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'{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox musical artist| <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> |name = Tift Merritt |image = TiftMerritt.jpg |caption = Merritt on stage in Silk Hope, NC in 2007. |image_size = <!-- default size is 220px --> |background = solo_singer |birth_name = Catherine Tift Merritt<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=275|isbn=0-89820-177-2}}</ref> |alias = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|01|08}}<ref name=DemingAllMusic>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tift-merritt-mn0000927795/biography|title=Tift Merritt: Biography|accessdate=2017-04-27|last=Deming|first=Mark|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> |birth_place =[[Houston]], Texas |death_date = |origin = [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]], North Carolina, United States |instrument = Vocals<br>guitar<br>Keyboards<br>Piano<br>Harmonica |genre = [[Country Folk]], [[Americana (music)|Americana]], [[Alternative Country]] |occupation = Musician, songwriter |years_active = 1998–present |label = [[Lost Highway Records|Lost Highway]], [[Fantasy Records|Fantasy]], [[Yep Roc Records|Yep Roc]] |associated_acts = [[The Two Dollar Pistols with Tift Merritt]] |website = [http://www.tiftmerritt.com/ tiftmerritt.com] }} '''Catherine Tift Merritt''' (born January 8, 1975) is an American [[singer-songwriter]] and musician. She has released seven studio albums, two for [[Lost Highway Records]], two for [[Fantasy Records]], and three for [[Yep Roc Records]]. ==Early life and education== Merritt was born in Houston and grew up in [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]].<ref name=DemingAllMusic /> She credits her father's eclectic taste in music as a major influence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisville.com/content/interview-tift-merritt-brings-soulful-rock-louisvilles-waterfront-wednesday-music |title=Interview: Tift Merritt brings soulful rock to Louisville's Waterfront Wednesday [Music |publisher=Louisville.com |date=July 21, 2010 |accessdate=2012-04-09}}</ref> At the age of 20, Merrit enrolled at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] to study creative writing.<ref>[http://www.wfpk.org/waterfront-wednesday-july-2009/ ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711012430/http://www.wfpk.org/waterfront-wednesday-july-2009/ |date=July 11, 2010 }}</ref> ==Career== Merritt joined a band called the Carbines and played small clubs in cities of Chapel Hill and Raleigh.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kast |first=Sheilah |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88570718 |title=Tift Merritt Performs in NPR's Studio 4A |publisher=NPR |date= |accessdate=2012-04-09}}</ref> In 1998, the band released a 7-inch single, "Jukejoint Girl," and in 1999 the album ''[[The Two Dollar Pistols with Tift Merritt]]'' on [[Yep Roc Records]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://store.yeproc.com/artist.php?id=750 |title=Yep Roc Records > Store |publisher=Store.yeproc.com |date= |accessdate=2012-04-09 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120714033945/http://store.yeproc.com/artist.php?id=750 |archivedate=July 14, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In 2000, Merrit won the [[MerleFest]]'s Chris Austin Songwriting Contest<ref>[http://www.merlefest.org/content.aspx?id=44 Merlefest's Chris Austin Songwriting Contest Winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724022504/http://www.merlefest.org/content.aspx?id=44 |date=July 24, 2010 }}</ref> and in 2002 released her debut album, ''[[Bramble Rose]]''. The record landed on the top ten lists for both ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' and ''[[The New Yorker]]'', and was called the best debut of the year by the ''[[Associated Press]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grandcentralmusic.com/music/ |title=Product Categories |publisher=Grand Central Music |date= |accessdate=2012-04-09 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311004523/http://www.grandcentralmusic.com/music/ |archivedate=March 11, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref> While touring to promote ''Bramble Rose,'' Merritt opened for fellow North Carolinian [[Ryan Adams]], who had helped her secure her first management and record contracts.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53152-2005Apr14.html | work=The Washington Post | title=Start of rightcontent.inc | first=Richard | last=Harrington | date=April 15, 2005}}</ref> Her follow-up release, 2004's ''[[Tambourine (album)|Tambourine]]'', was produced by [[George Drakoulias]] and featured backing by [[Benmont Tench]], [[Mike Campbell (American musician, born 1950)|Mike Campbell]], [[Neal Casal]] and Don Heffington.