Tift Merritt News & Bio

Name: Tift Merritt Hometown: Carrboro, NC Born: January 8, 1975 (50) Notes: Singer-Songwriter

Musician and UNC Alum Tift Merritt, a True North Carolina Gem, Still Has Plenty of Material to Mine
Although born in Texas, Tift Merritt was raised in Raleigh and is a North Carolina girl through and through. She waitressed in Wilmington for a...
Fri Sep 26, 2025

Interview with Tift Merritt
Tift Merritt is off the road. Raleigh’s Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter-essayist-mother has followed the white lines from gig to gig since her debut CD, “Bramble Rose,” was...
Mon Apr 30, 2018

Tift Merritt, On the Fabric of Her Life
A lot has happened in the last year and a half for singer-songwriter Tift Merritt. A new baby, a new album, and a new...
Mon Oct 23, 2017

Tift Merritt talks being a mom, writing and her new album
Tift Merritt has a long, treasured history performing in Wilmington. In the early 1990s, she lived here and played gigs around town. A native of...
Sat Sep 2, 2017

An Interview With Musician, UNC Grad Tift Merritt
This past year was one of great change and transition for Tift Merritt. Not only did she find herself leaving her long-time home of New...
Tue Mar 21, 2017

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