Concert: Tift Merritt, "Good Hearted Man"
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For the first time ever, Pandora is now presenting original and exclusive concert clips. Tuesday through Friday, each morning a new song will appear from the week's featured artist. Our first artist is Tift Merritt. Here she accompanies herself on a Fender Rhodes electric piano and sings "Good Hearted Man" from her second album, Tambourine. Here is Tift Merritt's artist profile on Pandora.
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Comments
there are some really fantastic beats with christian salsa playing in fl.on saturday @ noon till 3 called fiesta tropical on 88.3 fm. I noticed you did not have any in this genre. Also why does a song skip so quickly without a chance to hear if I like it! Thanks, How do I select a foreign language on an artist or do you not offer that yet?
Posted by: linda at November 13, 2008 01:13 PM
WOW!!!! Masterfully done! I'll be looking for more songs from you.
Posted by: Craig at November 13, 2008 02:53 PM
Nice voice. Sounds a little like Carole King
Posted by: kathy at November 13, 2008 02:53 PM
it's beautiful music
Posted by: dan at November 13, 2008 02:54 PM
Eh. I think she has potential, but she ain't all that. She isn't sultry enough, but let's see what happens with this "Good Hearted Man" ten years from now, lol. Maybe then she'll sing a real blues song and with more feeling. Right now everything seems a little forced.
Posted by: Cassidy at November 13, 2008 02:54 PM
that was beautiful
Posted by: chanel at November 13, 2008 02:55 PM
OMG... what a gorgeous voice.
Posted by: Big Al at November 13, 2008 03:51 PM
Anybody else hear some Janis Joplin here? Tift's voice has a real soulful sound/feel to it with that raspy edge to some of her phrasings�liked it very much. Keep it coming.
Posted by: John at November 14, 2008 10:21 PM
Beautiful voice/song! I like her.
P.S. What are those "Pandora tiles" on the wall behind her? I would love a poster like that! Or, I'd settle for a desktop wallpaper with my favorite artists :)
Posted by: Renee at November 15, 2008 12:30 AM
...just great! ...I really enjoyed listening Tift! ... Congrats!
Posted by: Lalo - Puerto Rico at November 15, 2008 08:46 AM
You need the horns. I don't know why she bothers to perform this song in new arrangements - the album cut with the horns is the best this is going to sound.
Posted by: Dan at November 15, 2008 08:53 AM
dan,
you're a doofus. must every performer be sultry to be good. gee and uh er...grow up.
Posted by: hutch at November 16, 2008 12:41 PM
I'm in Love...
Posted by: Doug at November 16, 2008 01:06 PM
Sublime
Posted by: Carl Craven at November 17, 2008 02:17 AM
Saw Tift play in Minneapolis this year.
Waiting / wanting her to comeback soon.
Selfishly I hope she still plays small venues.
Posted by: MN Fan at November 17, 2008 01:46 PM
She and her music are absoultely beautiful!!
Posted by: Michael at November 17, 2008 02:29 PM
Thanks for watching, guys! I'm glad to hear you're enjoying her songs at least a bit as much as I am.
Posted by: Seal at November 17, 2008 02:33 PM
she sounds a lot like Norah Jones, but honestly speaking i have about as much talent as she does and I'm only 16
Posted by: callie at November 17, 2008 09:44 PM
Very nice indeed, and beautifully delivered.
BTW, I'M a good-hearted man, if you're still looking!
Posted by: Bartbrn at January 6, 2009 01:01 PM
videoi
Posted by: shivaji singh at January 21, 2009 01:22 AM
oh my gosh it was lovely like an angel voice.
Posted by: nathy at January 26, 2009 04:51 PM
party vioce she should tryout for Amercian ID
Posted by: Deddeh at January 28, 2009 07:25 PM
thank you
Posted by: colnaze at January 30, 2009 08:58 AM
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Att: Lenis
La Colombiana...
Posted by: lenis at February 4, 2009 07:56 PM
muzika
Posted by: vukman at February 23, 2009 11:48 AM
i love this song because it mean alot and i no there will be a good heart man that will come in to my life and i hope we might get married
Posted by: michelle at February 24, 2009 11:14 AM
Very nice vocal tone but very difficult to understand the lyrics. Sorry. Good luck.
Posted by: Rocknurse at March 16, 2009 02:58 PM
I love the music
Posted by: nelmery at May 2, 2009 12:32 PM
hip hop
Posted by: danijel at May 11, 2009 02:39 PM
Sounds to me like Brandi Carlisle acoustic folk...raspy and raw. Intimate. I love it. Glad to have her!! :)
Posted by: jenna at May 26, 2009 09:21 PM
Proprio OK!! brava e complimenti, Antonio
Posted by: Antonio at July 7, 2009 05:22 PM
Hello everyone. Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.
I am from Guinea and now study English, give please true I wrote the following sentence: "When neal was then related at the nose of the direct, he is orphaned lasting himself with his years."
Regards :-D Asha.
Posted by: Asha at September 8, 2009 12:09 PM
music is the food for the soul gays lets support it 100%
Posted by: caroline at September 19, 2009 05:22 AM
so grate so smart so fantastic
Posted by: restaurant at September 26, 2009 04:46 AM
Janis Joplin in Tune
Posted by: asboxers at October 10, 2009 10:22 AM
IT;S GOOOOOOOOOOD!
Posted by: PEYMAN at October 13, 2009 10:03 PM
VERY GOOD;;THIS MY LOVE.OH;NO LOVE IS LIFE.pemy
Posted by: PEYMAN at October 13, 2009 10:10 PM
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