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} The album was nominated for a best country album [[Grammy Award]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kast |first=Sheilah |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4146090 |title='Tambourine,' Tift Merritt's 'Rock Soul Throwdown' |publisher=NPR |date=November 7, 2004 |accessdate=2012-04-09}}</ref> She was nominated for [[Americana Music Association]]: Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Song of the Year in 2005<ref>{{cite web |url=http://abccountry.net.au/artist/tift-merritt |title=Tift Merritt |publisher=ABC Country |date=August 24, 2009 |accessdate=2012-04-09 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505092240/http://abccountry.net.au/artist/tift-merritt |archivedate=May 5, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Merritt's performance on ''[[Austin City Limits]]'' was released as a DVD on [[New West Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VI4UUC |title=Live From Austin TX: Tift Merritt: Tift Merritt: Movies & TV |publisher=Amazon.com |date= |accessdate=2012-04-09}}</ref> A sold-out concert at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina, was released under the title ''Home Is Loud'' that same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bluerose-records.de/ |title=Blue Rose Records |publisher=Bluerose-records.de |date= |accessdate=2012-04-09 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411034511/http://www.bluerose-records.de/ |archivedate=April 11, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref> The New Yorker has called Tift Merritt “the bearer of a proud tradition of distaff country soul that reaches back to artists like Dusty Springfield and Bobbie Gentry.” Upholding that high standard began in earnest with Bramble Rose, the 2002 solo debut that put her on the map forever. The Associated Press called it the best debut of the year in any genre. As her Grammy-nominated sophomore album, Tambourine, was followed by Another Country, See You on the Moon and Traveling Alone, Merritt found acclaim coming not just from critics and awards organizations but her own heroes, like Emmylou Harris, who marveled that Merritt “stood out like a diamond in a coal patch.” In 2015 “Bramble Rose” the song from her eponymous debut was covered by Don Henley (feat. Mick Jagger and Miranda Lambert) on his critically acclaimed solo album Cass County. BUST raved of Merritt’s latest album, “Stitch of the World resonates like a book you just cannot put down,” and NPR wrote, “Stitch of the World contains some of her best writing.” ===''Another Country''=== Released on [[Fantasy Records]] in 2008, ''[[Another Country (Tift Merritt album)|Another Country]]'' featured guitarist [[Charlie Sexton]]. Merritt wrote the album in a Paris apartment.<ref>{{cite web|last=Franco |first=Michael |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/i-felt-like-another-country-myself-an-interview-with-tift-merritt |title=I Felt Like Another Country Myself: An Interview with Tift Merritt < PopMatters |publisher=Popmatters.com |date=February 25, 2008 |accessdate=2012-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/09/arts/09dylan-sub.html | work=The New York Times | title=A Tribute to Bob Dylan, Both Reverent and Rowdy | first=Jon | last=Pareles | date=November 9, 2007}}</ref> ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' magazine gave the album a four-star review.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/assets/documents01/Artists/Tift-Merritt/FAN-31965-02/See-You-On-The-Moon-Bio-And-Album-Credits-Hi.pdf |title=See You on the Moon |publisher=Concordmusicgroup.com |accessdate=2012-04-09 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229184732/http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/assets/documents01/Artists/Tift-Merritt/FAN-31965-02/See-You-On-The-Moon-Bio-And-Album-Credits-Hi.pdf |archivedate=February 29, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref> The song "Broken" was nominated for an Americana Music Award for Song of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://folkmusic.about.com/od/awardsetc1/qt/Americana2008.htm |title=Americana Music Awards – Nominees for the 2008 Americana Music Association Honors and Awards |publisher=Folkmusic.about.com |date=September 18, 2008 |accessdate=2012-04-09}}</ref><ref name="Merritt EFMF 2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.efmf.ab.ca/004.performers/004-01i.alpha-list/performers-alphalist.M.htm |title=Edmonton Folk Music Festival/Festival Archive |year=2010 |work=Official Website |publisher=Edmonton Folk Music Festival |pages=Festival Archive/Past Performers 2009 (M) |accessdate=January 9, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214140803/http://efmf.ab.ca/004.performers/004-01i.alpha-list/performers-alphalist.M.htm |archivedate=December 14, 2010 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livedaily.com/news/tift-merritt-tickets-and-tour-dates-tift-merritt-keeps-working-the-road-14373.html |title=Blitzen Trapper adds dates to summer outing |publisher=Livedaily.com |date=May 14, 2010 |accessdate=2012-04-09 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528065422/http://www.livedaily.com/news/tift-merritt-tickets-and-tour-dates-tift-merritt-keeps-working-the-road-14373.html |archivedate=May 28, 2010 |df=mdy }}</ref> While touring England, Merritt recorded the album ''Buckingham Solo'', which was released on Fantasy Records in April 2009.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} [[File:Tift Merritt cs.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Merritt on stage in Seattle during 2010]] Her EP, ''Please Break the Silence of the Middle of the Night,'' was released later in 2008.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} Merritt has been the opening act for [[Joan Baez]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.santamonicadispatch.com/2009/07/joan-baez-appears-on-pier-tonight/ |title=Joan Baez Appears on Pier Tonight |publisher=Santa Monica Dispatch |date=July 9, 2009 |accessdate=2012-04-09 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311011701/http://www.santamonicadispatch.com/2009/07/joan-baez-appears-on-pier-tonight/ |archivedate=March 11, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Kris Kristofferson]],<ref>[http://www.pinecone.org/wintermusicfest.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106032827/http://www.pinecone.org/wintermusicfest.html |date=January 6, 2010 }}</ref> and sang "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" for then-Senator [[Barack Obama]] at his last campaign rally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.newsobserver.com/beat/tift-merritt-sings-for-change |title=On the Beat: David Menconi on music – Tift Merritt sings for change &#124; newsobserver.com blogs |publisher=Blogs.newsobserver.com |date= |accessdate=2012-04-09 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321033601/http://blogs.newsobserver.com/beat/tift-merritt-sings-for-change |archivedate=March 21, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref> ===See You on the Moon=== Merritt's album, ''See You on the Moon'', was released in June 2010 on [[Fantasy Records]].<ref>[http://www.overdublane.com Overdub Lane]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://music.mync.com/2010/03/tift-merritts-see-you-on-the-moon-gets-tracked-and-covered/ |title=Tift Merritt's 'See You on the Moon' Gets Tracked And Covered |publisher=Music.mync.com |date=March 23, 2010 |accessdate=2012-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226203920/http://music.mync.com/2010/03/tift-merritts-see-you-on-the-moon-gets-tracked-and-covered/ |archive-date=February 26, 2012 |dead-url=yes |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The album "Traveling Alone" was released in October 2012, her first album released on [[Yep Roc Records]].{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} ==Influneces== Merritt is a North Carolina native who wanted to be a writer until her father taught her guitar chords and Percy Sledge songs. Since starting a band while a creative writing student at UNC, Merritt has released a unique, critically acclaimed body of work including seven full length albums of original material and three live records. In her nearly 20-year career, she has toured around the world and shared the stage with bands as varied as Iron & Wine, Nick Lowe, and Jason Isbell. Merritt has also recorded with classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein and played harmonic foil and rhythm guitar for the singular Andrew Bird in his old-time band ‘The Hands of Glory’. Most recently, Merritt has been a regular contributor to the Oxford American, chronicling her travels with her young daughter Jean. ==Reception== Merrit's sound has been described as "sonic short stories and poignant performances."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wxrt.radio.com/2010/06/02/full-album-tift-merritt-see-you-on-the-moon/ |title=Full Album: Tift Merritt – See You On The Moon |publisher=Wxrt.radio.com |date=February 6, 2010 |accessdate=2012-04-09 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130201040722/http://wxrt.radio.com/2010/06/02/full-album-tift-merritt-see-you-on-the-moon/ |archivedate=February 1, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> She has been compared to artists like [[Joni Mitchell]]<ref name="Jurgensen">{{cite news| url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704164904575421813516451790?KEYWORDS=Tift+Merritt | work=The Wall Street Journal | title=The Secrets of Songwriters | first=John | last=Jurgensen | date=August 13, 2010}}</ref> and [[Emmylou Harris]].