Tift Merritt

For the better part of 10 minutes Friday night, at his first of two NYC shows, Andrew Bird, he the all-world whistler/musical alchemist, said not a word...

Montreal's Patrick Watson is opening for Andrew Bird on his current tour which hits NYC Friday night (5/4) at Beacon Theatre. (Tift Merrit is opening the Saturday 5/5 show at the same venue...

Andrew Bird @ Tarrytown Music Hall (NY) in October (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Andrew Bird will pack-up the horsehair and steel (that makes playing the violin sound so burly...

The Jayhawks at Webster Hall in January (more by Kurt Christensen) The Jayhawks are currently on a European tour that ends later this month...

"Dear friends, Yes. That was me singing with Levon Helm & Emmylou & so many friends in Central Park. One of those nights you hold onto." - Tift Merritt Levon Helm, Emmylou Harris and Hayes Carll played Summerstage last night (7/18)...

After a slight rain delay, alt country chanteuse Tift Merritt played a 90 minute free show in NYC's Madison Square Park last night (6/22)...

The Bottom Line presents New York on my Mind tonight (6/22) at World Financial Center Winter Garden. The free River to River show was originally scheduled to take place in Rockefeller Park but has been moved due to weather...

& Ted Barron DOWNLOAD: Tift Merritt & Norman Blake - Thirteen (Big Star) (MP3) Tift Merritt's is now on tour with Stephen Kellogg, and though tickets are unfotunately sold-out for their show at City Winery (May 6th), she has added another NYC show and this time it's FREE...

DOWNLOAD: Daniel Martin Moore - Dark Road (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Daniel Martin Moore - In the Cool of the Day (MP3) Jessica Lea Mayfield's new Dan Auerbach-produced album, Tell Me, was released by Nonesuch Records on February 8, and since then she's tourned with Justin Townes Earle, and the Avett Brothers, and played a few shows in Austin for SXSW, one of which was an American Songwriter showcase which is where the pictures in this post come from...

John Wesley Harding and Eugene Mirman at LPR in 2009 (more by Tim Griffin)"I wanted to bring together my novel writing friends (who mostly envy my musician friends) and my musician friends (who mostly envy my novel writing friends) under one flag," says John Wesley Harding...