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Simone Dinnerstein, Tift Merrit - EPK
Simone Dinnerstein, Tift Merrit - Colors
Simone Dinnerstein, Tift Merrit - Only in Songs / Night and Dreams
Tift Merritt - Full Session - 1/11/2017 - Paste Studios

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02/22/2014 - Norton Center for the Arts / Danville, KY
1 Merritt: Only in Songs
2 Schubert: Night and Dreams
3 Holiday: Don't Explain
4 Purcell: Dido's Lament
5 Mehldau: I Shall Weep at Night
6 Wayfaring Stranger
7 Bach: Prelude in B minor
8 Merritt: Still Not Home
9 I Will Give My Love An Apple
10 Merritt: Colors
11 Felsenfeld: The Cohen Variations
12 Griffin: Night
13 Merritt: Feel of the World
14 Nash: I Can See Clearly Now
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Pianist Simone Dinnerstein and singer-songwriter Tift Merritt join forces for the first time on NIGHT, a unique collaboration uniting folk, rock and classical worlds, exploring common terrain and uncovering new musical landscapes. With music by Merritt, Patty Griffin, Brad Mehldau, J. S. Bach, Franz Schubert, Henry Purcell, Daniel Felsenfeld, Johnny Nash, & Billie Holiday, the album is available on Sony Classical. Recorded at the Academy of Arts and Letters in New York by Grammy-winning producers Adam Abeshouse and Ryan Freeland, supporting the album launch of 'NIGHT', Dinnerstein and Merritt will be performing live in Munich, New York, Durham NC, Tampa, and Saratoga in Spring NY in 2013.

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    Posted At: March 28, 2017

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    Posted At: February 4, 2017

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    Posted At: January 23, 2017

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    Posted At: October 17, 2016

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    Posted At: February 27, 2016

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    Posted At: February 4, 2016

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    Posted At: July 31, 2013

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