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02/17/2017
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April Verch Band to perform at MCTA next week

FROSTBURG — The April Verch Band will perform at Mountain City Traditional Arts, 25 E. Main St.

The event will be held on Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m.

The performance is open to the public, with a suggested donation of $15.

Th old-time trio has performed across the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia and China.

Verch has been deeply immersed in traditional music since she was a child in Ottawa Valley, Canada. She has been touring full time since 2000, bringing her passion for music to small rural communities as well as expansive concert halls. Verch has also held classes and lectures, performed at numerous festivals and was even one of six fiddlers representing the Canadian fiddle tradition at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

In February, she will release “The April Verch Anthology” (Slab Town Records), an 18-track collection celebrating her life’s work. Hand-picked by Verch, the songs on this compilation offer a mix of regional Canadian, American old-time, bluegrass, country and Americana tracks.

Cody Walters, a native of rural Kansas, has been playing upright bass since 1999. He has played bass in a variety of musical styles, including country, jazz, Latin, folk, old-time and more with a number of bands. Walters has been with the band since 2007, playing his upright­ electric bass and banjo.

Alex Rubin has been a member of the band since March 2016; he plays guitar and mandolin. Though he began exploring music through classical violin, he soon changed his focus to bluegrass guitar and later became immersed in the Boston bluegrass scene.