Lorraine Hammond

Lorraine Lee Hammond is a multi-instrumentalist, music teacher and song preservationist who is originally from Cornwall, Connecticut and now resides with her family in Brookline, Massachusetts. In her youth, she was exposed to music by songs her mother would sing around the house and by local town musicians. The rural area in the Berkshires, where she grew up, had well attended music festivals. Stars like Benny Goodman would perform there in the summer. Lorraine sang, and played the banjo and mandolin through her grade school years. After hearing a recording of Jean Ritchie, she soon realized that she wanted to play the mountain dulcimer as well. Throughout her career, Lorraine has written two books on how to play the dulcimer, toured Scotland numerous times, and has directed many festivals and summer camps in the New England area. She has recorded albums with Jean Ritchie, Rick Lee, Roger Nicholson, Bennett Hammond, and many others. Today Lorraine and her husband Bennett, continue to teach, hold workshops, and perform regularly.

Source: von Bernewitz, R. (2020, June 29). Lorraine Lee Hammond - a look back on the career. Musicguy247. https://musicguy247.typepad.com/my-blog/2020/06/lorraine-lee-hammond-interview-bennett-hammond-mountain-dulcimer-jean-ritchie-margaret-bennett-margaret-macarthur-buell-kazee.html