Tift Merritt plays Letterman, tours in U.S., England
Merritt and her band are in the midst of a heavy touring schedule in the U.S. and in England.
Tour dates are:
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Thursday June 26 Annapolis, MD Rams Head
Sunday Jun 29 Glastonbury, England Glastonbury Festival
Tuesday July 1 London, England Bush Hall
Wednesday July 2 Sheffield, England Memorial Hall
Thursday July 3 Nottingham, England Rescue Rooms
Saturday July 5 Manchester, England Manchester Academy 3
Sunday July 6 Cornbury, England Cornbury Festival
Friday July 11 Indianapolis, IN Radio Radio
Saturday July 12 Berwyn, IL Fitzgerald's Night Club
Sunday July 13 Madison, WI Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Friday July 18 Knoxville, TN The Pilot Light
Saturday July 19 Nashville, TN Grand Ole Opry + free plaza show
Sunday July 20 Nashville, TN 3rd & Lindsley, simulcast on WRLT
Thursday July 24 Burlington, VT City Artist Festival at Battery Park (free!)
Friday July 25 Portland, ME Big Easy
Saturday July 26 Cape Cod, MA Cape Cinema
Wednesday Aug. 6 Boston, MA Museum of Fine Arts
Thursday Aug. 7 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Friday Aug. 8 Burke Mountain, Vermont The Tamarack
Saturday Aug. 9 Pawling, NY Towne Crier
Friday Aug. 22 Isle of Palms, SC Windjammer
Saturday Aug. 23 Raleigh, NC North Carolina Museum of Art
Sunday Aug. 24 Wilmington, NC Greenfield Amphitheater, WUIN The Penguin 106.7fm 5th Anniversary celebration
Sunday Aug. 31 Aspen, CO Jazz Aspen Snowmass Festival (w/ Bob Dylan, John Fogerty, Dwight Yoakam)
More news for Tift Merritt
- 10/08/24: Isbell, Merritt contribute to CD supporting sexual, reprodutive rights
- 11/03/16: Merritt announces new disc for '17
- 07/24/12: New Merritt song available
- 06/20/12: Merritt switches labels, records new music
- 02/23/10: Tift Merritt's new CD coming in May
- 04/14/09: Tift Merritt goes live
- 11/13/08: Tift Merritt elected to AMA board
- 01/18/08: Tift Merritt plans tour
CD reviews for Tift Merritt
Tift Merritt's gets off to a rip-roaring start by opening "Stitch of the World" with a song called "Dusty Old Man." If you can imagine it, the song sounds like Emmylou Harris fronting John Mellencamp's "Uh-huh" band from 1983. The album gets a little softer after this, although it's no less passionate throughout. Merritt may sing like a gentle soul, but she's the dedicated, persistent sort.
Merritt follow's the gospel-tinged "Heartache ...
On her first five studio albums, Tift Merritt has explored a wide stylistic range under the umbrella of folk rock. Out of the gate, "Bramble Rose" established Merritt as an artist of the first order, cracking the Top 50 on Billboard's Country chart and hitting a lot of critics' best-of-year lists. "Tambourine" found her working in a more soulful vein with a rockier beat, while its follow-up, "Another Country," was intimate, contemplative and powerful, and ...
With each successive album, Tift Merritt has revealed more of her nuanced songwriting presence and considerable musical skills. On Merritt's almost universally acclaimed debut, 2002's "Bramble Rose," she introduced herself with songs that played to her folk/alt.country singer/songwriter strengths, while her sophomore album, 2004's "Tambourine," found her folding in more rock and soul influences, and with 2008's "Another Country," Merritt showed her ...
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