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MP3 April Cope - Petals Fall
9 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Americana, COUNTRY: Country Folk
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April Cope
Singer/songwriter April Cope''s thrilling third CD Petals Fall is complete and scheduled to be released at the beginning of 2006. This exciting journey of songs features rich new material steeped in heartbreak, resurection and redemption and includes renouned players such as Chuck Prophet, Pete Sears, Jim Campilongo, Eric McFadden, Joe Craven, Michael Manring and many others. This new recording was recorded at Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco where her band played regularly until she recently moved to her native Asheville, NC.
Her previous CD Distorted Mirrors, produced by Gordon Brislawn, explores different territory than her 1997 debut CD Two Moons, produced by Darol Anger. The new Petals Fall reaches beyond the already impressive scope of her previous work and is both boldly unique and commercial, a difficult combination to achieve in the music industry these days.
Following the release of Two Moons, April was featured on Anger''s Heritage album tour, performing Mary Chapin Carpenter''s parts, singing duets with Tim O''Brien and playing alongside David Grisman. April has recently showcased at the NEA Conference, the Folk Alliance, EAT''M (Emerging Artists and Talent in Music) and the AFIM Conference (Association for Independent Music), with musicians including Michael Manring, Scott Nygaard and Joe Craven. Tracks from Two Moons have been featured on a CD Now compilation and have received national radio airplay. April has performed at many festivals including the Strawberry Music Festival, (joined by John Cowan, Nina Gerber and Darol Anger), the High Sierra Festival and the Merl Watson Festival as well as local Bay Area venues including the Great American Music Hall, the Freight and Salvage, Slims, Bottom of the Hill, the Sweetwater, the Justice League and the Last Day Saloon. April was featured on Ron Kavana''s 1999 release Alien Alert and Bay Area tour, Chad Clouse''s In the Midst, Michael Ward''s Late for the Train, Steve Owen''s Atheist in Nashville, Ted Ekman''s Hearts Fail, Paige Jackson''s Double Wide, Patrick Conway''s The Rocking Stone and Firecracker''s So Long Someday. April and her band have been featured on the AT&T cable TV music series "Roadkill" alongside Tony Furtado as well as the Bruce Lattimer Show with Eric McFadden. Recently, April performed duets on Emory Joseph''s tribute to Jerry Garcia singing the famed song Must Have Been the Roses.
After growing up in Western North Carolina, April moved to the Bay Area to study music and creative writing at Mills College. She joined forces early on with hammered dulcimer virtuoso Tony Elman, singing and playing mandolin in their folk duo. April''s music has since evolved into her own distinctive sound. Her music has been described as "magic country realism" and "Industrial Appalachian". As a singer, April has been compared to Emmylou Harris, Sheryl Crow and Fiona Apple. Her songs express a rustic and rootsy authenticity while they explore hip, adventurous elements that thrill her fans. In her band she plays acoustic and electric mandolin, mandocello and guitar. April is a songwriter who is not afraid to be real and a singer who awakens deep passion.
"I love the mystery in April''s music. It''s like standing between two mirrors and getting lost in there. Don''t tell me what it''s about, just let me listen again."
-Tim O''Brien
"April''s songs speak in innocence and road-worthy wisdom. It''s as if I''m on a slow boat to China and she''s the captain."
-Joe Craven
"Her glorious voice and deep passion make April a joy to hear...mountain dew and urban angst all at once."
-Faith Winthrop
"April''s Talent is so immense, it''s scary to think where she will be in five years."
-Darol Anger
"April is an artist who we believe is bound for stardom. Listen to her with your body and soul"
-Tony Elman
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