Toes will be tapping and hands clapping when Canada’s “quadruple threat” singer-songwriter-fiddler-step dancer April Verch takes to the stage at the Osoyoos Community Theatre.
This will be the final concert of the season for the Osoyoos Concert Series.
The concert will take place on Thursday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Born and raised in the Ottawa Valley, Verch has gained national and international acclaim for her outstanding abilities as a singer, songwriter, fiddler and step dancer, said Pat Philpott, secretary for the Osoyoos Concert Series.
Canada’s eminent fiddler, singer, step dancer and songwriter grew up living and breathing roots music and has been performing since she was a youngster, said Philpott.
On her new, milestone 10th album, The Newpart (aptly named after a beloved music-filled addition to her Ottawa Valley family home), Verch, with producer Casey Driessen, digs deep into songs and tunes from the era before the mid-century heyday of bluegrass and folk, harkening back to vaudeville and beyond.
While Verch is perhaps best known for playing traditional fiddle styles, her performances extend into old-time American and Appalachian styles and beyond, for a well-rounded tour-de-force of North Americana sounds, said Philpott.
Verch tours with world-class musicians as a trio, featuring acoustic guitar, mandolin, bass and clawhammer banjo.
At the heart of each performance is Verch’s delicate voice, energetic foot percussion, and shimmering fiddle-work.
On stage, Verch is almost superhuman, flawlessly intertwining and overlapping different performative elements. She stepdances while fiddling. She sings while stepdancing. Sometimes she sings, steps and fiddles all at once, with apparent ease and precision.
“There is no doubting the quality of April Verch’s fiddle playing and her voice is exquisite,” says
No Depression magazine. Tickets are $23 in advance and $25 at the door and are available at Imperial Office Pro on Main Street in Osoyoos and Sundance Video in Oliver.
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