright), John Convertino (Calexico), Eric Heywood (The Jayhawks, Son Volt, Alejandro Escovedo) and Merritt’s longtime collaborator Jay Brown.

CLICK HERE for details…

Tift also hits the road at the end of June, joining Mary Chapin Carpenter on a string of dates.

Happy Ten Year Anniversary Bramble Rose, free download, summer news, dates–CLICK HERE for details!

Spring tour dates are up, and summer-fall dates are showing up already too.  Tickets to shows with Nick Lowe still available–CLICK HERE for details.

Tift is very excited to announce she will be supporting the wonderful Nick Lowe on a special run of shows this spring!  CLICK HERE for details…

Tift’s appearance on the CW’s Hart of Dixie has been moved to Monday, February 6.

Tift makes her primetime television debut next week on the CW’s Hart of Dixie.  A special acoustic three song collection including “Sweet Spot” is released exclusively on iTunes today!

CLICK HERE to “like” “Sweet Spot” on facebook …

Stream “Sweet Spot” right here…

Just added to the Media page–professionally-videographed excerpt from the 30th anniversary tribute to John Schaefer at WNYC earlier this month–Tift and Simone perform their arrangement of Schubert’s “Nacht und Traume” from their collaboration “Night”–watch it HERE

Tift and her “Night” collaborator, pianist Simone Dinnerstein, performed their unique arrangement of Schubert’s “Nacht und Traume” at WYNC’s 30th anniversary celebration of DJ John Schaefer.  The Huffington Post’s Chris Kompanek called it his “personal favorite” of the evening–read it HERE.  (PS We will have more news about “Night” in the new year so stay tuned.)

Tift will join Joseph Arthur at NYC’s City Winery on New Year’s Day.  Studio work on the new record starts just after, so expect to hear lots of new material.  For details, CLICK HERE

Tift will open for Andrew Bird at the historic Beacon Theater in New York City on May 5th.  For details, CLICK HERE

Tift and her “Night” collaborator, pianist Simone Dinnerstein, will join six other performing acts in a live tribute concert emcee’d by Angelique Kidjo honoring the longtime WNYC DJ.  The performance, at the station’s Jerome L. Greene performance space, is at 8 pm Friday, December 2.  Tickets are available now but space is very limited.  For details and tickets, CLICK HERE.

The band will go with her for these–they’ll be warming it up with a kickoff headliner of their own at Helsinki Hudson on Fri Oct 21.  Also this fall:  a couple of Carolinas shows and the Trans-Pecos Festival of Music & Love in Marfa, TX with Tift & Jay–see CALENDAR for details . . .

by Peter Zimmerman–read it HERE

Tift and the band will perform in the Concerts in the Courtyard series at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston on August 10.  Bill Janovitz opens.  For details, see CALENDAR.

Tift plays Madison Square Park in June and stays in the UK a
little longer . . . see CALENDAR for details.

Tift will open at Le Grand Rex for Gregg Allman on June 29–see CALENDAR for details.

. . . and she’ll headline her own solo show while she’s there–at London’s The Borderline–check the CALENDAR for details

Tift will perform at Boutique Fargo in Paris on 6 April–for details, see CALENDAR

Saturday’s NYC performance of Big Star’s Third got a nice write-up in Rolling Stone by David Fricke–read it HERE

Tift joins an all-star band with orchestra for a live performance of Big Star’s Third/Sister Lovers album in its entirety (and more) on March 26 at Baruch College’s Mason Hall.  Proceeds benefit New Orleans and El Sistema NYC.  See the Paste Magazine story HERE and check the CALENDAR for details.

Come out and support this wonderful community festival–see CALENDAR for details.

The series brings together musicians, writers, and comics–this installment also features Josh Ritter, Jonathan Coe, Paul Muldoon, Sean Wilsey, Eugene Mirman, The Jessold Consort, and of course John Wesley Harding & The English UK. 

Check the CALENDAR for links to all the venues.

Tift will be joining Stephen Kellogg- solo and acoustic- all across the U.S. 

Tickets on Sale Friday January 28.  Check the CALENDAR for details.

Tift will be opening ten shows for Iron & Wine throughout Europe in February.  Check the CALENDAR for dates.

Tift will be joining Josh Ritter in Europe in April–check the CALENDAR for details.