Tift mentioned this news during a WEXT radio interview. The deluxe edition will include alternate versions of songs from the album, along with some tunes that missed the cut for inclusion on the original album. 

It's not just May Day. It's this website's birthday. The late Chris McCandless and Phillip Reid were the masterminds behind this effort to support one of the music world's most wonderful talents and even more wonderful people. Head to the forums for a special greeting from Tift. 

Tift's collaboration with pianist Simone Dinnerstein is now available from Sony Classical. They will be performing on both sides of the Atlantic to support the record. The official site has a worthwhile intro page--check it out... read more ...

Some folks have been asking for "official" lyrics to the T.A. songs.  They just went up on tiftmerritt.com.  They're under "Traveling Alone" which is the first menu item on the top horizontal menu. read more ...

Yep Roc is putting the 1999 collaboration on the record. read more ...

The NBC program "Last Call With Carson Daly" will air performances of "Traveling Alone" and "Small Talk Relations" from Tift and Eric Heywood's recent sold-out show at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. The broadcast airs at 1:35 a.m. EST on Feb. 5. 

As Tift continues her travels (not alone) promoting Traveling Alone, two more official releases are planned soon. Her album-length collaboration with Simone Dinnerstein, Night, is set for a Mar. 19 release. Meanwhile, Yep Roc will release a 12" on Apr. 20 in connection with Record Store Day. read more ...

--born in Houston TX on January 8, 1975, when an Eldorado still took up two parking spaces.  

to have old banners we can trot out for the holidays--like this one.  New is great and all but so is tradition.  I hope a bunch of people are getting the deluxe Traveling Alone package for Christmas.  I hope all the tm.net folks are getting ready for a nice chill-out with their peeps.  Best of the season to everyone.  PR (admin) 

During a last-minute appearance precipitated by Hurricane Sandy, Tift joined Andrew Bird on CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman" for a performance of Townes Van Zandt's "If I Needed You." Follow the link to see the performance, including Letterman's direct praise of Tift. read more ...

Be sure to watch the TiftMerritt.net fan forum for updates on Traveling Alone reviews. read more ...

Tift has unveiled the first two videos linked to Traveling Alone. She offers beautiful, stripped-down versions of "To Myself" and "Feeling Of Beauty." read more ...

The official release date is Oct. 2, but you can order the new album (CD or LP) from Yep Roc now. Also available is a Traveling Alone travel kit. read more ...

Getting Traveling Alone into the pipeline interrupted regular updates to The Spark's website, but the conversation with singer-songwriter-instrumentalist Andrew Bird is now up.  As always, you can read a little bit from Tift about how her subject's work affects her, you can stream the audio from the site, and you can download it as a free podcast from iTunes. read more ...

Yep Roc Records will release Tift's new album, Traveling Alone, Oct. 2. “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.” read more ...

Tift will open for Mary-Chapin Carpenter on at least 12 dates from July 19 through Aug. 24. Be sure to check TiftMerritt.com as well for headlining appearances and other shows during the rest of the summer. read more ...

Ten years ago today, Lost Highway Records put out Tift's debut album, Bramble Rose.  It set a precedent for critical acclaim that's still going strong four-going-on-five albums later, and established a fan base that, if you're reading this, you probably belong to.  Here's to a decade of music that's made the world a sweeter place to live. 

Chris McCandless started this site six years ago May 1, and Phillip Reid has been leading the charge keeping it going since Chris left us. Follow the link to hear a special message from the lady herself. read more ...

Tift will support Nick Lowe as his opening act for five shows from April 27 through May 3. read more ...

Tift's appearance on the CW's Hart of Dixie will be broadcast on Monday, February 6, we learned today. 

Through her Twitter feed, Tift tells us her appearance on the CW Network's "Hart of Dixie" is scheduled Monday, Jan. 30. An acoustic trio recording of songs from the show will be available on iTunes Tuesday, Jan. 24. read more ...

Our favorite singer-songwriter turns 37 on Jan. 8. She'll celebrate her birthday soon by starting work on studio album No. 5. 

Tift returns to network television in early 2012. An episode of the CW Network's "Hart of Dixie" will feature a Tift performance. Watch for the episode to air "around Valentine's Day," according to our favorite singer-songwriter. 

Gary Louris and Mark Olson are releasing their first album together as Jayhawks since 1995. As they tour the new release, Tift will join them for a series of dates in October, including multiple stops in her home state of North Carolina. read more ...

