- From Pembroke, Ontario, Canada.
- Began step-dancing at age three; fiddling at age six.
- As a high school student, recorded two albums.
- Attended Boston’s Berklee School of Music.
- Won the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Championship and Canadian Open Fiddle Championship.
- Worked with Canadian country music star Tommy Hunter.
- Her live show invariably includes a step-dancing demonstration.
- 2003, released From Where I Stand
album (Rounder).
- 2006, released Take Me Back
album (Rounder) produced by Dirk Powell.
- 2009, released Verchuosity
album (Rounder).
- 2013, released Bright Like Gold
album (no label).
- 2015, released Newpart
album (no label).
- 2017, released Anthology album (Slab Town).
Verch, April
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