<ref name="newyorker.com">{{cite web|last=Greenman |first=Ben |url=http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/recordings/2010/06/14/100614gore_GOAT_recordings_greenman |title=Tift Merritt's "See You on the Moon," review |publisher=The New Yorker |date= |accessdate=2012-04-09}}</ref> A review in ''The New Yorker'' praised her<ref name="newyorker.com"/> and ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' included her in a weekend feature on singer-songwriters, describing her as "in the tradition of [[Joni Mitchell]], [[James Taylor]] and [[Leonard Cohen]]".<ref name="Jurgensen"/> ==Personal life== In 2009, Merritt married Zeke Hutchins.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20100716/ENT/307160006/1005/ent |title=Tift Merritt makes her own brand of music at Asheville's Orange Peel|last=Jones|first=Amy|work=[[Asheville Citizen-Times]]|date=July 16, 2010|accessdate=2010-07-16}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> They separated in late 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsobserver.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/on-the-beat-blog/article61960382.html|title=Tift Merritt’s homecoming show centers on ‘Bramble Rose’ album|website=newsobserver|language=en|access-date=2019-01-15}}</ref> ==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title ! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details ! colspan="5"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"| Sales |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! style="width:40px;"| [[Top Country Albums|US Country]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=tift merritt|chart=Country Albums C}}|title=Tift Merritt Album & Song Chart History: Country Albums|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=2010-07-26}}</ref> ! style="width:40px;"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=tift merritt|chart=all}}|title=Tift Merritt Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=2010-07-26}}</ref> ! style="width:40px;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=tift merritt|chart=Heatseekers Albums}}|title=Tift Merritt Album & Song Chart History: Heatseekers Albums|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=2010-07-26}}</ref> ! style="width:40px;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=tift merritt|chart=Independent Albums}}|title=Tift Merritt Album & Song Chart History: Independent Albums|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=2012-10-11}}</ref> ! style="width:40px;"| [[Folk Albums|US Folk]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=tift merritt|chart=Folk Albums}}|title=Tift Merritt Album & Song Chart History: Folk Albums|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=2010-07-26}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''[[Bramble Rose]]'' | * Release date: June 4, 2002 * Label: [[Lost Highway Records]] | 47 | — | — | — | — | |- ! scope="row"| ''[[Tambourine (album)|Tambourine]]'' | * Release date: August 24, 2004 * Label: Lost Highway Records | — | — | 21 | — | — | |- ! scope="row"| ''[[Another Country (Tift Merritt album)|Another Country]]'' | * Release date: February 26, 2008 * Label: [[Fantasy Records]] | — | 156 | 1 | — | — | |- ! scope="row"| ''See You on the Moon'' | * Release date: June 1, 2010 * Label: Fantasy Records | — | — | 6 | — | 7 | |- ! scope="row"| ''Traveling Alone'' | * Release date: September 17, 2012 * Label: Yep Roc | — | — | 10 | 46 | 12 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Night'' (with [[Simone Dinnerstein]]) | * Release date: March 2013 * Label: [[Sony Classical]] | - | - | - | - | - | |- ! scope="row"| ''Traveling Companion (Traveling Alone expanded version)'' | * Release date: October, 2013 * Label: Yep Roc Records | — | — | — | — | — | |- ! scope="row"| ''Stitch of the World'' | * Release date: January 27, 2017 * Label: Yep Roc Records | — | — | — | — | — | *US: 3,900<ref>{{cite news |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2017/03/41516-top-10-country-albums-sales-chart-march-6-2017 |title=Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: March 6, 2017 |first= Matt |last= Bjorke |date= March 5, 2017 |work=Roughstock }}</ref> |- | colspan="8" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |} ===Live albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! style="width:12em;"| Title ! style="width:18em;"| Album details |- ! scope="row"| ''Home Is Loud'' | * Release date: 2005 * Label: RCAM |- ! scope="row"| ''Buckingham Solo'' | * Release date: June 23, 2009 * Label: Vella Recordings |} ===Extended plays=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! style="width:20em;"| Title ! style="width:18em;"| Album details |- ! scope="row"| ''[[The Two Dollar Pistols with Tift Merritt]]'' | * Release date: October 26, 1999 * Label: [[Yep Roc Records]] |- ! scope="row"| ''Please Break the Silence of the<br />Middle of the Night'' | * Release date: September 16, 2008 * Label: Fantasy Records |- ! scope="row"| ''Sweet Spot'' | * Release date: January 24, 2012 * Label: Yep Roc |} ===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Single !