Cornwall, Connecticut-raised Lorraine Hammond is a well-known folksinger, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Lorraine has sought to preserve the music and traditions she grew up with as a child and pass them on in the community in which she was raised. With her husband, guitarist and folksinger Bennett Hammond, Lorraine has conducted a series of Cornwall “homecoming concerts.”
I grew up in the Northern Appalachians, the Berkshires. Raised on Sharon Mountain and in West Cornwall, Connecticut, I was at home on both sides of the Housatonic River. – Lorraine Hammond
Comfort Star
Back of Yonder Mountain
Heart For A Song
Andrew Bataan
Highway Crew
House Carpenter
Mary On The Wild Moor
The Old Road
Pretty Betty Martin
Young But Daily Growing
My Mother’s Opal Ring
Cornwall cared deeply and well for both my parents, Joe and Eleanor Choiniere. After their deaths in 2002 and 2003, I offered a homecoming concert at the Town Hall as a way to thank the town. My husband Bennett and I invited folks to bring along their instruments and jam with us later. That inspired Rachel Gall and some other players to create their own dance band and start up a whole new generation of Cornwall homemade music traditions. – Lorraine Hammond