Tift Merritt

Singer-songwriter

Tift Merritt appears in the following:

For Women Musicians, Maybelle Carter Set The Standard And Broke The Mold

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

One of the most indispensable guitarists of all time, Carter was a quiet revolutionary. Though she didn't concern herself with celebrity or need to be the star, she deserves our deepest admiration.

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Bonus Track: Death, Be Not Now

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Andrew Bird, Tift Merritt, Hari Kondabolu, and Jennifer Egan join Kurt Andersen in this radio play about confronting the fear of death — and getting on with the business of living.

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Andrew Bird: Live from Brooklyn

Friday, July 11, 2014

Andrew Bird and the Hands of Glory play live at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and he talks with bandmate Tift Merritt about how to overcome the fears that go along with being a performer.

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Bonus Track: Death, Be Not Now

Friday, June 20, 2014

Andrew Bird, Tift Merritt, Hari Kondabolu, and Jennifer Egan join Kurt Andersen in this radio play about confronting the fear of death — and getting on with the business of living.

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Tift Merritt On 'Traveling Alone' In The Studio

Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Tift Merritt performs three songs from her new album. Plus, the North Carolina native reveals a Southern superstition she maintains as a New Yorker.

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The Greene Space

JS 30: Three Decades of John Schaefer

Friday, December 2, 2011

8:00 PM

In 1981, a young radio host from Brooklyn came to WNYC. John Schaefer was hired to read newscasts and introduce classical music, but soon found himself hosting a new music show that quickly became the on-air hub of the fertile downtown music scene.

Thoughout December, WNYC will celebrate Schaefer’s inimitable ...

Tift Merritt: In Studio

Thursday, August 19, 2010

At the beginning of the decade, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Tift Merritt was heralded as the next alt country queen. But over subsequent albums, she turned away from the charts and focused inward.

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Bonus Track: "Morning is My Destination"

Friday, October 03, 2008

Listen to the song from Tift Merritt's album Another Country.

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