Powell & Savoy + Prison Love in Dublin, 7 May: update

Thanks to Mark O'Mahony of Prison Love for news of a great double-header show coming soon in The Village, 26 Wexford Street, Dublin 2 (next to Whelans).

On 7 May Dirk Powell and Joel Savoy (on their way to play at the Baltimore Fiddle Fair in Co. Cork) will bring old-time and Cajun music at their deepest and liveliest levels to the Village, together with Prison Love themselves. Here's Mark's release:

Fresh from touring with Joan Baez and recording with the Raconteurs, Louisiana’s youngest old-timer, Dirk Powell, brings the bayou to Dublin city for one night only at The Village. His vibrance and creative energy crosses many boundaries but he’s always grounded in the rural traditions of his Appalachian heritage. He brings with him another heavyweight of the Louisiana music tradition, 2007 Cajun French Fiddler of the Year, Joel Savoy [above]. Dirk describes him as 'a serious player and force in the Louisiana music world... with a real deep Louisiana feel.'

Dublin’s Prison Love will kick off the night, reuniting with their good buddy Dirk, to continue with their tuition of old-time and Cajun music with the man who has taught them so much. Their driving rhythm, sweet melodies, and soaring harmonies result in the finest musical moonshine this side of the Rock Island line.

'Dirk’s got great subtlety, tremendous feel, and he’s very loose and very modern, in the best sense of the word.' (T-Bone Burnett)

'Hearing Dirk play the fiddle on the set of Cold Mountain, I felt as if my work as an actor had already been done for me.' (Jude Law)

'Now that's the kind of fiddlin' I like, right there...' (Loretta Lynn)

'Proof that the circle remains unbroken...' (Washington Post)

'Prison Love trade in high-octane bluegrass with just the right tincture of trouser-hitchin' country. Their sizzling songs set the bar high from the get-go.' (Siobhan Long, Irish Times)


Prison Love: not using the exercise yard for its intended purpose

BIB editor's note: When this news was first posted on 17 April, Betse Ellis (right) of the Wilders was expected to be at the gig as well; instead, she will on that night be in Belfast with the Foghorn Duo, and all these musicians will be taking part in the Baltimore Fiddle Fair next day.