Tift will play the St. Francis Fall for Greenville Festival in Greenville SC and the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh on 15 and 16 October respectively.  No details yet.  See the official site calendar for links to venues. 

Head to the media section of www.tiftmerritt.com to listen to Tift's performance of "Thirteen" with Norman Blake at the Big Star tribute concert March 26, 2011, in New York City. read more ...

Tift has a pretty full tour calendar for the rest of this winter and through the spring--the latest postings are 20 U.S. dates with Stephen Kellogg.  Click "read more" to bring up her Calendar . . . read more ...

Tift will be touring again this spring in the U.S. and Europe--dates are coming in this week and will go up as they're confirmed.  Check the Calendar page on her website for the latest! read more ...

Tift's See You On The Moon is definitely in the running in the No Depression readers' poll of favorite 2010 albums--we could make a huge difference.  The "read more" link will take you straight to the list--but do it now because voting closes midnight on Christmas!    read more ...

Here's your chance to wish TM a Merritt Tiftmas--please feel free to follow the "read more" link directly to the Forum page for this year's e-card--you have to be a registered member of tm.net to write, but that is quick, free, and really truly has no catch.  I think we've mass e-mailed y'all maybe five times in five years.  Happy Holidays! read more ...

You heard right--Tift has been writing away already, and the first fruits of her labor are already available for a listen on her myspace page.  Check out "Little Birds" on the player! read more ...

The TM band is getting ready to head out west for a week of shows next week.  This will "make up" shows cancelled because of the David Gray-RayLaMontagne tour.  There'll be a little surprise regarding the band for this run that should be cool to you old-timers (by which we mean those who've been following Tift since the early days).  Tickets for the West Coast shows are on sale now.  You can link to them via her Calendar page-- read more ...

Tift's appearances on Last Call with Carson Daly and on the BBC's Weekend Wogan this past week are available for watching and listening via her website.  The Carson Daly video should be up indefinitely; the Weekend Wogan audio is up on the BBC site for just a few days so catch it while you can.  The link here takes you to Media--for the BBC link, go to the News page. read more ...

Tift's appearance on NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly has been rescheduled for next Thursday, 7 October. 

Tift will be making a headline western run in November . . . read more ...

Tift is slated to appear on "Last Call With Carson Daly." It looks as if the airdate is Thursday, Sept. 30. Stay tuned for details. read more ...

Tift will be in Studio C at the venerable Colorado rock station Sunday afternoon after 1--check the station's site for details . . . read more ...

Head to Tift's YouTube page (http://www.youtube.com/tiftmerritt) to see a new live "Mixtape" video recorded at Lincoln Hall. Speaking of live music, follow the "read more" link to get two live tracks from Tift via Concord. read more ...

The latest installment of Tift's monthly radio show/podcast/webstream is now available--an interview with fellow singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier--check it out . . . read more ...

As many of you know, Tift has been making her own videos for the new album.  The latest one, for Never Talk About It, just went up on the Media page of her website.  You'll find the rest of them there, along with a side-of-the-stage video of her and Emmylou Harris in Atlanta in June.  A couple of radio interviews just went up too--NYC and Milwaukee--the Milwaukee one goes into some depth about the making of the new record.  Check it out-- read more ...

To anyone who saw the announcement below this one and "liked" Tift on facebook, thank you!  It worked! 

--as of this morning she has 3,898--as active as she's been on there, there's plenty to "like" and "share"-- read more ...

Tift's calendar now includes four dates in five days opening for Josh Ritter in Greenville, S.C., Cincinnati, Nashville, and Tarrytown, N.Y. The shows are slated for Aug. 3-7. read more ...

Tift will be opening some western-U.S. shows for David Gray and Ray LaMontagne on their joint tour late this summer.  This is why those original western tour dates were cancelled--but they had to wait until they could announce this tour to explain that . . . read more ...

We are lucky enough to have a new bio in The Band section just submitted by Jay Brown himself--thanks to Jay for making this contribution to tiftmerritt.net--now go read it! read more ...

Follow the link to check local broadcast times . . . read more ...

As our Mediameister Mitch just wrote in the Forum, we're resuming the 96-Proof Bootleg series now that SYOTM is out and the band's on tour--we begin wtih "Never Talk About It."  See the Downloads page in the left menu. 

