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On her third disc for the Rounder label, Canadian fiddler, singer, and step dancer April Verch continues to explore the folk traditions of her own native region as well as those of the regions south of the border (Canada's border with the U.S., that is) and more modern country and folk-rock sounds. Other artists might eventually meld all of those varied influences into a personal multicultural fusion, but that doesn't seem to be Verch's inclination. Instead, she jumps from one style to another, skirling out a vigorous set of jigs or crooked French reels one minute, then delivering a jazzy original tune or a straight-up country weeper the next. There's nothing willful at all about her sound. She's just making the music that she loves, and she happens to love several different kinds of music, so the overall mood is one of joyful eclecticism rather than pretentious overreaching. Verch is a very fine singer, and does a great job interpreting the Missy Raines/Claire Lynch
composition "All in a Night" as acoustic country-rock, and is also very convincing on the slightly maudlin "I Still Cry." But she really shines when she pulls out the stops on the dance sets, the best of which include a brilliant medley of jigs titled "Loggers in the Short Grass" and the spectacular "Grand Slaque" set. There's something eternal about the combination of a fiddle, a piano, and an upbeat but slightly melancholy dance tune, and Verch has tapped into that something in a deep way. Kudos to producer Dirk Powell for keeping her sound clean, focused, and uncluttered -- and for pitching in some excellent fretless banjo on a couple of tracks. Very highly recommended.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
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Julie Miller, ComposerLyricist - Mike Burch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dirk Powell, Producer, Accordion, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Irwin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Frey, Upright Bass, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Toby Mountain, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - April Verch, Vocals, Fiddle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Dirk Powell, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Irwin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Frey, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Toby Mountain, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - April Verch, Dancer, Fiddle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Benoit Legault, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Marc Bru, Spoons, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Mike Burch, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dirk Powell, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Claire Lynch, ComposerLyricist - Ken Irwin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Greely, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Broussard, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Frey, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Toby Mountain, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Missy Raines, ComposerLyricist - April Verch, Vocals, Fiddle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maegan Berard, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Mike Burch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dirk Powell, Producer, Recording Engineer, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Irwin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Broussard, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Toby Mountain, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - April Verch, Fiddle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Taylor Buckley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Julie Miller, ComposerLyricist - Dirk Powell, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Irwin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Greely, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Toby Mountain, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - April Verch, Vocals, Fiddle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marc Bru, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Maegan Berard, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Dirk Powell, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Irwin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Toby Mountain, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - April Verch, Fiddle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Benoit Legault, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Marc Bru, Bodhrán Drum, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Jennifer Kimball, ComposerLyricist - Dirk Powell, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Recording Engineer, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Claire Lynch, ComposerLyricist - Ken Irwin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Stafford, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Toby Mountain, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - April Verch, Vocals, Fiddle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benoit Legault, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Dirk Powell, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Irwin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Reg Hill, ComposerLyricist - Toby Mountain, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - April Verch, Fiddle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benoit Legault, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Marc Bru, Bodhrán Drum, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Mike Burch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dirk Powell, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Irwin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Frey, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Chas Justus, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Toby Mountain, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - April Verch, Fiddle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benoit Legault, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Julie Miller, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Miller, ComposerLyricist - Mike Burch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dirk Powell, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Irwin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Broussard, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Frey, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Toby Mountain, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - April Verch, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Dirk Powell, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Irwin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Cutting, ComposerLyricist - Toby Mountain, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - April Verch, Fiddle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benoit Legault, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Dirk Powell, Producer, Banjo, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Irwin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Toby Mountain, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - April Verch, Fiddle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Cindy Greene, ComposerLyricist - Dirk Powell, Producer, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Recording Engineer, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Claire Lynch, ComposerLyricist - Ken Irwin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Stafford, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Toby Mountain, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - April Verch, Vocals, Fiddle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Mike Burch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dirk Powell, Producer, Electric Guitar, Additional Vocals, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Irwin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Frey, Additional Vocals, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Chas Justus, Electric Guitar, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Toby Mountain, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - April Verch, Vocals, Fiddle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mac Beattie, ComposerLyricist - Benoit Legault, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Marc Bru, Additional Vocals, Spoons, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
On her third disc for the Rounder label, Canadian fiddler, singer, and step dancer April Verch continues to explore the folk traditions of her own native region as well as those of the regions south of the border (Canada's border with the U.S., that is) and more modern country and folk-rock sounds. Other artists might eventually meld all of those varied influences into a personal multicultural fusion, but that doesn't seem to be Verch's inclination. Instead, she jumps from one style to another, skirling out a vigorous set of jigs or crooked French reels one minute, then delivering a jazzy original tune or a straight-up country weeper the next. There's nothing willful at all about her sound. She's just making the music that she loves, and she happens to love several different kinds of music, so the overall mood is one of joyful eclecticism rather than pretentious overreaching. Verch is a very fine singer, and does a great job interpreting the Missy Raines/Claire Lynch
composition "All in a Night" as acoustic country-rock, and is also very convincing on the slightly maudlin "I Still Cry." But she really shines when she pulls out the stops on the dance sets, the best of which include a brilliant medley of jigs titled "Loggers in the Short Grass" and the spectacular "Grand Slaque" set. There's something eternal about the combination of a fiddle, a piano, and an upbeat but slightly melancholy dance tune, and Verch has tapped into that something in a deep way. Kudos to producer Dirk Powell for keeping her sound clean, focused, and uncluttered -- and for pitching in some excellent fretless banjo on a couple of tracks. Very highly recommended.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:40
- Main artists: April Verch
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rounder
- Genre: Folk/Americana
© 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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