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人物介紹
愛普瑞出生於有濃郁音樂和舞蹈傳統的加拿大安大略省Pembroke，愛普瑞3歲就學習踢踏舞，6歲學習小提琴，天賦異稟的她10歲就斬獲小提琴和舞蹈兩類大賽獎項，並在加拿大舉行全國巡演。高中時期便發行了2張個人專輯《springtime》和《fiddle talk》。驚人成就和幼小年齡的巨大反差讓她在音樂領域廣受關注。
在著名的美國伯克利音樂學院學習期間，她便榮獲加拿大兩大音樂賽事
——小提琴大師賽和小提琴公開賽兩項冠軍，且是迄今唯一的女性冠軍。在校園裡面竟改寫了加拿大的音樂史，年輕的愛普瑞一時間成為加、美兩國報紙爭相報導的傳奇人物。
2001年，美國當時最著名的獨立音樂公司Rounder Records搶先和剛畢業的愛普瑞簽約，並且發行了兩張專輯，Verchuosity（2001）和Where I Stand(2003)。前者更是榮獲加拿大最高音樂獎——朱諾獎提名。此外，她的多首單曲都是加拿大音樂榜金曲。愛普瑞那優美獨特而又帶有濃郁民族風情的藍草風格已是家喻戶曉。
世界各地的音樂節也紛紛邀請其演出，包括美國費城民族音樂節、澳大利亞民族音樂節、加拿大溫哥華民族音樂節、丹麥唐德音樂節、英國舍德蘭民族音樂節、芬蘭考斯蒂寧民族音樂節、德國坦茨民族音樂節。
愛普瑞卓越的音樂成就不僅讓她受到著名音樂廳如加拿大國家藝術中心、首都大劇院、美國甘迺迪中心等頻頻邀請，2010年溫哥華冬奧會開幕式的受邀之演，更證明了其“藍草天后”的無可撼動的地位。
在繁忙的演出檔期之外，愛普瑞還將自身對小提琴的獨特感悟和對理論的深究出版了兩本小提琴專業著作《The American Fiddle Method》和《Originals》。其開設的小提琴大師班也是常年人滿為患。
成就榮譽
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愛普瑞[“蘭草天后”愛普瑞]2010年溫哥華冬奧會開幕式邀請演奏家
2010 Performer at the opening ceremony of 2010 Vancouver Olympics
April’s recent main stage performance in the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver confirms her status as one of Canada’s virtuoso fiddlers. She was among the six featured fiddlers in the segment titled Fiddle Nation – Rhythms of the Fall.
加拿大小提琴大師賽歷史上第一位女性冠軍（1997 Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Champion）
加拿大小提琴公開賽歷史上第一位女性冠軍（1998 Canadian Open Fiddle Champion）
擁有7張個人專輯，其中《Verchuosity》榮獲加拿大音樂最高獎---朱諾獎提名。多首單曲為加拿大音樂榜金曲。
出版兩本小提琴專業著作《The American Fiddle Method》和《Originals》。所舉辦的小提琴大師班長期人滿為患。
發行專輯
Steal the Blue (2008)藍調迷蹤
STEAL發行日期：2008年1月，Slab Town
流派: Folk
曲目
Slip Away
Some People
My Friend Craig
The Last Greyhound
Long Way Home
I Might Have One Too
Fork Creek River
You Hurt Me All Over Again
Independence, VA
The Lonely Road Back Home
He's Holding on to Me
Reels Tadoussac et Lindbergh
Take Me Back (2006)弦動歸聲
TAKE發行日期：2006年2月，Rounder
製作人: Dirk Powell
策劃人: Dirk Powell
流派: Folk
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, Rovi
曲目
Take Me Back
Gland Slaque: La Valse à Georgette/Reel St-Jean de l'Lle d'Orléans
All in a Night
Monarch
I Still Cry
Eclipse: The Eclipse/Grants Reel/The Peacock's Feather
Bride of Jesus
Loggers in the Short Grass: The Short Grass/The Logger's Jig
Tennessee Wagoner
Cruel Moon
Seven Years
Tom, Brad & Alice
Wings to Fly
This Ottawa Valley: This Ottawa Valley of Mine/The Chateauguay Reel
From Where I Stand (2003)琴聲似我心
FROM發行日期：2003年4月，Rounder
製作人: Bruce Molsky
策劃人: André Marchand
流派: Folk
曲目
Fraser Valley Reel
Reg & Irma's Waltz
Spanish for Crown
Light in the Window
Bonnie Lass o' the Mornin' / Suite de Loudeac / Howling at the Moon / Sunset Over…
Faniuck's Fancy
I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
Ottawa Valley Medley: The Road the Fort Coulonge / The Welder's Jig / Morning Star /…
19-Aug
Dixie Hoedown
Jean
A Riverboat's Gone / Bumblebee in a Jug
I Will Arise
Partie de Quadrille des Verret
Verchuosity (2001)
verch發行日期：2001年1月，Rounder
製作人: Paul Mills
流派: Folk
From the thick of the traditional music scene, April Verch's fiddling is emerging as a wonderful breath of fresh air. Though she has deep roots in the fiddling of her native Ottawa Valley, on VERCHuosity April steps out in a big way and weds her musical world to the world of other fiddle traditions. The finest points of all these are revealed in this wonderful collection of tunes. Here are inspired takes on French Canadian, southern Appalachian, Scottish and Brazilian melodies, along with fine original compositions that righteously tear the house down. April's music takes precisely the right kinds of chances and succeeds brilliantly. More than all that, VERCHuosity is just a big bunch of fun. Every once in a long while you'll run across a gifted artist whose creative energies slide right through all the technical stuff and touch down directly into the colorful, passionate expression of a very personal story. April Verch is definitely one of those players. - Bruce Molsky
