Tift Merritt

Singer/songwriter Tift Merritt is a triple-threat artist -- a gifted and expressive singer, a superb, evocative songwriter, and a skillful guitarist. While often lumped in with the Americana community, Merritt's music has just as much to do with contemporary folk or the classic singer/songwriters of the 1970s in her unpretentious literacy and broad emotional range. She made a striking debut with her first two albums, 2002's rootsy Bramble Rose and 2004's soulful Tambourine, and after a sojourn in Europe, she followed her muse with 2012's artful Traveling Alone and 2013's Night, the latter a collaboration with classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein. In 2025, as Merritt reissued Tambourine, she also released Time and Patience, featuring home recordings of several of the songs in spare, unadorned form, and she delivered a set of witty, personal songs on 2026's Sugar.