Tift Merritt

**Tift Merritt** (born January 8, 1975) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter. Born in Houston, Texas, Merritt moved to Raleigh, North Carolina at a young age.  She has been compared to songwriters like Joni Mitchell and Emmylou Harris.

In 2009, Merritt married Zeke Hutchins, her band's drummer and her long-time partner.  They live in New York City.

In addition to Austin City Limits, Merritt has been on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and the Late Show with David Letterman.  Her music has been in The L Word, Men In Trees, United States of Tara and the movie New in Town.

### Albums

|rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"|Title|rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"|Album details|colspan="4"|Peak chart positions|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|* Release date: June 4, 2002 * Label: Lost Highway Records|47|—|—|—||
|* Release date: August 24, 2004 * Label: Lost Highway Records|—|—|21|—||
|* Release date: February 26, 2008 * Label: Fantasy Records|—|156|1|—||
|* Release date: June 1, 2010 * Label: Fantasy Records|—|—|6|7||
|* Release date: October 2, 2012 * Label: Yep Roc|—|—|—|—||
|colspan="6" style="font-size:8pt"|"—" means releases that did not chart|||||

### Singles

|rowspan="2"|Year|rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"|Single||Peak positions|rowspan="2"|Album|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|2002|||||||
|—|style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"|_Bramble Rose_||||||
|—||||||||
|2003||||||||
|—||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2004|||||||
|60|style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|_Tambourine_||||||
|—||||||||
|2008||||||||
|—|style="text-align:left;"|_Another Country_||||||
|colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt"|"—" means releases that did not chart|||||||

### Video

|rowspan="2"|Year|rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"|Single||Peak positions|rowspan="2"|Album|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|2002|||||||
|—|style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"|_Bramble Rose_||||||
|—||||||||
|2003||||||||
|—||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2004|||||||
|60|style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|_Tambourine_||||||
|—||||||||
|2008||||||||
|—|style="text-align:left;"|_Another Country_||||||
|colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt"|"—" means releases that did not chart|||||||

## Awards and nominations

|Year|Association|Category|Result|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2004|47th Grammy Awards|Country Album of the Year - _Tambourine_||||
|rowspan="3"|2005|rowspan="3"|Americana Music Association|Album of the Year - _Tambourine_||
|Artist of the Year||||||
|Song of the Year - "Good Hearted Man"||||||

## Other websites

- Official Website
- MySpace.com site
- Americana Music Association

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Tift Merritt
- **image**: TiftMerritt.jpg
- **caption**: Merritt performing at the Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival in Silk Hope, North Carolina, in 2007.  Photo by Forrest L. Smith, III.
- **background**: solo_singer
- **birth name**: Catherine Tift Merritt
- **birth place**: Houston, Texas
- **origin**: Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
- **instrument**: Vocals
guitar
Keyboards
Piano
Harmonica
- **genre**: Folk music, Folk
Rock
Alternative country
- **occupation**: Musician
songwriter
- **years active**: 1998–present
- **label**: Lost Highway Records, Lost Highway, Fantasy Records, Fantasy, Yep Roc Records, Yep Roc
- **associated acts**: The Two Dollar Pistols with Tift Merritt
- **website**: [http://www.tiftmerritt.com/ www.tiftmerritt.com]