Dirk Powell, “When I Wait For You” (Boussole)
Because Dirk Powell loves and honors classical music on this beautiful album, his promise to banish a favorite category from his repertoire is powerful.
In the ballad “I Ain’t Play Pretty Polly”, Powell promises to play melodies about the violence that opposes women.Men with old styles like “Knoxville Girl” and “Rosalie McFall” “don’t deserve their stories to be told.”Powell sings, combining a metoo-timed feeling with his enduring sound.
Powell is a Louisiana-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentist, and his new album, “When I Wait for You,” is animated through cajun and Celtic roots, and more.There are rustic echoes of The Band, whose self-titled album released the year Powell was born, and his voice recalls Levon Helm and Richard Manuel.Other tracks look like extra curtains from Harry Smith’s 1950s folk anthology, but surprisingly, 12 of the thirteen songs are original compositions.
“I Ain’t Play Pretty Polly” is the only news.” Say Old Playmate,” a lament about childhood intolerance, skillfully combines a sweet melody and an unhappy story.Powell also sings about the fate of the draw, pulls and loosens the path and stages of love.
Guests come with Rhiannon Giddens and Sara and Sean Watkins, but it’s Powell’s show.He has spent much of his career as a flexible companion, and here he presents his talent in acoustic and electric guitar, violin, banjo, bass, mandolin, accordion and keyboards, with his visible roots.
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