“World Fiddle Day is the one day in the year when all of those who play that wide “fiddle” / “violin” family of instruments can celebrate their wondrous beauty.”

There are events and activities happening all over the world, and to celebrate, I wanted to do something from my home in Pembroke, Ontario that fiddle fans around the world might be able to see and enjoy :)  For me personally, my special guest in this video makes it extra meaningful – you’ll see what I mean!  Enjoy :)

April Verch video

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About the album

April Verch has never sounded more comfortable in her skin than she does now, in the second decade of her career as an internationally touring Canadian fiddler, step dancer and singer-songwriter. Her ninth album, “Bright Like Gold”, captures a woman who’s fleshed out her identity and is in full command of her gifts, a woman who’s grown from a prodigy into an enduring artist—one of music’s most unforgiving public transitions—with grace and grit to spare.

Tracklist

1  Broken  Broken
April Verch – April Verch Music (SOCAN)

2  Sandy River Belle  Sandy River Belle
Traditional

3    No Other Would Do
Ralph Verch

4    Big Eared Mule    (featuring Sammy Shelor)
Traditional

5    The Only One (featuring Mac Wiseman & Sammy Shelor)
April Verch – April Verch Music (SOCAN)

6    Evening Star Waltz (featuring Bruce Molsky)
Traditional

7    Davy Davy, Folding Down the Sheets (featuring Sammy Shelor)
Traditional, Traditional

8    Foolish Heart
Hayes Griffin

9    All Young, John Riley the Shepherd
Traditional, Traditional

10    Raven in the Hemlock
Cody Walters

11    Sorry
April Verch – April Verch Music (SOCAN)

12    Jeff Sturgeon
Traditional

13    Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’
Loretta Lynn, Peggy Sue Wills – Sure-Fire Music Company

14    Before I Met You (featuring Sammy Shelor)
J. Williams Denny, Joe (Cannonball) Lewis, Charles L Seitz
Universal – Songs of Polygram International Inc.

15    Edward in the Treetop, Yellow Jacket, Quit That Tickling Me
Traditional, Traditional, Traditional

16    My Home in the Sky (featuring Mac Wiseman)
Sylvia Trace – Trio Music Company Inc., Fort Knox Music, Inc.

17    Dusty Miller, Fiddle Fingers, Grizzly Bear
Traditional, John Durocher, Traditional

18    Six Feet Of Earth Makes Us All of One Size
Ola Belle Reed – Happy Valley Music

19    Big Eyed Rabbit (featuring Bruce Molsky)
Traditional

20    Morris & Boris
April Verch – April Verch Music (SOCAN)

total playing time: 60 minutes

Musicians

April Verch        fiddle; lead vocals (except tracks 8, 16); harmony vocals on tracks 8, 16
Cody Walters        bass; clawhammer banjo; harmony vocals; lead vocals on tracks 14, 19
Hayes Griffin        acoustic guitar; electric guitar; harmony vocals; lead vocal on track 8
Josh Goforth        mandolin on tracks 5, 16
Bruce Molsky        fiddle on tracks 6, 19; lead vocal on track 19
Sammy Shelor        banjo on tracks 4, 5, 7, 14
Matthew Smith        dobro on track 11; pedal steel on track 13
Mac Wiseman        lead vocals on tracks 5, 16

Credits

Produced by April Verch, Cody Walters, Hayes Griffin, Chris Rosser

Recorded and Mixed by Chris Rosser
Hollow Reed Studio
Asheville, NC
November/December 2012

Tracks 6 & 19
Recorded by Jim Robeson
Bias Studios
Springfield, VA
November 2012

Mastered by David Glasser
Airshow Mastering
Boulder, CO
December 2012

Photography by Sandlin Gaither
Hair & Makeup by Amanda Anderson
Wardrobe Styling by Stephanie Fields & Brad Henderson
Tailoring by Aubrey Hyde

Art Direction/Package Design by Brad Henderson
Big Howdy

May 8, 2013

Read a review of the Shetland Folk Festival here! (Opens PDF)

Shetland News

May 6, 2013

Read about April’s performance at the Shetland Folk Festival here! (Opens PDF)

The Shetland Times

May 4, 2013

Grand finale from April Verch provides highlight at Hamnavoe. Read more  here! (Opens PDF)

-Ryan Taylor

Steve Ide’s Review

May 3, 2013

Read Steve Ide’s review of April’s newest release, “Bright Like Gold” here! (Opens PDF)

Time Out Chicago

April 4, 2013

Canadian fiddler April Verch may have focused her talents at the Berklee School of Music, but her scope continues to expand beyond the traditional bounds of her chosen instrument to encompass everything from jazz to Western swing to South America. It’s all folk music, of course, but Verch specializes in stretching the standard definition of that word.

-Robert Anglin

Ann Arbor Observer

April 2013

Read James M Manheim’s article on April Verch here! (Opens PDF)

CMT Edge

April 2, 2013

Read CMT’s interview with April here! (Opens PDF)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

April 2, 2013

Read Piet Levy’s review of the AVB’s new album, “Bright Like Gold” here! (Opens PDF)

The Bluegrass Situation

April 2, 2013

Read Jasmine Teran’s interview with April here! (Opens PDF)

Pembroke Observer

March 26, 2013

Read Ryan Paulsen’s interview with April at her Deep River show here! (Opens PDF)

Nashville Scene

March 2013

Read the review of “Bright Like Gold” as a Nashville Scene Critic’s pick here! (Opens PDF)

Cedar Rapids Hoopla

March 14, 2013

Read Rob Cline’s review of AVB performance here! (Opens JPEG)

Huffington Post

March 7, 2013

Read about Stephen D Winick’s favorite bands from “Folk Alliance 2013″ here! (Opens PDF)

This song/tune is one of April’s original compositions and is the first single from our upcoming release “Bright Like Gold”.

The video was produced & directed by Cameron Powell at the Carnton Plantation in Franklin, TN.  If you enjoy it please leave us a comment on our YouTube channel ;)  We love hearing from you!  Enjoy…

April Verch video