Tift Merritt  Americana

Tift Merritt is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and recording artist. She has released two studio albums on the Lost Highway label--Bramble Rose (2002) and Tambourine (2004); and in 2005 she released Home Is Loud, a limited-edition live album recorded with her faithful touring band. Her third studio album, Another Country, is complete and slated for release in early March 2008 on the Fantasy label. Tift quickly garnered high critical acclaim from Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Time, The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio and CNN. Her first two records landed on The New Yorker’s Top Ten List. Tift’s TV appearances include Austin City Limits, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Late Show with David Letterman. Tambourine was Grammy-nominated for Best Country Album, and the Americana Music Association nominated Tift for 2004 Album, Artist and Song of the Year. She and her band traveled 40,000 miles in 11 countries to support Tambourine.