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

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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.