When I Wait For You, by Dirk Powell

When I Wait For You

by Dirk Powell

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1.	Everything is Alright 03:32		buy track
2.	Olivia 03:13	lyrics	buy track
. Olivia I see the girl who delights in all the world, Olivia She shares a name with the woman you became And they really are the same, Olivia Olivia, Olivia, how does your garden grow Olivia, Olivia, my heart wants to know You see the boy whose eyes are full of joy, Olivia He shares a soul with this traveller brave and bold This lover growing old, Olivia Olivia, Olivia, what flowers do you sow Olivia, Olivia, where do the hours go The light in your eyes, brighter than the winter skies, Olivia The warmth of my skin always seems to draw you in Never want to leave again, Olivia Olivia, Olivia, why do these moments pass Olivia, Olivia, will they ever last The sun arrives with each bright morning The songbirds cast their quiet spell You hear their joy but not their warning Time will pass but time will never tell Olivia, Olivia, time will never tell I see us here in the shadow of our fear, Olivia We share a heart, we don’t have to be apart Love could be a brand new start, Olivia Olivia, Olivia, how does your garden grow Olivia, Olivia, will I ever know Olivia, Olivia Olivia
3.	The Silk Merchant's Daughter 05:33		buy track
4.	Bright Light of Day 04:19		buy track
5.	Say Old Playmate 05:29		buy track
6.	Let the Night Seize Me 04:04		buy track
7.	The Little Things 03:12		buy track
8.	Les Yeax de Rosalie 04:43		buy track
9.	Jack of Hearts 03:56		buy track
10.	Ain't Never Fell 04:01		buy track
11.	I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly 04:02	lyrics	buy track
I Ain’t Playing Pretty Polly When I was a young boy, my papaw played me songs He’d sing that Pretty Polly, and I’d listen all night long Those sounds went straight into my soul, sitting on his cabin floor But I ain’t playing Pretty Polly anymore When Granny was a young girl, she had to hold her own She told my little sister, don’t get with a man alone Down in the Willow Garden, wasn’t some old metaphor So I ain’t playing Willow Garden anymore Chorus: I ain’t playing Pretty Polly or Rosalie McFall I ain’t playing Knoxville Girl, no, none of them at all No more tales of women killed by drunken violent men They don’t deserve their stories told, I won’t raise my voice again I ain’t playing Pretty Polly anymore Cause I know some stories, men like my Uncle Clyde He spent seven decades at my Aunt Myrtle’s side Kentucky teens who fell in love in 1934 They had to leave the mountains to find work in Baltimore She tended their young family while he fought for them in the war And she still holds his picture and looks for him at the door Though she just turned 100 and he passed 12 years before So I ain’t playing Pretty Polly anymore
12.	You Will Live Love 03:44		buy track
13.	One Note 02:38		buy track

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When I Wait For You features musicians drawn from both sides of the Atlantic, including Rhiannon Giddens (fiddle, banjo), Sara Watkins (fiddle, vocals), Sean Watkins (vocals), Powell’s daughter Amelia and Sophie on vocals, and members of the Transatlantic Sessions house band, Donald Shaw (accordion, piano, production), Mike McGoldrick (flute, whistle), John McCusker (fiddle) and James Macintosh (drums). Powell’s frequent involvement in the Transatlantic Sessions led him to have a high opinion of that group of players from Irish and Scottish traditional backgrounds: “They have so much love in what they do and for my music they are some of the people who have understood it the most. I really do consider them a musical family of mine because there’s just an understanding there that really does speak the language that I speak.”

The title of the album is taken from the chorus to the opening track, Everything Is Alright, which reflects on the value of waiting ‘when a love is true’. For Powell the track is representative of his approach to the whole album: “When I Wait For You is more introspective than my last one Walking Through Clay. It’s much more of a loving kind of record. When I wait for you could be waiting for somebody in the course of a single night, but they never show up and it’s OK, or for years you’re waiting for somebody in your life or even waiting for some kind of revelation.”

The musicians on When I Wait For You provide a similarly broad range of styles to carry and illuminate the songs. Olivia has echoes of 1960’s swamp pop, The album’s only traditional song, The Silk Merchant’s Daughter, has a fuller, folk-rock sound, with rousing choir adding to the drama of the song. Sara Watkins sings a gorgeous duet with Dirk on The Little Things, complemented by simple guitar, fiddle and flute. A Cajun tune, Les Yeux De Rosalie, was written by Mike McGoldrick, with French lyrics written by Powell. The playing is uncluttered and subtle throughout. Powell describes the musicians as: “Choosing the soulful path every time.”

When I Wait For You is an intimate, accessible album which Powell says is: “A loving kind of record, in a way more of an offering than my previous records.” There is a shared spirit at play, together with a beguiling, down-to-earth tenderness throughout, which makes When I Wait For You unmissable. It is a powerful reminder of why Dirk Powell is so highly regarded by his musical peers and roots music fans alike.

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released September 4, 2020

Dirk Powell – When I Wait For You

Produced by Donald Shaw & Dirk Powell

Dirk Powell – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Fiddle, Banjo, Bass, Piano, Mandolin, Keyboards, Button Accordion, Percussion

Donald Shaw – Accordion, Piano
Michael McGoldrick – Flute, Whistle, Vocals
John McCusker – Fiddle, Vocals
James MacKintosh – Drums
Amelia Powell – Vocals, The Damsel
Sophie Powell – Vocals
Rhiannon Giddens – Vocals, Viola, Minstrel Banjo
Sara Watkins – Vocals, Fiddle and Featured Vocal (track 7)
Bill Smith – Drums (track 9), Vocals, The Captain
Jamie Dick – Drums, Percussion (Tracks 2 and 4)
Jason Sypher – Bass (Track 2)
Eric Adcock – Hammond B3
Grant Dermody – Harmonica
Sean Watkins – Vocals, The Sailor
Audrey Laborde – Vocals
Simon Leone – Vocals
Annika Brooks – Vocals

Principle recording at the Cypress House, Bayou Teche, Louisiana
Engineered and mixed by Dirk Powell

Additional recording by Iain Hutchison at Glo-Worm in Glasgow, Joe Mulcahy at Open Door Studios in Limerick, and Sean Watkins at home in Los Angeles

Mastered by Jim Demain at Yes Master in Nashville

All songs © Dirk Powell (Crying Bayou Music, BMI)
except The Silk Merchant’s Daughter -- © Traditional, arranged by Donald Shaw and Dirk Powell, Crying Bayou Music, BMI and
Les Yeux de Rosalie -- © Michael McGoldrick (MCPS) and Dirk Powell, Crying Bayou Music, BMI

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Dirk Powell is a musician with deep roots in several rural American styles, including the Appalachian heritage of his Kentucky grandfather, from whom he learned banjo and fiddle, and the strong Cajun traditions of the Balfa family, into which he married at a young age. His most recent collaborations include Americana great Buddy Miller and MacArthur fellow Rhiannon Giddens. ... more

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