| This Is the New That | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Jonathan Byrd |
| Cover: | Byrd_This-That.jpg |
| Released: | March 21, 2007 |
| Recorded: | 2006 |
| Genre: | folk, folk-rock singer-songwriter |
| Label: | Waterbug Records |
| Prev Title: | The Sea and the Sky |
| Prev Year: | 2004 |
| Next Title: | Radio Soul |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
This Is the New That is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Jonathan Byrd. It was officially released on March 21, 2007, although it's online availability began in late December 2006.[1] 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, Anaïs Mitchell, The Beatles & Merle Haggard.[2]
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.[3]
Mastering of the CD was completed in early October 2006,[4] and tracks from the disc began receiving its first U.S. airplay later that month.[5] Also, the track, "The Cocaine Kid" received airplay in Europe as early as January 2007.[6]
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