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Celebrating Canada 150!

We are extremely excited to be headed back to Canada to help celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday. So many wonderful celebrations and events have been planned and will take place (all year long!) and we can’t wait to come together with you in honour of this very special occasion for events in BC, ON & AB through July & August!

22 June 2017 / Read

AVB in Europe this May

We are thrilled to visit our friends in Europe for the month of May! Tour stops include Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, UK, Ireland, Spain & Czech Republic!

1 May 2017 / Read

New Release

Newberry & Verch’s new release is available now! Click through to learn more about “Going Home”

21 April 2017 / Read

Minnesota & Wisconsin in April

Before we head overseas for the month of May, we’ll make 2 stops each in MN & WI!  I’m celebrating my birthday all month long so come out and join the party 😉  HERE is where you can find us!

12 April 2017 / Read

Podcast interview “Up On the Mountain”

Thanks to Andrew Chaney for including me on his great podcast and for chatting about “The April Verch Anthology!”  Listen to it (and his other great work) right HERE.

26 March 2017 / Read

Newberry & Verch this weekend!

We’re not Irish, but we dance a mean jig!  Join us this weekend at one of our stops in Stokesdale, NC, Charlottesville, VA or Dunkirk, MD.  Slainte!

15 March 2017 / Read

Music City Roots & March Tours in the South

Yep – I know what I’m doing. Touring the south in March while the snow banks are getting higher back home in the Ottawa Valley 😉 Click through for our March tour dates in the south!

28 February 2017 / Read

Feature in Blue Ridge Outdoors

We had too much fun answering the interview questions for Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine!  See the feature, hear the track, then “go outside and play” as they would say!

28 February 2017 / Read

AVB Live at Ontario Festival of Small Halls

Here’s a live version of “If I Could Stay Away Long Enough” from a performance at Ontario Festival of Small Halls.

12 February 2017 / Read

Feature interview for Anti-Heroin Chic

Anti-Heroin Chic is a collective journal of poetry, photography, art work, stories, essays, interviews and more. In their words, they “strive for inclusion and a diversity of voices, not to disparage others but to lift them up.” Now THAT is a beautiful thing. We thank them for the feature & interview that went live today!

4 February 2017 / Read

Newberry & Verch at Folk Alliance 2017

Not only is April teaching at FolkCamp in Kansas City, she and Joe Newberry will be lighting up showcase stages all weekend long! See the full schedule in this post…

30 January 2017 / Read

“Track by Track” this weekend

Two chances to hear a special “Track by Track” interview of my upcoming release, The April Verch Anthology this weekend with my good friend and award winning DJ, Ron Moores! Click for links & details.

27 January 2017 / Read