Dirk Powell and Rainy Eyes perform September 17, 2022 starting at 7pm at the Richmond Free Library in Richmond, Vermont

Dirk Powell is a musician with deep roots in several rural American styles, particularly Appalachian and Cajun music. He learned banjo and fiddle from his grandfather in Kentucky and has a longstanding connection to Louisiana, where he has lived since the early 1990s. He has performed and recorded with musicians such as Joan Baez, Jack White, Loretta Lynn, Rhiannon Giddens and Levon Helm, and currently tours with Mary Chapin Carpenter and Emmylou Harris. He has contributed to films such as 'Cold Mountain' and 'In the Electric Mist'. Dirk's original songs and records have had an international impact. He performs regularly on fiddle, button accordion, banjo, guitar, mandolin, and piano, while singing a soulful mix of original and traditional songs. Dirk toured with Eric Clapton in 2016 and was featured on Eric's album, 'I Still Do.'

Rainy Eyes is a Norwegian-born singer-songwriter whose unique, soulful sound can best be described as Dreamy Folk Americana. She spent the last decade in the San Francisco Bay Area but now resides in the culturally fertile ground of Lafayette, Louisiana. (Irena Eide) has toured internationally and recorded with artists such as Peter Rowan, Willie Watson, and Dirk Powell. Her award-winning music program for children, Little Folkies, which features over 70 original songs and direct hands-on teaching for children, is expanding to an international online platform in the current climate. She brings an honesty and direct intention to her music that resonates with audiences around the globe

recordings available at bandcamp
https://dirkpowellmusic.bandcamp.com/track/red-bird-road

video samples
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtZj_4CSZ4o&t=4s&ab_channel=eTown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kQ3AiUFkqk&ab_channel=RainyEyes

Please wear a mask while inside. Masks will be available at the door if you need one.

Young Tradition Vermont at the Vermont Folklife Center brings together young people involved in traditional music and dance, and those who support and are interested in what they do. Concerts are designed to feature world-class, accomplished performers who are inspiring the next generation. Opportunities to see and hear world class artists is one way that young people can become inspired, then to learn, perform and to serve their communities.

Tickets are available at eventbrite https://dirkpowell-rainyeyes.eventbrite.com