Melissa Ferrick

Singer-songwriter Melissa Ferrick has the kind of relationship with her audience that few artists are blessed with. Her live performance is fierce and funny, outspoken and vulnerable, passionate and real. “She appeared at times to be channeling Bruce Springsteen and Rickie Lee Jones simultaneously,” said the Boston Globe after one of her concerts. The emotional honesty of Melissa’s first-person lyrics, the force of her vocal delivery and the disciplined fury of her musicianship connects her to her audience with confidence and grace. Melissa is a longtime Ark favorite, but we haven’t hosted her since before the pandemic. It’s time to stop by and renew old acquaintances!