After two records and a Grammy nomination, Tift Merritt took hiatus with a piano in Paris and came home with her best and most personal songs to date. Merritt describes the writing as a plain spoken look at the distance we all attempt to cross: between two people, between one heart and the rest of the world.
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Just your typical small-town success story: The alt-country singer-songwriter labored on the North Carolina club scene for a few years until Lost Highway took note, and before you knew it, debut LP Bramble Rose was one of 2002's most highly regarded records. No wonder Merritt took a "hiatus" (after successful follow-up Tambourine) to Paris and beyond to compose the haunting, delicate melodies herein.