Performance
Date
Saturday,
June 6
Evening Concert - Kennedy Outdoor Theater
2003
Kerrville New Folk Award Winner!
A
native of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Jonathan grew
up singing in the Southern Baptist church, where his
father preached and his mother played piano. After
four years in the Navy, he returned to Chapel Hill
to play in rock bands in that legendary underground
music scene. A friend of Jonathan's invited him to
an old-time fiddle festival in the mountains of
southwest Virginia, where his writing began to
change. Assimilating the sounds of southern
traditional music, Byrd wrote new songs in an
ancient style.
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"Jonathan
Byrd doesn’t sing songs;
he sings truth."
-
performingsongwriter.com -
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"Jonathan's delightful, substantive songs are
rich with imagery and textures of influences from
Appalachian, country, early American balladry,
modern atmospheric Mideastern, urban and old timey
folk music. A stalwart of modern folk music,
Jonathan is constantly evolving in new musical
directions and each incarnation has proven to be
masterful. Like a gourmet chef, Jonathan does not
create the same dish twice, so we're not sure what
he will bring to the table tonight. But if music
were a meal, Jonathan would prepare us a banquet.
Catch this Kerrville New Folk winner as often as you
can; you'll never get 'full', your appetite will
only grow."
-Uncle Calvin's Coffeehouse, Dallas, TX
For
more information on Jonathan, visit www.jonathanbyrd.com
