Winter Music Festival - overview Triple Bill With Sarah Jarosz and Mick Flannery having already played this week it is safe to say the White Horse Ballincollig Winter Music Festival is already in full swing. But tonight’s concert promises to be a rare treat for those interested in Americana, Appalachian and bluegrass music. Playing fiddle, banjo and Cajun accordion, multi-instrumentalist Dirk Powell has recorded and performed with artists such as Emmylou Harris, Levon Helm, Jack White, Joan Baez, Steve Earle, Kris Kristofferson, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne and Loretta Lynn. But there are several more stroings to his mighty bow. Powell has worked with such film directors as Ang Lee, Spike Lee, Edward Burns and Anthony Minghella. Through the latter’s Cold Mountain he struck up a friendship with Brendan Gleeson which saw the Dublin actor dig out his fiddle and join in on sessions with Powell. Maintaining a strong affinity to Irish and Scottish traditional music, Powell selected, arranged and performed traditional Appalachian music for Riverdance. He also performs with his Cajun group Balfa Toujours and has released albums on the legendary label Rounder Records.