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'{{Expand|date=December 2008}} {{BLP sources|date=December 2008}} {{Infobox musical artist | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> |Name = Tift Merritt |Img = TiftMerritt.jpg |Img_size = <!-- default size is 250px --> |Background = solo_singer |Birth_name = |Alias = |Born = {{birth date and age|1975|01|08}}<br />[[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], [[United States|USA]] |Died = |Origin = [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]], [[North Carolina]], [[United States]] |Instrument = [[Voice]]<br>[[Guitar]]<br>[[Keyboards]]<br>[[Harmonica]] |Genre = [[Singer-songwriter]]<br>[[Folk]]<br>[[Country music|Country]]<br>[[Rock]]<br>[[Alt-Country]] |Occupation = [[Singer-songwriter]] |Years_active = 1998–present |Label = [[Lost Highway Records|Lost Highway]], Fantasy |Associated_acts = |URL = [http://www.tiftmerritt.com/ Tift Merritt] |Notable_instruments= }} '''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, and two live albums. Her 2004 album ''Tambourine'' earned her a Grammy Award nomination 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. ==Biography== {{unreferenced-section|date=May 2009}} Merritt began her career playing small clubs in [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill]] and [[Raleigh, North Carolina|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 [[Extended play|EP]] with the [[Two Dollar Pistols]], led by John Howie, Jr. The EP featured two original songs and five [[cover version|covers]]. In 2002, after signing with the [[Lost Highway Records|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 [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers|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. <ref>http://www.tiftmerritt.net/Biography.aspx</ref> ==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Album ! colspan="3"| Chart Positions ! rowspan="2"| Label |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="45"| [[Top Country Albums|US Country]] ! width="45"| [[Billboard 200|US]] ! width="45"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat]] |- | 2002 | align="left"| ''[[Bramble Rose]]'' | 47 | &mdash; | &mdash; | rowspan="2"| Lost Highway |- | 2004 | align="left"| ''[[Tambourine (album)|Tambourine]]'' | &mdash; | &mdash; | 21 |- | 2008 | align="left"| ''[[Another Country (Tift Merritt album)|Another Country]]'' | &mdash; | 156 | 1 | Fantasy |- | align="center" colspan="6"| <small>"&mdash;" denotes the album failed to chart, or not released.</small> |- |} ===Live albums=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Album ! Label |- | 2005 | ''[[Home is Loud]]'' | align="center"| RCAM |- |- | 2009 | ''[[Buckingham Solo]]'' | align="center"| Vella Recordings |- |} ===EPs=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Album ! Label |- | 1999 | ''[[The Two Dollar Pistols With Tift Merritt]]'' | align="center"| Yep Roc |- |} ===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Year ! Single ! width="45"| <small>[[Hot Country Songs|US Country]]</small> ! Album |- | rowspan="2"| 2002 | align="left"| "Virginia, No One Can Warn You" | &mdash; | align="left" rowspan="3"| ''Bramble Rose'' |- | align="left"| "Sunday" | &mdash; |- | 2003 | align="left"| "Trouble Over Me" | &mdash; |- | rowspan="2"| 2004 | align="left"| "Good Hearted Man" | 60 | align="left" rowspan="2"| ''Tambourine'' |- | align="left"| "Stray Paper" | &mdash; |- | 2008 | align="left"| "Broken" | &mdash; | align="left"| ''Another Country'' |- | align="center" colspan="5"| <small>"&mdash;" denotes the single failed to chart, or not released.</small> |- |} ==Videos== * "Virginia, No One Can Warn You" * "Good Hearted Man" * "Broken" * "Keep You Happy" ==External links== * [http://www.tiftmerritt.com/ Official Website] * [http://www.tiftmerritt.net/ Fan site] * [http://www.marfaspark.com/ Spark radio show site] * [http://www.myspace.com/tiftmerritt/ MySpace.com site] * [http://www.facebook.com/tiftmerritt/ Facebook page] {{DEFAULTSORT:Merritt, Tift}} [[Category:American country singers]] [[Category:American alt-country singers]] [[Category:American female singers]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1975 births]] [[Category:Musicians from North Carolina]] [[simple:Tift Merritt]]'