BRATTLEBORO -- It takes a lot to impress the people who know you best. For April Verch, grudging admiration from old friends in the Ottawa Valley town of Pembroke, Ontario, came only after they saw ...

April Verch is a step dancer, a fiddler and since 2003, a singer. Her music spans everything from the traditional fiddle tunes of her native Ottawa Valley, Canada, to blues, jazz, folk and Latin. That ...

A professional fiddle player was astounded to realize his baby daughter has inherited his passion for traditional music. Michael Audette, 31, is the proud father of seven-month-old Adelyn Rae, and a ...

Now in its 13th year, IrishFest Atlanta has grown into a vibrant celebration of Irish heritage, gathering roughly 4,000 people for a three-day festival at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center and Roswell ...

During the summer months most full-time bands are constantly on the road traveling and performing at festivals, summer concert series, theaters, and vacation venues across the northern hemisphere. Not ...

A step dancer and clogger since her teens, Eileen Carson can see and hear the history of a nation in the hops, shuffles and slaps as feet trod the boards and guitars, banjos and fiddles provide the ...