Tift's homemade Mixtape video gets a feature read more ...

A labor of love with heart and soul --and a comprehensive archive of released lyrics from Tift herself--the new tiftmerritt.com is now live and welcoming visitors . . . go spend some time!  And come back! read more ...

Four years ago today, Chris McCandless's labor of love went live and here we are four years later rolling along strong and steady, carrying on in his honor and memory.  If you're browsing here for the first time, join us.  We'd love to have you around.  For a short video of what the subject of this website has to say on this occasion, follow the "read more" link. read more ...

Tift has been looking hard for a vintage Beltone AP12 or AP14 amp--with which to ROCK Y'ALL, of course.  We've covered Google and facebook so far--if you have any leads or suggestions, please e-mail to admin@tiftmerritt.net and we will get them to Her Rockness!  

Word is that Tift's on-line store has extended the NCMA 6/5 pre-sale to 4/23--that's Friday.  So if you thought it was too late, it's not.  The "read more" hotlink will take you there.  read more ...

While much of the summer North American tour is yet to be posted (not to mention the overseas part), quite a few shows ARE up and tickets for most if not all of them are now on sale.  Visit the CALENDAR page at tiftmerritt.com for details read more ...

This month's episode of The Spark went on-line yesterday with a Matthew Ryan interview. read more ...

There's a working pre-order button on the tm.com splash page now--check out what you get with it.  First 200 will be signed so there's incentive. read more ...

In honor of the upcoming release of See You On The Moon, and the streaming of a new track each week from the new album on tiftmerritt.com, we have suspended the weekly bootleg series until release date.  After that, it will resume its usual significant contribution to your happiness and well-being.   Meanwhile, head on over to the brand-new edition of the official site . . . read more ...

This month's episode is an interview with Donal Mosher and Mike Palmieri, creators of the documentary film October Country read more ...

Tift will join Amos Lee for a run of dates in April--more dates will be announced soon read more ...

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This month's episode of Tift's interview show features Mac McCaughan, frontman of Superchunk and Portastatic, painter, and co-founder of Merge Records. Check it out. read more ...

Tift joins Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, The Mammals, Bobby Sweet, Vetiver, Meg Hutchinson, Kris Delmhorst, Martin Sexton, and The Guthrie Family in a Valentine's Day benefit concert for the earthquake victims in Haiti. read more ...

Just up on the homepage at the official site is a request for Haiti earthquake relief with links to organizations working to provide immediate assistance-- read more ...

Tucker Martine, just named one of the top ten producers of the decade by Paste, just produced Tift's new album--in fact, he's probably putting the finishing touches on the mix as we speak, while T&Z recover in Costa Rica.  Tift got a great interview with him; you can tell they've gotten used to working together--just up on the Spark site and podcast-- read more ...

OK those of you who tweet--Tift is now on twitter.  She posted her first tweet today.  We here at .net say, follow her and that will encourage her to keep doing it.  The writer in her sweats over a blog post big-time, but Twitter's so brevity-oriented that perhaps it will be a good tool for her to just pop out little updates-- read more ...

This month's episode features the guitarist-composer .. . read more ...

Tift kicked off the 50th edition of this legendary event last Saturday--you can hear her entire set on NPR's site (good picture of her on stage too) read more ...

Kudos to ghman for picking up the scoop on this one.  All three are now confirmed for 20th-22nd--see Calendar for details read more ...

Tift's live solo acoustic album is available for download at her iTunes store page . . . read more ...

This month's episode just went up and it is a seriously cool kick-back with EH in her hotel room at Merlefest last month--Emmylou just lets it roll out, and you can hear her dogs' collars clinking sometimes--it's like being in the room with them.  Don't miss it.  (As with all Spark episodes, this one's a free podcast you can download from itunes if you'd like--follow the link on the site.) read more ...

Tift's summer schedule is shaping up--lots of cool festivals, and she's opening shows for Josh Ritter and Joan Baez.  All you westerners are really getting yours this go-round. Check the tour page at the official site for details . . . read more ...

Tift was one of the featured artists at John Oates' The Stories Behind The Songs concerts in Aspen earlier this year, and there are a couple of videos on their myspace site you'll want to see--one is Tift's solo performance of Broken, with an explanatory intro, and the other is a rendition of the 60s anthem "Get Together" with John Oates, Tift, and Scotty Emerick. 

