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April Verch Band with special guests String Theory
Thursday Nov 12, 2009 8:00 PM
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Tickets on sale now! Doors open at 6:00 p.m. for dinner and drinks.
String Theory | 8:00 PM
 Join this amazing Bluegrass experience on stage, as they pull from influences such as Bill Monroe, Old & in the Way, Del McCoury Band, Townes VanZandt, Thom Hervey, Steve Earle, Talking Heads, Jesus, Vassar Clements, Tony Rice, Molson Canadian, Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, The Kentucky Colonels, D'addario Strings, Old Crow Medicine Show, Ricky Skaggs, and Doc Watson.
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April Verch Band | 9:00 PM
 Experiencing an April Verch show is like hopping a supersonic freight train from an old lumber camp in northern Ontario, across the wide open prairie, through the Appalachians, down the Mississippi to the Louisiana Bayou, across the sea to Brazil, France, the Scottish Highlands and back, with stops at Carnegie Hall and church thrown in for good measure. An April Verch concert is equal parts invigorating, surprising, heartbreaking, heartwarming, haunting, charming, thrilling, foot-stomping, faith restoring, and smile inducing — all in all, utterly unforgettable. It's a musical journey you do not want to miss, one that will have you entranced from start to finish, and ultimately not wanting to get off that train that you hopped on just two hours earlier.
A performer since early childhood, April Verch is a seasoned entertainer with a demanding touring schedule. She has released seven albums, including her 2001 Rounder Records release, Verchuosity, which earned a JUNO nomination (the Canadian equivalent to a Grammy) for best roots/traditional album. Her 2008 release features her touring band and includes other familiar names — Tim Stafford, Larry Cordle, Ron Block, Melonie Cannon, and Sam Bush — among the songwriters, harmony vocalists, and instrumentalists.
Following a year of intensive study at Boston's Berklee School of Music (under Matt Glaser and Darol Anger), she launched her professional career by winning the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Champion and the Canadian Open Fiddle Champion titles (the first and only woman to win both).
April is not just a world-class fiddler, she is a world-class dancer and a singer whose voice has been hailed as "absolutely captivating" by the Toronto Star. She tours tirelessly, winning over audiences not only with sheer technical ability, but also with her charm, humor, and boundless energy on stage. She crosses genres easily from bluegrass to Brazilian to Celtic, from a jaunty Canadian folksong to a poignant contemporary ballad, and the audience is with her all the way.
April is an utterly unique performer, whose high energy brand of musicianship inevitably brings audiences to their feet, whether at a folk festival in Finland, a concert hall like the Ryman Auditorium, a bluegrass festival in Oklahoma, or a Celtic festival in California.
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