We are pleased to welcome for the first time at The Shedd one of the most dynamic bands to come out of Canada in a long time. When you see 28-year-old April Verch perform, the first thing that strikes you is the pure energy that infuses her fiddle playing and step dancing. When you listen to Take Me Back, her third CD for Rounder Records, though, what draws you in are more subtle things - her confident, tender singing, the finely detailed elegance of her fiddle phrasing, and the depth of a repertoire that ranges through material from Americana to simple country songs and rollicking tunes from her native Ottawa Valley to sparkling original instrumentals. Produced by Dirk Powell, Take Me Back finds virtuoso fiddler (she counts over 400 competition awards on her résumé, including Canadian Open Fiddle Champion and Canadian Grand Masters Champion--the first and only woman to win both), vocalist, and step dancer April Verch continuing to broaden the scope of her music while maintaining close ties to the music of her Canadian home.