Maybe April

{{Multiple issues| {{COI|date=March 2022}} {{Notability|1=Music|date=March 2022}} }} {{Infobox musical artist | honorific_prefix = | name = | honorific_suffix = | image = Maybe April 01 12 2018 -17 (39741742712).jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | landscape =  | alt = | caption = The trio performing in 2018 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date =  | birth_place = | origin = Nashville | death_date =  | death_place = | genre = Country/ Americana | occupation = | instrument = Vocals, guitar, mandolin | years_active = 2012-present  | label = | associated_acts = Brandy Clark, Sarah Jarosz | website = {{URL|www.maybeapril.com}} | module = | module2 = | module3 = }}'''Maybe April''' is an American musical duo based in Nashville who play Americana indie folk.<ref name="twsBBM1">{{cite web | author= Phyllis Stark | date= April 7, 2017 | publisher= Billboard magazine | url= https://www.billboard.com/music/country/all-female-bands-groups-country-music-7325258/ | title= All-Female Bands Shaping Up as the Next Hot Trend in Country Music | access-date= March 5, 2017 | quote= ... Maybe April: ... trio of singer-songwriters describes its sound as "country indie folk" with three-part harmonies. ... Katy Bishop, Kristen Castro and Alaina Stacey met at a music industry camp in Nashville in 2012. ... }}</ref><ref> {{cite web | title = Interview with Nashville Trio Maybe April on Music and Songwriting, Guitargirlmag.com | work= www.guitargirlmag.com | date= 17 April 2015 | publisher = Guitar Girl Magazine | url = http://guitargirlmag.com/interviews/interview-with-nashville-trio-maybe-april-on-music-and-songwriting/ | accessdate = April 17, 2015 }}</ref> They have opened shows for Brandy Clark and Sarah Jarosz.<ref name="twsTB43">{{cite web | author= Hannahlee Allers | date= October 29, 2016 | publisher= The Boot | url= http://theboot.com/maybe-april-interview-2016/ | title= Interview: Maybe April 'Don't Want to Have to Fit Into Anyone Else's Mold' | accessdate= March 5, 2017 | quote= ... Maybe April have been making a name for themselves in Music City since moving there in 2013, but with recent opening gigs for artists such as Brandi Carlile and Sarah Jarosz, not to mention a new single and an upcoming EP, the trio is primed for a breakout. ... }}</ref><ref name="twsTH484">{{cite web | author= Kali Bradford | date= February 7, 2017 | publisher= Tullahoma News | url= http://www.tullahomanews.com/night-of-nashville-returns-to-south-jackson/ | title= Night of Nashville returns to South Jackson | accessdate= March 5, 2017 | quote= ... Maybe April is a country Americana trio made up of Katy Bishop, Kristen Castro and Alaina Stacey. Hailing from Jonesboro, Arkansas, Simi Valley, California and Chicago, the three met in the summer of 2012 at a music industry camp in Nashville. ... }}</ref> Singers Katy Bishop, Alaina Stacey and former member Kristen Castro met at Grammy camp in 2012.<ref name="twsTOC332">{{cite web | author= Billy Dukes | date= 7 September 2016 | publisher= Taste of Country | url= http://tasteofcountry.com/letthegirlsplay-maybe-april-interview/ | title= Maybe April Have No Doubts About Future Together | accessdate= March 5, 2017 | quote= ... Grammy Camp, a live-in music camp where participants learn about the industry ... come from Simi Valley, Calif. (Castro), Chicago (Stacey) and Jonesboro, Ark. (Bishop) ... }}</ref> Kristen Castro left the band in February 2019.<ref name="twsTwl1">{{cite web | author= Kristen Castro | date= February 4, 2019 | publisher= Twitter | url= https://twitter.com/KristenCastro_/status/1092426063999918081 | title= Kristen Castro left the band announcement | accessdate= June 25, 2019 | quote= The last 6 years in Maybe April were amazing, however, it’s time for me to part ways & pursue different roles & opportunities... . }}</ref> When they performed as a trio, their harmonies were described as "lustrous"<ref name="twsChicST443">{{cite web | author= Hedy Weiss | date= July 29, 2014 | publisher= Chicago Sun-Times | url= http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/discovering-the-lustrous-sound-of-a-three-girl-group-called-maybe-april/ | title= Discovering the lustrous sound of a three-girl group called Maybe April | accessdate= March 5, 2017 | quote= ... The appeal of Maybe April ... The lustrous harmonies of the voices; the appealing mix of their personalities; and their winningly under-amplified sound which lends their performance an almost acoustic quality. ... . }}</ref> and "spring-clear".<ref name="twsPW32">{{cite web | author= Bliss Bowen | date= June 2, 2016 | publisher= Pasadena Weekly | url= https://www.pasadenaweekly.com/2016/06/02/no-tomatoes-here/ | title= No 'Tomatoes' Here | accessdate= March 5, 2017 | quote= ... Maybe April, a self-described "country indie folk" trio ... clearly take a page from the Dixie Chicks playbook. Katy Bishop, Kristen Castro and Alaina Stacey take turns singing lead and sharing spring-clear harmonies ... }}</ref>

{{blockquote|The lustrous harmonies of the voices; the appealing mix of their personalities; and their winningly under-amplified sound which lends their performance an almost acoustic quality. Those songs are a mix of country/folk-Americana/indie sounds and feature sophisticated lyrics that suggest the glowing beauty of this trio of feminine souls hides a certain amount of heartbreak and worldliness, though not the loss of a romantic spirit.|Reviewer Hedy Weiss in the ''Chicago Sun-Times''<ref name="twsChicST443"/>}}

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==External links== {{Commons category|Maybe April}} * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8VXabEjuAE&t Maybe April] on Audiotree Live (full session)

Category:Vocal trios Category:American all-female bands Category:Americana music groups Category:Musical groups from Nashville, Tennessee Category:Musical groups established in 2012 Category:2012 establishments in Tennessee Category:All-female country bands