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Blues Hall of Famer John P. Hammond and bluegrass up-and-comer Sierra Hull will headline the 2012 Common Ground on the Hill Roots Music Festival. This year’s Roots Festival is July 7-8 at the Carroll ...

It’s hard to believe that a New York City kid whose father discovered everybody from Billie Holiday to Bruce Springsteen, and whose lineage can be traced back to the Vanderbilts, would devote his life ...

OLD SAYBROOK >> Over the years, there are few people who have worked as hard to keep the blues alive as John Hammond Jr. (johnhammond.com/). With 35 albums out over a ...

Portrait of John P. Hammond as a young bog standing next to his favorite companion, his dog Bounce. Hammond wears a white shirt and blue trousers. His right hand ...

Most great talent scouts reign for about a generation, if they're lucky. But John Hammond dominated four generations. He never wrote a tune, never played a horn and never even sang a song. But he had ...