Jonathan Byrd And Dromedary

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Jonathan Byrd released his first CD, Wildflowers, in late 2001. With spare production, these simple tales of love and death seemed to be a hundred years old or more. Folk legend Tom Paxton discovered Byrd's music online and wrote, "What a treat to hear someone so deeply rooted in tradition, yet growing in his own beautiful way." One of the original tunes from this album entitled "Velma" has become somewhat of a "new standard," as other touring musicians -- like Jack Lawrence and Larry Keel - play this modern-day murder ballad in their live sets. Songs from Byrd's second release, The Waitress won the prestigious New Folk competition in Kerrville, TX, and the folk community responded. The Waitress reached #22 on the folkradio.org chart, and folk-mag Sing Out! printed the words and music for the song "The Ballad of Larry" and included it on their CD sampler. By 2003, Byrd had gotten the attention of writers like Scott Alarik (from the Boston Globe and author of the hip new folk travelogue, Deep Community), who called Jonathan "the most buzzed-about new songwriter in folkdom." The critically acclaimed world-music duo known as Dromedary is known for their exciting live shows and artful compositions. In the last two years, these young musicians have been featured on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, toured the East and West Coasts heavily, released 2 albums, composed music for 3 films (including the 2004 Sundance Film Festival's "Dirty Work" co-produced by Edward N

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The Sea and the Sky

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The Sea & The Sky

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Sea The Sky

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Crowd Around The Mic - Wncw Vol.9

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Vote in November: Anti-Theft Device

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The Sea & The Sky (Disc 1 of 12)

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The Sea And The Sky (Disc 1 of 12)

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This Is The New That

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Club Passim 9/23/04

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Vote In November Anti-Theft Device

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Waterbug Anthology 7

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"On The Tide Afloat"

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