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15 Nov 04 - 05:58 PM (#1327793) Subject: WHO IS APRIL VERCH? I AM IN LOVE!! From: mg Wow is she some good fiddler...where is she from? Sounds Cape Bretonish but wilder...some Quebecois in there..some Newfoundland..Irish..Scots...she comes in sometimes in the Scottish Independent Radio that I play via Internet...cd is called Verchuoisity....she is wonderful. Go buy her CD. |
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15 Nov 04 - 06:02 PM (#1327798) Subject: RE: WHO IS APRIL VERCH? I AM IN LOVE!! From: Clinton Hammond Url maybe??? |
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15 Nov 04 - 06:05 PM (#1327803) Subject: RE: WHO IS APRIL VERCH? I AM IN LOVE!! From: Peace Fiddle Music by April Verch - Rounder Recording Artist Google the above. |
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15 Nov 04 - 06:05 PM (#1327804) Subject: RE: WHO IS APRIL VERCH? I AM IN LOVE!! From: treewind http://www.aprilverch.com/ |
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15 Nov 04 - 06:06 PM (#1327805) Subject: RE: WHO IS APRIL VERCH? I AM IN LOVE!! From: Bardford April Verch |
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16 Nov 04 - 08:50 AM (#1328468) Subject: RE: Who Is April Verch? I Am in Love!! From: moocowpoo I saw her play at Kaustinen folk fest, Finland in July...She was great, As soon as I heard mention of a dancing fiddler, I thought "she MUST be Canadian",,,,,,,sure enough. moocow |
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16 Nov 04 - 10:51 AM (#1328610) Subject: RE: Who Is April Verch? I Am in Love!! From: mg I am gonig to try and paste some tour dates in..just missed her in Washington State and B.C. Nov. 18 Helena, MT Live at the Civic Nov. 20 Red Lodge, MT Round Barn Theater Nov. 21 Red Lodge, MT Round Barn Theater 2005 Jan. 20-23 Anchorage, AK Anchorage Folk Festival Feb.11 Kirkland Lake, ON Northern College Auditorium Feb. 12 Cobalt, ON Classic Theatre Feb. 18 MA Private event/function Feb. 24-27 Montreal, QC International Folk Alliance Conference Mar. 4 Providence, RI Met School (workshop) Worked. I would love for music therapists to listen to her...I think for so many people there is this sense of hopelessness and jadedness..I am not talking about deep depression here...just malaise...I think listening to her go would strip it right off...you would be dancing in the aisles...sort of like the Sharon Shannon effect. For those of us who are getting old, it will be like a shot of youthfullness...trust me...mg |
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10 Apr 06 - 11:03 PM (#1714903) Subject: RE: Who Is April Verch? I Am in Love!! From: frogprince Saw the young lady live Saturday night. Do not, repeat, DO NOT miss an opportunity to see her live; she is both a fiddlin' virtuoso and an all around delightful entertainer. |
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11 Apr 06 - 12:17 AM (#1714939) Subject: RE: Who Is April Verch? I Am in Love!! From: GUEST,DonMeixner Catch a streamed broadcast from "The Woodsongs OldTime Radio Hour" She is ver good. Don |
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11 Apr 06 - 03:26 AM (#1714981) Subject: RE: Who Is April Verch? I Am in Love!! From: treewind I am shocked to find my name at the top of this thread! I am not in love with April Verch (whoever she is), in case anybody to whom it matters is reading this! (yes, I know, it's one of those old Mudcat threads that got scrambled into the wrong order when the mucdat-o-tron went doo-lally) Anahata |
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11 Apr 06 - 10:08 AM (#1715145) Subject: RE: Who Is April Verch? I Am in Love!! From: GUEST,thurg I believe she's from Ontario - or is it Manitoba? She's a regular on Konnie Kaldor's TV show - Wood River, or whatever it's called ... |
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11 Apr 06 - 03:22 PM (#1715350) Subject: RE: Who Is April Verch? I Am in Love!! From: michaelr A true verchuoso. |
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11 Apr 06 - 03:24 PM (#1715355) Subject: RE: Who Is April Verch? I Am in Love!! From: frogprince From the Ottawa Valley of Ontario, unless the lady herself fibs. |
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11 Apr 06 - 03:40 PM (#1715370) Subject: RE: Who Is April Verch? I Am in Love!! From: Beer First saw April when she was about 12 performing at the fiddling Championship in Pembroke Ontario. Had a chance to speak to her last year when she performed in Montreal. What a great gal. Wanted to book her for this years festival but she has gotten a little out of our price range. However I do have another young lady who was a few years younger who is quite the performer as well. Her name is Erin Kelly. |
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11 Apr 06 - 03:49 PM (#1715379) Subject: RE: Who Is April Verch? I Am in Love!! From: Bonnie Shaljean Another Canadian wunderkind [sp?] is the brilliant - and young! - Laura Watson. Well worth a listen if you've never heard her. Great tone and mature musicianship in someone who is not even in her teens yet (or if so, only just). Is it something they put in the water over there? (And can I have some, please?) |
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11 Apr 06 - 04:53 PM (#1715450) Subject: RE: Who Is April Verch? I Am in Love!! From: Beer Hay Bonnie!! How are you? Never did find Cathy. All is well and yes,it's the fresh water lakes that does it. Beer |
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12 Apr 06 - 01:18 PM (#1716279) Subject: RE: Who Is April Verch? I Am in Love!! From: mg I'm the one who is in love....she is fantastic. mg |
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12 Apr 06 - 02:20 PM (#1716359) Subject: RE: Who Is April Verch? I Am in Love!! From: Willie-O Might be tempted to say, the Ottawa Valley (where I reside) is full of Aprils. Ottawa Valley fiddle style is kind of 50% Irish, 30% French Canadian, 20% Scottish. It is traditionally very driving, straight-ahead fiddling, because it developed as the accompaniment for Ottawa Valley stepdancing, very much a unique art itself. Many towns in the Valley and elsewhere in Ontario have an annual fiddling & stepdancing competition, so there is a lively and sometimes profitable circuit for the many young people who learn these arts. The level of playing has gotten quite virtuostic although the focus can be narrow. Ms Verch is an example of someone who came through this milieu, and like Pierre Schryer and Graham Townsend before her, broadened their musical horizons to become an all-round musician. In her case at the Berklee College of Music! W-O |
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13 Apr 06 - 10:37 AM (#1717249) Subject: RE: Who Is April Verch? I Am in Love!! From: mack/misophist I would agree with all of the above except that her jagged, harsh tonality puts me off more than a little. Other than that, she's brilliant. |