| Peak positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! style="width:65px;"| [[Hot Country Songs|US Country]]<ref name="whitburn"/> |- | rowspan="2"| 2002 ! scope="row"| "Virginia, No One Can Warn You" | — | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| ''Bramble Rose'' |- ! scope="row"| "Sunday" | — |- | 2003 ! scope="row"| "Trouble Over Me" | — |- | rowspan="2"| 2004 ! scope="row"| "Good Hearted Man" | 60 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''Tambourine'' |- ! scope="row"| "Stray Paper" | — |- | 2008 ! scope="row"| "Broken" | — | style="text-align:left;"| ''Another Country'' |- |2010 ! scope="row"| "Mixtape" | — | style="text-align:left;"| ''See You On The Moon'' |- | colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |} ===Music videos=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Year ! style="width:16em;"| Video ! Director |- | 2002 ! scope="row"| "Virginia, No One Can Warn You" | Douglas Avery<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/tift-merritt/387731/virginia-no-one-can-warn-you.jhtml|title=CMT : Videos: Tift Merritt : Virginia, No One Can Warn You|publisher=[[Country Music Television]]|accessdate=2010-07-26}}</ref> |- | 2004 ! scope="row"| "Good Hearted Man" | [[Philip Andelman]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/tift-merritt/37162/good-hearted-man.jhtml|title=CMT : Videos : Tift Merritt : Good Hearted Man|publisher=[[Country Music Television]]|accessdate=2010-07-26}}</ref> |- | 2008 ! scope="row"| "Broken" | Martyn Atkins<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/tift-merritt/212914/broken.jhtml|title=CMT : Videos: Tift Merritt : Broken|publisher=[[Country Music Television]]|accessdate=2010-07-26}}</ref> |- | 2010 ! scope="row"| "Engine to Turn" | John Hulme<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hulmeproductions.com/video/tift-merritt/|title=Engine to Turn|publisher=[[Vimeo]]|accessdate=2013-02-03}}</ref> |} ===Appears on=== * 2003: [[Chatham County Line]] - ''Chatham County Line'' (Bonfire) * 2003: [[John Eddie]] - ''Who The Hell Is John Eddie?'' ([[Lost Highway Records|Lost Highway]] * 2003: [[Portastatic]] - ''[[Autumn Was a Lark]]'' ([[Merge Records|Merge]]) * 2004: [[Chris Stamey]] - ''Travels In The South'' ([[Yep Roc Records|Yep Roc]]) * 2006: Sally Spring - ''Mockingbird'' (Sniffinpup) * 2007: [[Charlie Louvin]] - ''Charlie Louvin'' (Tompkins Square) * 2007: [[Teddy Thompson]] - ''[[Upfront & Down Low]]'' ([[Verve Records|Verve]] Forecast) * 2010: Reto Burrell - ''Go'' (Echopark) * 2014: [[Andrew Bird]] - ''[[Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of…]]'' (Wegawam Music) * 2016: [[Andrew Bird]] - ''[[Are You Serious (Andrew Bird album)|Are You Serious]]'' (Loma Vista) * 2016: [[Hiss Golden Messenger]] - ''Heart Like A Levee'' (Merge) ==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Association ! Category ! Result |- | 2004 | [[47th Grammy Awards]] | Country Album of the Year – ''Tambourine'' | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="3"| 2005 | rowspan="3"| [[Americana Music Association]] | Album of the Year – ''Tambourine'' | {{nom}} |- | Artist of the Year | {{nom}} |- | Song of the Year – "Good Hearted Man" | {{nom}} |- | 2008 | [[Americana Music Association]] | Song of the Year – "Broken" | {{nom}} |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.tiftmerritt.com}} * {{Allmusic | id= tift-merritt-mn0000927795 | label= Tift Merritt}} * {{discogs artist|701655-Tift-Merritt|Tift Merritt}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Merritt, Tift}} [[Category:1975 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American rock musicians]] [[Category:American alternative country singers]] [[Category:American female country singers]] [[Category:American country singer-songwriters]] [[Category:Musicians from Raleigh, North Carolina]] [[Category:Lost Highway Records artists]] [[Category:Fantasy Records artists]] [[Category:Musicians from Houston]] [[Category:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni]] [[Category:Songwriters from North Carolina]] [[Category:Songwriters from Texas]] [[Category:21st-century American singers]] [[Category:21st-century women singers]] [[Category:Country musicians from Texas]] [[Category:Country musicians from North Carolina]]'