Lorraine Hammond

The traditional sounds of New England are resurrected through the playing of multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Lorraine (Lee) Hammond. A self-trained dulcimer player, Hammond was called "the Jimi Hendrix of the Appalachian Dulcimer" by the Harvard Crimson, while the German music magazine Musikblatt referred to her as "the finest of all Appalachian dulcimer players." An old-timey-style banjo player, Hammond placed third in a fiddle and banjo contest in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1994. Hammond is equally skilled at the Celtic harp, which she has studied during extensive trips to ...