Tift Merritt News & Bio
| Name: | Tift Merritt | | Hometown: | Carrboro, NC | | Born: | January 8, 1975 (51) | | Notes: | Singer-Songwriter |
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For Tift Merritt, Time and Patience Have Made the DifferenceTift Merritt never thought she’d end up back in her hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina. For about 15 years she toured through America and Europe...
Sun Feb 15, 2026
A Victory of ‘Time and Patience’: Live and Local with Tift MerrittLocal music legend Tift Merritt stopped by Live & Local, following the release of a pair of albums: the 20th-anniversary re-release of her Grammy-nominated sophomore...
Sun Jan 4, 2026
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