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Maybelle Carter, playing her autoharp, performs with her daughter, Helen. Robert Alexander/Getty Images hide caption

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For Women Musicians, Maybelle Carter Set The Standard And Broke The Mold

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Tift Merritt On Mountain Stage

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Tift Merritt performs in the World Cafe studio. Galea McGregor/WXPN hide caption

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Tift Merritt On World Cafe

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Hiss Golden Messenger with Tift Merritt and Eric Heywood. John Vettese/WXPN hide caption

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Sense Of Place North Carolina: Hiss Golden Messenger With Tift Merritt

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Classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein (left) and singer-songwriter Tift Merrit collaborate on the new album Night. Lisa Marie Mazzucco/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Merritt And Dinnerstein: Bridging Their Worlds

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Simone Dinnerstein (left) and Tift Merritt's new album, Night, comes out March 19. Lisa-Marie Mazzucco/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Simone Dinnerstein & Tift Merritt, 'Night'

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Classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein and singer-songwriter Tift Merritt have an album coming out in March. Sony Classical hide caption

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Tift Merritt's latest album is called Traveling Alone. Parker Fitzgerald/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Tift Merritt: A Singer With An Outsider's Heart

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Pianist Simone Dinnerstein has a passion for rhythmically free musical lines. Lisa Marie Mazzucco/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Guest DJ: Simone Dinnerstein

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Tift Merritt appears on World Cafe in support of her fourth full-length album, See You on the Moon. Frank Rothenberg hide caption

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Web Extra: 'Engine To Turn'

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In "Mixtape," Tift Merritt captures the nostalgia attached to the plastic representation of young and uncertain love. Jason Frank Rothenberg hide caption

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'Mixtape' by Tift Merritt

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Listen Now: Tift Merritt in Concert

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Tift Merritt Finds 'Another Country'

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