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The Avett Brothers, the Forge Mountain Diggers, and Robinella

August at the Ark

New southern roots

by James M. Manheim

posted 8/1/2007

As recently as six or seven years ago, the Ark would virtually shut down for the summer. Now it runs straight through, except for an Art Fair hiatus, and this summer the place seems to be trying out an unusual number of new things, from British neosoul to traditional Hungarian music to Cape Verdean pop to a sensational quartet of Cajun musicians called

 
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