Tift Merritt with Ben Weaver at Cedar

From United States

First Twin Cities show since since August 1, 2012 • First Cedar show since April 30, 2011 • First headlining show since August 1, 2010 • First Cedar headlining show since April 6, 2008 • Ninth Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since March 12, 2005

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From last.fm:

Catherine Tift Merritt (born January 8, 1975, in Houston, Texas, but moved to Raleigh, North Carolina soon after) is a critically acclaimed American singer-songwriter, musician. She is currently based in New York. Merritt's father taught her guitar chords and Percy Sledge songs. She began her professional career in 1998 with her band The Carbines playing small clubs. In her early twenties, though Tift had gigged by herself, she decided she was not very good at music and better suited for writing short stories. Read more about Tift Merritt on Last.fm.

From Minnesota

First Twin Cities show since since March 4, 2011 • First Cedar show since April 23, 2010 • 22nd Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since July 28, 2006

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From last.fm:

“I only have one rule when it comes to songwriting. That is: whenever I have an idea I stop whatever I am doing and I write it down.” So goes the life of Ben Weaver. And though the Eugene, Oregon-born songwriter spends more time in his basement getting those ideas down than is likely proper or healthy, it’s hard to argue with the results – evocative, hushed songs populated by birds, phone booths, lovers, empty parking lots, friends, shoppers in the checkout line, and plastic bags stuck in trees. Read more about Ben Weaver on Last.fm.