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This Is the New That

This Is the New That
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Studio album by Jonathan Byrd
Released March 21, 2007
Recorded 2006
Genre folk, folk-rock
singer-songwriter
Label Waterbug Records
Jonathan Byrd chronology
The Sea and the Sky
(2004)The Sea and the Sky2004
This Is the New That
(2007)
Radio Soul
(2007)Radio Soul2007
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Dirty Linen favorable
FolkWax 9/10
NetRhythms favorable
Rambles unfavorable
Valley Advocate favorable

This Is the New That is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Jonathan Byrd. It was officially released March 21, 2007, although online availability began in late December 2006. While Byrd's earlier recordings have been in more of a traditional folk vein ranging at times from bluegrass to world music, this release places Byrd's song craft in somewhat more of a rock setting. According to Byrd, some of his diverse influences here include Bob Dylan, Anais Mitchell, The Beatles & Merle Haggard.

Byrd is joined by a number of musicians. Collaborators from his previous disc, Rob McMaken and Andrew Reissiger of the Athens, Georgia-based world music duo, Dromedary join him again on this recording, however, this time they bring in amped up electric guitars rather than their usual assortment of exotic instruments.

Mastering of the CD was completed in early October 2006, and tracks from the disc began receiving its first U.S. airplay later that month. Also, the track, "The Cocaine Kid" received airplay in Europe as early as January, 2007.

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