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Artist | Tift Merritt
Title | Traveling Alone
Genre | Folk/Rock Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 44:09
Label | Yep Roc Records Store | 2012
Catalog | YEP-2291 Rip | 2016
Bitrate | 227 kbps Size | 75.74 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Traveling Alone 4:44
02. Sweet Spot 2:50
03. Drifted Apart 3:34
04. Still Not Home 3:48
05. Feeling Of Beauty 4:01
06. Too Soon To Go 4:35
07. Small Talk Relations 3:23
08. Spring 4:21
09. To Myself 3:34
10. In The Way 3:35
11. Marks 5:44
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Singer/songwriter Tift Merritt seemingly appeared out of nowhere in the
spring of 2002 with her acclaimed debut album Bramble Rose, but as is often
the case, this triple-threat artist - a gifted singer, superb songwriter,
and skillful guitarist - actually has plenty of experience under her belt.
Born in Houston, Texas, in 1975, Merritt's family moved to North Carolina
when she was young and she's lived there ever since. Merritt first
developed an interest in music when she was a child and learned to sing
harmonies with her father, who had dabbled in folk music in his younger
days; in her early teens, she picked up a guitar and her dad taught her her
first four chords. While Merritt was drawn to the rebellious spirit of punk
and indie rock, she felt a greater emotional connection with more
acoustic-oriented artists, particularly Joni Mitchell (Merritt once told a
reporter, 'I went through a Joni Mitchell phase - and all girls go through
a Joni Mitchell phase; if any girl tells you she never did, don't believe
her').
If Tift Merritt's body of work so far has shown anything, itÆs that she
seems incapable of making an uninteresting or emotionally dishonest record,
and she can work in a number of different ways and still sound like
herself. "Traveling Alone", Merritt's fifth studio album, was recorded in
Brooklyn with producer Tucker Martine, and for these sessions, Merritt and
her studio band cut the bulk of the material live in the studio, with a
group of stellar accompanists including Marc Ribot on guitar, John
Convertino on percussion, Eric Heywood on pedal steel, and Jay Brown on
bass. The close interaction of the musicians is a large part of the sound
of "Traveling Alone" - hearing them kick into gear in the intro to "Still
Not Home" is a thrill - but despite having a band of top-flight players
behind her, Merritt is very much the focus of "Traveling Alone" throughout,
and sheÆs in typically excellent form.
The title cut is a bittersweet meditation on the joys of solitude, and much
of "Traveling Alone" concerns itself with freedom and following oneÆs own
path, for better ('To Myself') or for worse ('Still Not Home'), and
Merritt's lyrics are eloquent with an artful touch that doesnÆt compromise
their sincerity and direct focus, while her strong but elegant melodies are
a fine match. As a vocalist, Merritt continues to go from strength to
strength, and the purity of her instrument and the intelligence of her
phrasing, as well her sure-footed musical instincts, suggest sheÆs maturing
into the Emmylou Harris of her generation. And with guest vocalist Andrew
Bird doing his best Roy Orbison impression alongside Merritt's lead,
"Drifted Apart" is the best ballad of broken hearts to appear so far in
2012. "Traveling Alone" feels more spontaneous and immediate than most of
Tift Merritt's previous work, but itÆs no less beautiful or affecting for
it, and it offers further evidence that Merritt is as good a
singer/songwriter as anyone working the form these days.
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