"...as producer, Powell has become the Gurf Morlix or the Daniel Lanois or the Colin Linden of Southern acoustic roots music." --- Jerome Clark, Bluegrass Works

The Cypress House is a multi-room recording facility located south of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, on the banks of Bayou Teche. It combines a vintage, relaxed ambience with high-end audio capability. The original structure was built circa 1840, with the studio conversion taking place in 2003. Care was taken to insure acoustic quality on all fronts. The environment is warm and inclusive, with an emphasis placed on roots music and warm yet airy audio.

12-14-06 • Adieu False Heart, recorded in Dirk's studio The Cypress House, receives Best Traditional Folk and Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording Grammy nominations! Congratulations to all involved. We are particularly proud that the audio quality coming out of the studio earned an Engineering Grammy nomination for Gary Paczosa and that the ambience and vibe of the studio produced musical results earning the Folk nod as well. • In other Grammy news, Irma Thomas received a Grammy nomination for her latest album, After The Rain, on which Dirk performed.