Artist: Tift Merritt
Record Review from web archive December 12, 2008
Tift Merritt
Another Country is an album of introspection and inspiration that came about, as Tift Merritt tells it from the stage, from a need for a change of scenery and a Google search of “Paris,” “piano,” “rental” and “flat” that led her to the City of Lights. Her extended sojourn brought with it cultural immersion, the [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #74 March-April 2008
Tift Merritt – Another Country
As indicated by the “free man in Paris” liner notes, the foreign land is France, though the rapturously romantic title ballad informs that the other country is also “love.” Fear not, Tift fans, she hasn’t turned chanteuse on us, except for the concluding “Mille Tendresses” (“A Thousand Tendernesses”). Musically and lyrically, Merritt’s third album is [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #57 May-June 2005
Elvis Costello & The Imposters / Tift Merritt – Ryman Auditorium (Nashville, TN)
Elvis Costello was acutely aware of where he was. That was made plain in the middle of the show when he stepped forward, away from the microphone, and took a crack at a bit of his “Scarlet Tide” song from Cold Mountain a cappella. He’d reportedly tried this stunt elsewhere; with the Ryman’s famed acoustics, [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #53 Sept-Oct 2004
Tift Merritt – The big picture
Where do you file Dusty Springfield’s Dusty In Memphis? Most music historians classify the U.K. pop singer’s 1969 LP a masterpiece of R&B. But ask the clerk at any chain store, and he or she will likely dispatch you to the vocals or oldies section. What about Linda Ronstadt? Never mind her flirtations with operetta, [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #39 May-June 2002
Tift Merritt – A good country mile
It’s a long way from the front porch of the General Store in Bynum, North Carolina, to the small stage of the Borderline nightclub in London, England. The rooms are actually about the same size, but they’re a world apart in form and function. The Borderline is a dark, cozy bar, serving up liquor and [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #25 Jan-Feb 2000
Tift Merritt – Triple Threat
It figures that Tift Merritt is a native Texan. Oh sure, Merritt spent the better part of her formative years in North Carolina, and still lives there. But Houston is where she was actually born in 1975, and where the Merritt family lived — until her mother delivered her father what they refer to in [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #24 Nov-Dec 1999
Two Dollar Pistols With Tift Merritt – Self-Titled (EP)
As leader of the genuine honky-tonk band Two Dollar Pistols, John Howie has been spreading the words of folks such as Carl Smith and Roger Miller in North Carolina’s Triangle area for going on four years now. If Howie has a female counterpart in the region — that is, a woman who makes country music [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #22 July-Aug 1999
Townes Van Zandt / Dale Watson / Neko Case / Kelly Hogan / Tift Merritt And The Carbines
A decade ago the major labels decreed the death of vinyl, somehow setting off a flood of 7-inch singles that, at one point, arrived at the rate of 200 a month. It’s a slow trickle now, but there’s still reason to move the fax machine off the turntable and pay attention. “Riding The Range”/”Dirty Old [...]
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