Tift Merritt

Superchunk, Mountain Goats, dB's & more contribute cover songs to benefit NC club Cat's Cradle

Superchunk, The Mountain Goats, Iron & Wine, The dB’s, Hiss Golden Messenger, Don Dixon & Marti Jones, Erich Bachmann (Archers of Loaf), and more North Carolina artists have contributed cover songs to a new benefit comp that aims to help much-loved, long-running Carrboro, NC rock club Cat’s Cradle through COVID-19.

Robert Ellis touring 'Texas Piano Man' (shows w/ Rufus Wainwright & Deer Tick)

Robert Ellis released ’Texas Piano Man’ back in February which, as its title suggests, finds him trading his guitar for a grand piano and working in the classic ’70s singer-songwriter motif while retaining that Texas style.

Tom Waits covers 'Bella Ciao' on new guest-filled anti-Trump Marc Ribot LP

Marc Ribot’s new album ‘Songs of Resistance’ also features Steve Earle, Meshell Ndegeocello, Justin Vivian Bond, Tift Merritt, Fay Victor, Ohene Cornelius, Sam Amidon, and more.

Mount Moriah's H.C. McEntire releasing solo debut, touring w/ Justin Townes Earle

The album features Angel Olsen, William Tyler, Mary Lattimore, Tift Merritt, Phil Cook, and more, plus “special guidance” from Kathleen Hanna.

Hiss Golden Messenger announces new LP 'Hallelujah Anyhow' & tour

Hiss Golden Messenger will release new album Hallelujah Anyhow on September 22 via Merge. His fall tour includes two nights at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom.

Trans-Pecos fest: 2017 lineup & tix (Wilco, Jenny Lewis & more)

Wilco, Jenny Lewis, Lee Ann Womack, Robert Ellis, and Hurray for the Riff Raff are among the artists announced in the initial lineup of the 2017 Trans Pecos Festival of Music & Love which happens September 28 – October 1 at El Cosmico in Marfa, TX…

The Suitcase Junket, a one-man band with found objects, releasing debut (listen)

The Suitcase Junket is the fitting name of Western Massachusetts musician Matt Lorenz. It’s the kind of thing where you imagine this guy must literally carry around a suitcase where he pulls out enough instruments for a four-piece band, Mary Poppins style. Maybe a little more impressive is the fact that he’s largely procured these instruments out of found and repurposed objects and has figured out how to play them all as a four-piece band by himself, further powered by his overtone throat singing…

Hiss Golden Messenger releasing 'Heart Like A Levee,' touring (dates, stream)

Hiss Golden Messenger will follow 2014’s great Lateness of Dancers with a new album, Heart Like a Levee, on October 7 via Merge. The album was produced by main HGM member M.C. Taylor along with Bradley Cook, and it features contributions from brothers Phil and Bradley Cook…

Andrew Bird played 2 shows at Rough Trade w/ Tift Merritt (pics, setlist from early show)

Andrew Bird played two sold out shows at Rough Trade on Saturday (6/7), marking the beginning of his tour supporting Things Are Really Great Here Sort of, his new short LP comprised of Handsome Family covers…

Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2014 free show lineup (Americanafest, Jose Gonzalez, Pete Seeger memorial, Roberta Flack & more)

The 2014 season of Lincoln Center‘s free Out of Doors festival happens over three weeks this summer, from July 20 – August 10 at various outdoor venues in and around Lincoln Center…
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