April Verch

While her music is rooted in natural Canadian traditions — specifically the Ottawa Valley fiddle style — effervescent singer/fiddler April Verch is not any stranger to blues, Latin music, Eastern European music, jazz, and Americana. Besides operating all these styles into her personal music, Verch also embraces the globe of dance, and started acquiring stepdancing lessons at age three. The Pembroke, Ontario, indigenous knew by age ten that fiddle playing and stepdancing had been things she wished to perform expertly. Two self-released albums — 1992’s Springtime Fiddle and 1995’s Fiddle Chat — made an appearance before she completed high school. University designed Boston’s Berklee College of Music and learning more varieties of fiddle playing. Inside a 12 months, the money experienced go out and Verch would move back again to Canada, getting in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and nation vocalist Tommy Hunter’s music group. A single gig in 2000 was went to by Rounder Information’ Ken Irwin, along with a season afterwards Verchuosity became her debut for the label. Rave review articles and evaluations to Alison Krauss and Béla Fleck implemented, plus a JUNO award (the “Canadian Grammy”) for Greatest Roots/Traditional Solo Record. Before she’d come back in 2003 with From Where I Stand, Apr appeared on her behalf father’s debut single record, Ralph Verch’s rootsy No Various other Would Perform. Her 2006 discharge, Take Me Back again, discovered Appalachian music professional Dirk Powell within the producer’s seat and adding his fretless banjo playing to some couple tracks.