Marie-Lynn Hammond
Marie-Lynn Hammond (born August 31, 1948) is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter, broadcaster and playwright. Born in Montreal to a Franco-Ontarian mother and an Anglo-Quebecer father, she is fluently bilingual and writes and performs material in both English and French.
She began her career as a founder of the folk music group Stringband,[1] and later pursued a solo career. She was also a host of programming on CBC Radio in the 1980s and 1990s, including Dayshift and Musical Friends.[2] She has also written several plays, including the bilingual musical Beautiful Deeds/De beaux gestes[3] and the drama White Weddings.[4]
On August 26, 2006, Hammond was thrown from her horse while horseback riding, and sustained serious injuries.[5] Her friends organized two benefit concerts at Hugh's Room in January 2007 to help raise money for her non-insured health care costs.[5] People who appeared at the concerts included Bob Bossin, Stuart McLean, Eve Goldberg, Garnet Rogers, Nancy White, Sylvia Tyson, Don Ross, Rick Salutin, Jian Ghomeshi and Mike Ford.[5]
Contents
Discography
- Marie-Lynn Hammond (1978)
- Vignettes (1983)
- Impromptu (1985)
- Black & White...and shades of grey (1990)
- Pegasus (2003)
Plays
- Beautiful Deeds/De beaux gestes (1985)
- White Weddings (1990)
References
- ↑ "Stringband got by without a record label". Vancouver Sun, May 21, 2003.
- ↑ Greg Quill, "CBC's Musical Friends, The Entertainers disappear from airwaves". The Gazette, May 2, 1992.
- ↑ "Love bridges two solitudes in Deeds". The Gazette, March 15, 1990.
- ↑ "A spunky play for the age". Toronto Star, November 21, 1991.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Greg Quill, "Posse of folk artists to the rescue; Two benefits to aid Stringband singer on long recovery trail after riding mishap". Toronto Star, January 25, 2007.
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