Dirk Powell is a musician whose emotional understanding of American tradition has enabled him to expand on musical roots extending back more than nine generations in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. His instrumental expertise on fiddle and accordion is in wide demand in recording studios as well as concert stages.
A native of North Carolina, Riley Baugus is an old-time fiddle and banjo master with rare and deep understanding of Appalachian music. He is a soulful singer, expert in mountain ballad traditions.
Together, Dirk Powell & Riley Baugus present an authentic and exciting glimpse into the roots of Americana. Their work has been featured in the film Cold Mountain, based on the book by Charles Frazier, who writes:
The term Old-Time Music has always seemed odd to me, since the music in question harks back not to an older but to a younger America, a culture with more direct access to unfiltered and unmediated feelings about death and life, grief and exuberance, loss and desire. It is easy to let this music become only retrospective: either lovingly archived museum pieces, or worse, mere nostalgia. The thing I like most about Dirk Powell's work is that he's not much interested in either of those directions. He's making living music that grows out of a tradition he loves and respects, carrying this particular strand of young America's cultural DNA into the unknowable future--with hope and joy.
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011. 8:30. $12 advance / $15 day of show. Advance tickets available online and at our local outlets.
Jill Andrews has been a musician all her life: from her first original tune in kindergarten - a ditty about the letter P - to the stage at Fillmore East. Jill picked up a guitar for the first time when she was 19; armed with only three chords, she had all she needed to create deep and soulful songs with lonesome melodies and haunting lyrics. In 2003, Jill teamed up with Sam Quinn to create the everybodyfields—it was an undeniable musical union. And the face of Tennessee’s roots music would never be the same. The everybodyfields played Bonnaroo and Floydfest, honkytonks, bars, and theaters from coast to coast. Paste Magazine listed them in their “Best of What’s Next” issue in September 2008, saying that they “straddle old and new, bitter and sweet, desperation and transcendence with an arresting command.” Jill’s taking that arresting command into her new solo project, but the themes will be familiar, and fans who’ve fallen head over heels for her material can expect that signature alt-country, roots-rock sound to deliver and grow. Her songs will warm you like a winter quilt - or chill you to the bone. Either way, when you hear Jill Andrews sing, you will remember it.
Saturday, January 29, 2011. With Megan McCormick. Advance tickets available online and at our local outlets.
We are proud to welcome back one of our all time favorite artists, Eric Bachmann (Crooked Fingers, Archers of Loaf), this Friday 1/21 at 9pm. Mount Moriah opens the show and advance tickets are on sale now.
Friday, January 21, 2011. 9pm. $10 advance / $12 day of show. Advance tickets available online and at our local outlets.
With A Thousand Horses. Thursday, January 13, 2011. 8:30pm. $10 advance /$12 day of show.
with Sanctum Sully. 9pm. $8. Bring it!
