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WILLIAMSTOWN >> Singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt admitted recently that his 3-disc masterpiece, "69 Love Songs," took a while to write. "Well, all my life in that I had a lot of song fragments just ...

The roots traditions that inform Tift Merritt’s music are simple and straightforward, but her results are rarely predictable. Beyond the eclectic flavors of rock and soul that regularly sneak into her ...

I. Merritt Singer, Jr. was born August 28, 1931, in Corpus Christi, TX and passed away September 18, 2023. He is survived by his four daughters: Judith Burnham (Paul), Beverly Singer, Linda Blumberg ...

The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter titled her latest album Traveling Alone — a reference, she says, to the value of being self-sustaining. Tift Merritt: A Singer With An Outsider's Heart ...

Worn down a bit by work, singer Tift Merritt poured herself a glass of wine one night, sat at the computer and typed “Paris,” “apartment” and “piano” into an Internet search engine. She quickly found ...

Stephin Merritt, the singer-songwriter best known as the frontman of the band the Magnetic Fields, pays poetic homage to the likes of “oe,” “xu,” and “ka,” those wee words that can crush a Scrabble ...

In 1850, it was said that the person who built a better sewing machine could make a fortune. Isaac M. Singer made a fortune by creating a product so successful that his name is still identified with ...

All are invited to a Celebration of Life and reception for Merritt Singer on Wednesday, February 7th at 3:00 P.M. at St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church in Breckenridge. I. Merritt Singer, Jr. was ...