Tift Merritt album and tour news

I interviewed Merritt for her Tambourine CD and she was just a joy to talk to. I look forward to her new material...

 

Critically acclaimed singer Tift Merritt’s Yep Roc Records label debut Traveling Alone is due Oct. 2. The album was recorded with Tucker Martine (The Decemberists). It features guest appearances by Andrew Bird and noted session guitarist by Marc Ribot (Elvis Costello).

 

“I really wanted to make a record that was real and raw,” said Merritt. “I wanted to put together my dream cast and see if I could hold my own with them...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.” 

 

Traveling Alone follows the lauded 2010 album See You on the Moon. Merritt's debut album Bramble Rose came out in 2002 and she has put out three full-length and two live albums since. 

 

Her 2004 release Tambourine was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Album as well as three Americana Music Awards. Tift is also beginning her fifth year as the host of monthly interview show “The Spark” for NPR/KRTS Marfa, TX Public Radio; guests on the show have included Emmylou Harris, writer Nick Hornby and singer-songwriter Roseanne Cash.

 

TRAVELING ALONE Track Listing:

1. Traveling Alone

2. Sweet Spot

3. Drifted Apart

4. Still Not Home

5. Feeling of Beauty

6. Too Soon to Go

7. Small Talk Relations

8. Spring

9. To Myself

10. In the Way

11. Marks

 

TOUR DATES

 

June 27...Asbury Park, NJ...Stone Pony*
July 18...Pittsburgh, PA...Carnegie Hall †
July 19...Kent, OH...Kent Stage†

July 22...Wichita, KS...Orpheum Theatre†

July 25...Denver, CO...Botanic Gardens†

July 26...Layton, UT...Davis Arts Council†

July 28...Calgary, AB...Calgary Folk Festival

July 31...Fargo, ND...Fargo Theatre†

August 1...Minneapolis, MN...Minnesota Zoo Ampitheater†

August 3...Madison, WI...Barrymore Theatre†

August 4...Bayfield, WI...Big Top Chatauqua†

August 15...Englewood, NJ...Bergen Performing Arts Center†

August 22...Cincinnati, OH...Taft Theater†

August 23...Knoxville, TN...Bijou†

August 24...Atlanta, GA...Atlanta Botanical Garden†

September 14-16...Bristol, TN...Rhythm & Roots

September 22...Wilmington, NC...Greenfield Lake Amphitheater

September 23...New York, NY...City Winery

* with Josh Ritter

† with Mary Chapin Carpenter