Dear Fans of Tift:
The full Folk Festival 50 Line Up is now available, and because we love
Tift you are invited to take advantage of the Folk Fan Ticket Pre-sale
Offer.

To participate in the FOLK FAN PRE-SALE click ON "read more . . . " at the end of this message  and enter the pre-sale portal and enter Promo Code: FOLK

Music Festival Line Up
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 ~ 11:30 am - 7:00 pm
Pete Seeger, The Decemberists, Fleet Foxes, Gillian Welch,
The Avett Brothers, Billy Bragg, Iron & Wine, Mavis Staples,
Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Ben Kweller,
The Low Anthem, Brett Dennen, Tift Merritt,
Tao Rodriguez Seeger, Langhorne Slim

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2 ~ 11:30 am - 7:00 pm
Pete Seeger with Judy Collins, Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, Neko Case,
The Campbell Brothers, Josh Ritter, Elvis Perkins in Dearland,
Tim Eriksen & Shape Note Singers, Del McCoury, Guy Clark,
David Rawlings Machine, Deer Tick, Balfa Toujours, Dala Girls, Joe Pug

 read more ...

She will play on Saturday, August 1--time slot tba read more ...

Friday (May 1) wasn't just the opening of Other Countries in Raleigh and Tift's solo homecoming concert--it was also the third birthday of this fine website, created and maintained by Mr. Chris The Boss so faithfully--thanks for inspiring the rest of us to contribute and be a part of the best fansite on the web.  Of course TM has her two cents to put in--she and Mr. Mitch took care of that on the very day, and you can see the first bit of that here-- read more ...

This month Tift talks to artist Kiki Smith--an experience with great personal meaning for her--read the blog on the site. read more ...

Tift's live solo album, recorded in November in England, will be released by Fantasy Records exclusively through the CIMS retail network on April 18.  Click the link to find your nearest CIMS affiliate. read more ...

Just added:  London's Jazz Cafe, 7 May. read more ...

Tift returns to Largo at the Coronet on April 2 for a 9pm show (doors 8).  We're sure MD#4 will be especially excited. read more ...

Just up on tm.com--Tift's new live solo acoustic album is available for pre-order in her store.  Pre-orders will also get a set of postcards with images from the upcoming photography exhibit "Other Countries."  Sweet!  read more ...

Tift will play Bonnaroo this year. Springsteen will headline.
June 11-14, Manchester TN-stage & time tba
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Tift fans have been waiting for this for a long time.  Check out the official site's home page for the word--just up tonight!  (Wednesday) read more ...

In conjunction with Tift's current UK tour, the BBC will broadcast three in-studio interviews and performances. 7 Feb. BBC2, Bob Harris show, 11 p.m. - 2 a.m. 10 Feb. BBC Scotland, Another Country with Ricky Ross, 8:05-10:00 p.m. 20 Feb. BBC Radio Ulster, Alan Simpson show, 3-5 p.m. local time These shows stream over their websites, and archive shows for later listening for a limited time; check their sites for details. 

Tift recorded a beautiful solo video performance of "Wayward and Weary" at a studio in NYC last year, and it's included on the DVD of Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.  The video is now available for viewing on the official site's MEDIA page--first item under VIDEO/RADIO.  This is not YouTube--it's full DVD quality, so plug in your 'phones and enjoy! read more ...

The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly has a word to the wise we can all heartily endorse--you can read the actual article here-- read more ...

Patty is Tift's guest this month on her artist-to-artist interview radio show The Spark.  The episode is now up on www.marfaspark.com and also available on iTunes as a free podcast. read more ...

Here's your chance, and we'll make sure she gets all of them . . . read more ...

according to airplay rankings released this week by the Americana Music Association in Nashville--thanks to Robert A. for the tip-off! read more ...

That's Mountain Standard Time--that's the latest as of this afternoon from KBCO. Happy winter solstice! 

If you're getting ready for a Merritt Tiftmas, you might want to poke around in the online store; they've just stocked six special holiday packages, they've done a very limited final print of Home Is Loud, which has been sold out for a while, and there's a new Spark t-shirt as well as several designs from the Another Country tour. read more ...

Check out Tift's site and her myspace, ilike, and facebook pages for details! read more ...

Check out the post in the Forums, then go to our Downloads page to download a new bootleg every Tuesday. 

TiftMerritt.net, the website for fans of Tift Merritt, goes live on 5/1/2006.