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曲目
William Gagnon
Ross' Reel No. 4
Britany
Fire When Ready
Candian Reel Medley: Trip to Windsor/ Back up and Push/ Dusty Miller
6/8 du Petit Sarny / Une Marche de Thomas Pomerleau Reel Andre Alain
Diabinho Malucco
Eldon and Ethel
Massif Central
Lost Boy
Marry Me
Thomas Reel
Bedeau de l'Enfer/ Contredanse � Pitou/ Reel de la Broue
Sneaky
Tribute to the Townsends: Ridgeway Merchant/ Road to Lake Dore/ Gilles
Old Rugged Cross
Fiddleicious (1998)弦舞之聲
fiddle曲目
Thanks to Emma
Waiting for Home
Marche des Ouvriers/Polka Sainte-Rose
Chopman
Bluebird Waltz
The Unfortunate Rake/The Ballinakill Ditch/Barrel Rafferty’s Jig
Word’s Aren’t Enough
Say Old Man
Reel de Boucherville/Clog de Pariseau/Reel de Valleyfield
Golden Memories
A Reel Dare
It’s Gonna Cost Ya!
Creaking Tree
Nearer My God to Thee
Jolly Dolly Polka/Juniper Jig/The Shetland Fiddler/Woodridge Breakdown
Fiddle Talk (1995)提琴物語
talk曲目
Ralphy’s Jig/Cape Breton Dream/Irish Washer Woman/Angus Campbell/The Old Man and the Old Woman/Grizzly Bear/Walker Street/Jordan’s Reel
Pat’s Two-Step/Fred and Wilma’s Polka
Silver Wishes
Half Penny Reel/Wind That Shakes The Barley/Jamie Hardie/Dominion Reel
G Minor Jig/Mowin’ the Hay/Charlie Hunter’s/Jig for the Duelings
Jesse Polka
April’s Waltz
Tribute to Ward Allen: Two-Step Polka/Pappy Daily’s Breakdown/Pretty Betty Reel/Fishing Rod Reel
Air/Sir Martin Rochford/New Year’s In/Lady Anne Montgomery
Bye Bye Blackbird
Gospel Medley: Softly and Tenderly/Sweet Hour of Prayer/What a Friend
Rolling Thunder Reel/Fiddler’s Valley Reel/Comin’ Home
Springtime Fiddle (1992)春日律動
spring曲目
21 Years of Lovin’
Buck Fever Rag
Springtime Waltz
Haymakers/Bay of Fundy
Ragtime Annie
How Great Thou Art
Trip to Windsor/Sir Wilfred Laurier
Step Dance Medley
Adios Polka/New Brunswick Breakdown
Two Step Medley
Step Dance Medley
社會評價
《波士頓環球報》Boston Globe
“愛普瑞樂團的演奏精妙絕倫！無論是鄉村民謠、藍調音樂還是流行音樂！……”
“Among the most promising new fiddlers in roots music today…Verch is never afraid to lace her playing with clever twists of bluegrass, blues, and pop.”
《全音樂》All Music com
“她的風格變化如此迅速而精緻，時而彈奏純粹的爵士格調，時而彈奏明快的鄉村旋律，完美至極！……”
“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. ”
《最佳吉他雜誌》Vintage Guitar Magazine
她的風格、高超的技術手段令所有小提琴手摺服。
“Her style, technique and sheer virtuosity rivals anyone who’s ever held a bow.”
《水牛城新聞報》Buffalo News
她的聲音輕快可愛，像艾美露哈瑞絲或多莉帕頓一樣，音樂也和她們的一樣美妙可口。
“Her voice is lovably high and lilting, like that of Emmylou Harris or Dolly Parton. It's almost as musical and delectable in their way too.”
No Depression
“…she takes a deep, refreshing look at old-time songs and sounds…and finds the right balance between parlor and stage, between contest improvisation and studio professionalism.”
Charlotte Observer
由於她的聲音的甜美、精力和現場表演舞蹈的獨特性... 蘭草天后將引領主流。
“Given the sweet ring of her voice, the energy and uniqueness of her dancing and live performance…Verch could be headed for the mainstream.”
