Today Yep Roc will release the Digital Deluxe version of the Limited Edition CD of Tift Merritt’s Stitch of the World which was released earlier this year to rave reviews.
The deluxe version features three bonus tracks. “Stitch of the World” and “Something Came Over Me” are acoustic duet versions of the album tracks featuring Sam Beam and “Day He Died” is a previously unreleased song.
Listen and share “Day He Died”
“The night J.J. Cale died, I made a list of the what was lost when he left. His laugh, his touch. How he smoked, his struggles, the lines in his hands. How he got a guitar to make a tone just so” explains Tift.
“We live in a time where taking pictures of a place is somehow equivalent to knowing a place intimately, but that’s a lie. What we do have the privilege of knowing intimately is the first hand, off hand of our own days. Regrets, skinned knees, what we tell ourselves. Where did J.J. Cale go in his vulnerable moments and where is that place now? When a mark dissolves, there is no remembering it perfectly, no matter how carefully memorized in mind. All of that first hand fell through the hands of the world when J.J. Cale died. I wish I had known him. Only a blackbird knows where he is now. “
Stitch of the World, Merritt’s sixth studio album was written on a friend’s farm in Marfa, Texas, at Merritt’s California cabin and in New York City in the wake of several major changes in her life. The album was recorded in Los Angeles while Merritt was six months pregnant, after which she relocated to her hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina.
Buy the digital deluxe version: https://lnk.to/stitchdeluxe
Tift Merritt will be touring the UK and Ireland in October starting off with two headline shows and supporting Jason Isbell from 25th October in the UK and Europe. See all dates below:
Tift Merritt Dates
North American Tour Dates
29th April – Merlefest – Wilkesboro, NC
8th May – The Musical Instrument Museum – Phoenix, AZ
10th May – Bootleg Front Room – Los Angeles, CA
11th May – Swedish American Hall – San Francisco, CA
13th May – Mississippi Studios – Portland, OR
14th May – The Triple Door – Seattle, WA
16th May – The Soiled Dove – Denver, CO
14th July – Vancouver Folk Music Festival – Vancouver, Canada
15th July – Vancouver Folk Music Festival – Vancouver, Canada
16th July – Vancouver Folk Music Festival – Vancouver, Canada
18th August – Philadelphia Folk Festival – Philadelphia, PA
19th August – Philadelphia Folk Festival – Philadelphia, PA
20th August – Philadelphia Folk Festival – Philadelphia, PA
European Tour Dates
23rd October – Omeara, London (headline show)
24th October – St. Barnabas – Oxford (headline show)
25th October – Albert Hall – Manchester *
26th October – O2 ABC – Glasgow *
27th October – Olympia Theatre – Dublin *
29th October – Brighton Dome – Brighton *
30th October – Roundhouse – London *
31st October – Symphony Hall, Birmingham *
2nd Nov – Paris, FR – Le Cafe de la Danse *
3rd Nov – Brussels, BE – Ancienne Belgique *
6th Nov – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso *
7th Nov – Hamburg, DE – Uebel & Gefahrlich *
8th Nov – Berlin, DE – Columbia Theatre *
10th Nov – Oslo, NO – Sentrum Scene *
12th Nov – Stockholm, SE – Muchenbryggeriet *
14th Nov – Copenhagen, DK – DR Concert Hall *
17th Nov – Madrid, ES – Boite Live (headline show)
18th Nov – Barcelona, ES – Rocksound (headline show)
19th Nov – Lisbon, PT – Music Box (headline show)
* Supporting Jason Isbell