Great Acoustics! Catalog

Check out Lorraine and Bennett's NEW CD Jingalo Gypsy! Hear samples or buy it at CD Baby.

Listen for Lorraine and Bennett on the new "Massachusetts for Folk" sampler ( Massfolk.org ).

Also listen for Lorraine on Shanachie's highly acclaimed new release, "Song of the Hills". She is joined by fiddler Ken Kosek for a distinctive version of Shady Grove.

CD and CASSETTE:

Jingalo Gypsy, Lorraine and Bennett's new recording is now available for order from Great Aoustics. available in CD Only
This CD is also available at CD Baby You can hear sound samples there!

Peace on Earth, Lorraine and Bennett Hammond
instrumental Christmas music, 2006 Snowy Egret Music

"This is a thoroughly graceful and beautiful record, a guaranteed stress reducer"
Scott Alarik, Folk Almanac

Beloved Awake, Lorraine Lee Hammond
songs and instrumentals, 1991 Front Hall Records, 034

Jonah's Dream, Lorraine and Bennett Hammond
instrumental music, 1995 SoundWorks, Inc. SW 1006

"Quite simply acoustic music at it's finest"
Dirty Linen.

Cape and Island Ways (with beautiful support from Sarah Bauhan on flute and whistle) Drawn from the instrumental soundtrack they created for the Site Productions video of the same name, selections range from originals like Lorraine's haunting 'The Free Spirit' to familiar favorites like 'Grandfather's Clock' and 'Three Jolly Rogues of Lynn' available in CD Only

Hell Up Coal Holler, Lorraine's new Shanachie recording with West Virginia fiddler Gerry Milnes, is now available for order from Great Aoustics. "A milestone recording of traditional American rural dance tunes", the instrumental collection is a real toe-tapper. available in CD Only
This CD is also available at CD Now! You can also hear sound samples there!

An Exultation of Dulcimers, A re-release of a 1978 Greenhays classic recording with Lorraine, Roger Nicholson and Jean Ritchie. Songs and instrumentals with an Elizabethan flavor. available in CD Only

The Little House - Our newest catalog addition is a paperback and cassette package of the timeless children's classic, written by Virginia Lee Burton in 1942. Lorraine read the story for this Houghton Mifflin 'Carry Along' series, then created and performed the original soundtrack. Not just for kids!

Love Has A Life Of Its Own including Love Has A Life Of Its Own, Redbird Blues, My Name is Ruth, Celadon Song and Bunch of Rushes with guitar and harp. Beautiful support from Sarah Bauhan, flute & whistle; Donna Hebert, vocals & fiddle; Mark Murphy, bass & cello; Pam Weeks, vocals & strings, Tom White, mandolin. Available in CD Only

The first review is in for Lorraine and Bennett's new CD, "Love Has A Life Of Its Own" on Wizmak records (see order form below for ordering info.)

"The album celebrates the strength of the working class and the romantic yearnings of the heart."
Boston Globe, February 1998

"The title song should be designated the "Wake-up song of the '90s". The music is wonderful - your music collection of the decade is incomplete without this album."
Dulcimer Folk Association, January 1998 Reviews, Folknoter

Masters of the Mountain Dulcimer is a welcome anthology of today's leading players. This collection, compiled by dulcimer player Susan Trump,beautifully documents the range of of the instrument from the traditional playing of Jean Ritchie and Betty Smith through the contemporary styling of Rob Brereton and Lorraine Lee Hammond. It is available now through Great Acoustics in both CD and cassette format.

BOOKS:

Yellow Moon Press

"Barley Break, Elizabethan Music for Appalachian Dulcimer " intermediate/advanced level music, tab and chords

CASSETTE ONLY:

"Barley Break, Elizabethan Music for Appalachian Dulcimer, "
solo dulcimer

"The Magic Dulcimer, "
dulcimer and vocals

"Light as a Feather,"
Lorraine and Bennett Hammond dulcimer and guitar instrumentals

"Walking on Air,"
Bennett's solo guitar recording.

INSTRUCTIONAL CASSETTES:

Homespun Tapes

"Appalachian Dulcimer Series,"
beginner to advanced levels, 6 cassettes with booklets

Checks payable to Great Acoustics! Please mail checks to Great Acoustics! 146 High Street, Brookline, MA 02445 send for a full GA! catalog.

For more information on the above mentioned products, please contact Great Acoustics! at: Lorraine Lee Hammond (dulcimers@comcast.net)