Jonathan Byrd (musician)

Jonathan Byrd (musician)

Infobox Musical artist


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Jonathan Byrd
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Born = 1970, Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.
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Origin = Carrboro, North Carolina
Instrument = vocals, guitar
Genre = country, folk
singer-songwriter
world, folk-rock
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Years_active = 2000 - present
Label = Waterbug Records
Associated_acts = Dromedary
Diana Jones
Greg Klyma
Karen Mal
Anais Mitchell
URL = [http://www.jonathanbyrd.com jonathanbyrd.com]
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Jonathan Byrd (born 1970 Fayetteville, North Carolina) is an American singer-songwriter based in Carrboro, North Carolina. He is best known for his narrative tales of love, life, and death in America. In 2003, he was among the winners of the New Folk competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival. He set a record for CD sales at the festival that year, making more sales than the main stage acts. His song, "The Ballad of Larry" has been listed a "Top Rated Song" by Americana-UK. He primarily performs solo and accompanies himself in a variety of traditional acoustic guitar styles. His recordings have featured a variety of instrumental ensembles and typically include one or more instrumental tracks that feature Byrd’s skillful flatpicking technique. Occasionally he also appears with the Athens, Georgia based world music duo, Dromedary.

Discography

Albums

*"Wildflowers" (2001, Waterbug Records)
*"The Waitress" (2002, Waterbug Records)
*"The Sea and The Sky", with Dromedary (2004, Waterbug Records)
*"This Is The New That" (March 2007, Waterbug Records)
*"Radio Soul", with Diana Jones (May 2007)
*"The Law and the Lonesome" (May 2008, Waterbug Records)

Other recordings

*"You Better Keep An Eye On Him", with Dromedary on "" (Waterbug compilation, 2004)
*"Breathless" on "" (Waterbug compilation, 2006)
*"Live at the Saxon Pub", with Greg Klyma (download of live show, 2006)
* "Cut 'em Down", a song by Byrd, recorded by Mission Street Project for "Liberty Tree: Songs from the American Kitchen, Vol. 1" (2006, Hudson Harding)
* "White Cloud", a song by Byrd recorded by Karen Mal for "The Space Between" (2007, Waterbug); Mal and Byrd also co-wrote the album's title track.

Further reading

*Eshleman, Annette C., "Linen Lites: Jonathan Byrd - Learning the Rules ... and Breaking Them", "Dirty Linen", 119, August-September 2005, p.12-13
*Watroba, Matt, [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-121536225.html "Jonathan Byrd & Dromedary: forces of nature"] , "Sing Out!", 48:3, Fall 2004, p.20-23 (link requires subscription to highbeam.com)
*Wood, Arthur, [http://www.visnat.com/entertainment/music/folkwax/mp3/bio.cfm?artistnumber=1078 "Born into the Whisper" (Jonathan Byrd bio)] , "FolkWax" (link requires free subscription)
*Grant, Rick, [http://www.mycw17.com/index.php/entertainment/musicarticles/catchy_songs_with_true_grit/ "Catchy Songs with True Grit"] , "EU Jacksonville", March 2008

External links

* [http://www.jonathanbyrd.com Jonathan Byrd] , official homepage
* [http://waterbug.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=25&osCsid=7f76b71a169c734ce2f1c2ec36565357 Jonathan Byrd] at Waterbug Records
* [http://www.myspace.com/jonathanbyrd Jonathan Byrd] at MySpace
* [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=jonathanbyrd Jonathan Byrd] at YouTube
* [http://www.fishrecords.co.uk/reviews/theseaandthesky.htm Album review] at Fishrecords


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