Merritt switches labels, records new music
Merritt will tour North America throughout the summer and fall including dates with Mary Chapin Carpenter and Josh Ritter.
The album was recorded in Brooklyn with Tucker Martine (The Decemberists, My Morning Jacket, Spoon) and features a guest appearance by Andrew Bird, 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.
"I really wanted to make a record that was real and raw," said Merritt. "I wanted to put together my dream cast and see if I could hold my own with them."
"To me, Traveling Alone is about the roads on the inside - those places that are hard to see and not easy to send postcards from."
Songs on the CD are:
1. Traveling Alone
2. Sweet Spot
3. Drifted Apart
4. Still Not Home
5. Feeling of Beauty
6. Too Soon to Go
7. Small Talk Relations
8. Spring
9. To Myself
10. In the Way
11. Marks
"Traveling Alone" follows 2010 album "See You on the Moon."
Tour dates are:
June 27 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony*
July 18 Pittsburgh, PA Carnegie Hall %
July 19 Kent, OH Kent Stage %
July 22 Wichita, KS Orpheum Theatre %
July 25 Denver, CO Botanic Gardens %
July 26 Layton, UT Davis Arts Council %
July 28 Calgary, AB Calgary Folk Festival
July 31 Fargo, ND Fargo Theatre %
Aug. 1 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota Zoo Ampitheater %
Aug. 3 Madison, WI Barrymore Theatre %
Aug. 4 Bayfield, WI Big Top Chatauqua %
Aug. 15 Englewood, NJ Bergen Performing Arts Center %
Aug. 22 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theater %
Aug. 23 Knoxville, TN Bijou %
Aug. 24 Atlanta, GA Atlanta Botanical Garden %
Sept. 4-16 Bristol, TN Rhythm & Roots
Sept. 22 Wilmington, NC Greenfield Lake Amphitheater
Sept. 23 New York, NY City Winery
* with Josh Ritter
% with Mary Chapin Carpenter
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
- 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
- 06/25/08: Tift Merritt plays Letterman, tours in U.S., England
- 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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