Alice Merton performs at August Hall in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 2018. Photos: Steve Carlson. SAN FRANCISCO — As danceable as the songs of Alice Merton are, starting with her first smash hit, “No Roots,” to subsequent tunes like “Holes,” “Lash Out” and “Hit the Ground Running,” the…

Alice Merton, courtesy. Alice Merton has had nine homes since she was born. She was born in Frankfurt, Germany, but her parents soon moved to Connecticut, and then again to Ontario, Canada. When she was 13, they moved back to Germany after bouts of homesickness; this time to Munich,…