Tift Merritt is revisiting her 2002 solo debut Bramble Rose. It made many year-end best-of lists at the time and has been covered by Eagle Don Henley. Now Yep Roc records is re-releasing it on special ...

When Tift Merritt’s debut LP, Bramble Rose, was released in 2002, it signaled the arrival of an exciting new voice in the burgeoning musical movement known as Americana. The winner of the prestigious ...

I last sat down to talk to Tift Merritt in January 2008, in a coffee shop in Manhattan. It was a period of intense transition for the country-soul singer, songwriter, and Raleigh expatriate. The major ...

Tift Merritt drags her prey high into the branches of a tree to protect it from scavengers. Credit: Courtesy High Road Touring Bramble Rose wasn’t Merritt’s first rodeo. That distinction belongs to ...

Tift Merritt will play a homecoming show at Cat’s Cradle centered on her classic 2002 album “Bramble Rose,” after moving back to Raleigh following a decade in New York. Parker Fitzgerald Tift Merritt ...

Though Merritt’s debut album Bramble Rose has sold more than 50,000 copies since its release last June, they’re not exactly living the rock star lifestyle. The house and land belong to Hutchins’ aunt, ...

In this concert, the singer-songwriter performs songs from her album Traveling Alone, which she recorded over the course of eight days in Brooklyn. Tift Merritt On Mountain Stage Singer-songwriter ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The buzz on Tift Merritt is that she could be the next Bonnie Raitt. Or maybe the next Linda Ronstadt. Emmylou Harris is also mentioned. On her debut album, "Bramble Rose," the ...

“I haven’t done an interview in a really long time, so forgive me if I’m wonky,” says Tift Merritt. After living in New York for nine years, Merritt has recently moved back to Raleigh, the city she ...