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Andrew Calhoun
Andrew Calhoun
American singer-songwriter
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Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird
American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
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Over the Rhine
Over the Rhine
American musical group
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The Turtles
The Turtles
American rock band led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman
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The Byrds
The Byrds
American rock band
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Roger McGuinn
Roger McGuinn
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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William Pint and Felicia Dale
William Pint and Felicia Dale
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Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams
American rock, folk, blues, and country music singer, songwriter and musician
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The Kennedys
The Kennedys
American folk-rock band
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Jerry Douglas
Jerry Douglas
American musician
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Diana Jones
Diana Jones
American singer-songwriter
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Chris Hillman
Chris Hillman
American musician
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The Mammals
The Mammals
band
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Dave Carter
Dave Carter
American musician
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The Desert Rose Band
The Desert Rose Band
band
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I See Hawks In L.A.
I See Hawks In L.A.
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Danny Byrd
Danny Byrd
British DJ, record producer, musician
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Eliza Carthy
Eliza Carthy
English folk musician
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Hugh Blumenfeld
Hugh Blumenfeld
American musician
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
American band
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Valerie June
Valerie June
American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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Ellis Paul
Ellis Paul
American singer-songwriter and musician
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Robyn Hitchcock
Robyn Hitchcock
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Nicolai Dunger
Nicolai Dunger
singer
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Ian & Sylvia
Ian & Sylvia
Canadian musical duo
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Chris Thile
Chris Thile
American musician and radio personality.
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John Paul White
John Paul White
American singer-songwriter
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Iain Matthews
Iain Matthews
English musician and songwriter
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Tyler Childers
Tyler Childers
American country musician
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Bryn Haworth
Bryn Haworth
English singer and guitarist
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Herman Dune
Herman Dune
band
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Greg Brown
Greg Brown
folk musician
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Yazoo
Yazoo
British synthpop duo
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Elizabeth Mitchell
Elizabeth Mitchell
American singer
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Jim & Jesse
Jim & Jesse
American bluegrass duo
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Jeff Lorber
Jeff Lorber
American keyboardist, composer, and record producer
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Zero 7
Zero 7
English musical duo
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Arborea
Arborea
American band
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Promise of the Real
Promise of the Real
American band
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Homer and Jethro
Homer and Jethro
band
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The Incredible String Band
The Incredible String Band
British psychedelic folk band
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Syd Matters
Syd Matters
French band fronted by musician Jonathan Morali
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Rose Kemp
Rose Kemp
British musician
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Sharissa
Sharissa
American singer
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Chad & Jeremy
Chad & Jeremy
English band
Jonathan Byrd
American singer-songwriter

Jonathan Byrd

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Jonathan Byrd (born 1970 in 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.

Jonathan Byrd teamed up with Chris Kokesh after meeting her at the Americana Song Academy and the duo released a self-titled album under the name The Barn Birds in 2013.

In 2014, Byrd released You Can't Outrun The Radio, a collection of songs inspired by an impromptu song circle in 2009 at the Green Room in Montreal.