Dirk Powell

Dirk Powell
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Styles: Appalachian Folk, Alternative Country-Rock, Traditional Bluegrass, Contemporary Bluegrass
Biography: He's considered one of the world's leading experts on traditional Appalachian fiddle and banjo styles, along with carrying on the traditions of his late and legendary father-in-law Dewey Balfa as the accordion player in the Cajun group Balfa Toujours. But fiddler/banjo player/accordionist Dirk Powell ...Read full biography
Hand Me Down
Released: 1999
Label: Rounder Records
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Solo albums are often an exercise in ego. Often, without a band to limit an artist's excesses, solo records promise more than they ever deliver. Welcome then, to the exception. Dirk Powell, the 30-something ...Read full review
Time Again
Released: 2004
Label: Rounder Records
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There is not really anyone else like Dirk Powell on the American folk scene. An accomplished clawhammer banjo player, fiddler, and guitarist with a command of about a dozen different Appalachian traditions, ...Read full review
More Dirk Powell albums: Main Albums (3)
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