Paris gives new life to singer Tift Merritt

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 some possibilities, and set out on what she figured would be a two-week vacation.

Instead, it turned into an adventure of more than three months that refreshed her personally and professionally. The results can be heard on her new disc, “Another Country,” made up of songs written on a piano in a Paris apartment.