OLIVEBRIDGE, N.Y. Ruth Ungar Merenda, co-founder of the Summer Hoot, says the festival is a great way for people to connect while hearing great new songs and discovering bands they don’t know yet. The three-day festival, in its 11th year, returns to the Ashokan Center Friday, Aug. 25 through Sunday, Aug. 27. “It’s nice […]
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Ask anyone who’s caught them live and you’ll hear the same thing: It’s simply impossible to see
Lara Hope & the Ark-Tones perform and not have a great time. A smile on the lips, a swivel in the hips, and an earful of snappy tunes are the inevitable takeaways from any Ark-Tones appearance. The band’s singular blend of rock ‘n’ roll, country, blues, surf, Western swing, rockabilly, folk, pop, and jazzy rhythm & blues gets feet a-moving and hands a-clapping no matter the audience. By the end of the night, if they weren’t already, those lucky concertgoers are rabid fans.