About this episode

Tift Merritt returns to discuss her new album 'Sugar' and her experiences as a musician.

Grammy-nominated North Carolinian singer/songwriter Tift Merritt returns to our podcast to discuss Sugar (One Riot records), her first new album of original material in nearly a decade, but of course the conversation always goes much deeper than the record, which is why "T-Bird" is one of our favorite guests. The Record Store Day Podcast is a weekly music chat show written, produced, engineered , and hosted by Paul Myers , who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music. Executive Producers (for Record Store Day) Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton . Please consider subscribing to our podcast wherever you get podcasts, and tell your friends, we're here every week and we love making new friends!

People in this episode

Host: Paul Myers

Guest: Tift Merritt

Topics covered

• music
• album release
• interview
• songwriting
• artist discussion

Keywords

• Tift Merritt
• Sugar
• album
• music interview
• songwriter
• Grammy-nominated

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: One Riot records, Record Store Day

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