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Download pre-rel from Tift Merritt's 'Stitch Of The World' on 98.9: WCLZ - Portland ME

Grammy nominated  - Tift Merritt's new album Stitch of the World will be released - January 27 on Yep Roc Records. Merritt's sixth studio album, Stitch of the World 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. Merritt workshopped the songs on Stitch of the World with longtime friend Sam Beam of Iron & Wine after bumping in to him in an airport. The album was recorded in Los Angeles while Merritt was six months pregnant, after which she relocated to her hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina."Dusty Old Man," the album's first single, recently premiered via Rolling Stone Country, who said, "Powered by guitars from Marc Ribot and pedal-steel wiz Eric Heywood over a bouncy shuffle rhythm from drummer Jay Bellerose and bassist Jennifer Condos, ‘Dusty Old Man' has more of a bluesy, loose-limbed feel than anything Merritt has ever done

This week's 98.9: WCLZ - Portland ME free download is "Wait For Me" from Tift Merritt featuring Sam Beam. Merritt's new album, Stitch Of The World, is out Friday.