MUSIC | Let the music speak

April Verch truly loves the music she’s making and the people she’s making it with. This shines through in all aspects of her being. April cites her father, an avid guitar player and singer from Canada’s Ottawa Valley, as instrumental in sparking in her love of music from an early age. In a five-minute documentary on the bands’ website, April recalls the way her father’s “eyes lit up when he heard a good fiddle tune.” It must run in the family, because April is no different. Her smile and enthusiasm are contagious. April has been touring regularly since 2000 with her April Verch Band and occasionally an extended version of that band called the April Verch Bigger Band. The April Verch Bigger Band features Cody Walters on bass and clawhammer banjo, Hayes Griffin on guitar, Ben Winship on mandolin and bouzouki and Ivan Rosenberg on dobro and clawhammer banjo. Tickets to Friday night’s performance can be purchased at http://SangamonAuditorium.org or by calling the box office at 206-6160.