Marie-Lynn Hammond & Vignettes

Marie-Lynn Hammond | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: The Orchard
• ASIN: B000040OKL
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #131,841 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Calico Cat

2. Maverick Gleam

3. Distant Early Warning Line

4. Houdini and You and Me

5. But for the Timing

6. Minitoken Sunrose (Nobody Loves You)

7. Leaving

8. Ętre Libre

9. Black Cat, Stephen and the Popcorn Man

10. Lights in the Windows

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Marie - Lynn Hammond ( Another Canadian Vegetarian !), June 1, 2006

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Brien Comerford (Glenview, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marie-Lynn Hammond & Vignettes (Audio CD)

Nobody is as unique and mystifying as Marie-Lynn Hammond. Her lyrics belong to four different personalities (funny, grievous, satirical and esoteric). Ms. Hammond has an endearing and wondrous voice and her music is enchanting. The subjects of her songs are vast and she is a cerebral lyricist. We highly recommend music fans to also purchase her dynamic Pegasus CD and her delightfully enigmatic Impromptu CD. Ms. Hammond is also a reporter and she writes plays and other literary genres. She loves cats and horses. She joins KD Lang, K-OS, Mae Moore, Reid Jamieson and Bryan Adams as being strict vegetarians who dine on meatless cuisine in Canada and wherever else they venture !

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another overlooked artist, October 17, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Marie-Lynn Hammond & Vignettes (Audio CD)

This is a repackaging of two long out of print LPs. Marie-Lynn is another one of those singers who's never achieved the commercial success (or widespread distribution) that her work deserves. Call her a folk artist for lack of a better word, but her music covers a such a wide range that it's impossible to pigeon-hole (which, sadly, probably contributes to her lack of commercial success).

Fans of this album would also enjoy her other two re-issues: "Impromptu" and "Black & White and Shades of Grey". Plus, she was a founding member and player (in the 70's & mid 80's) in the Canadian social activist / folk group Stringband - all their albums are long out of print but they just (Sept. 2002) released an anthology retrospective CD titled "Indispensible Stringband".

Amazon has never carried Marie Lynn's other CDs, but they can be obtained direct from her website, marielynnhammond.com, which also contains links to the Stringband site.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A delightful surprise., September 29, 2000

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This review is from: Marie-Lynn Hammond & Vignettes (Audio CD)

This disk is listed as "folk," and I feel that it is much more than that. Don't expect music like the 1960's group Ian and Sylvia. The music is in many ways similar, but yet conveys so much more. Marie-Lynn Hammond's voice is more beautiful and versatile than that of Barbara Streisand, Celine Dion, or Sarah Brightman. It is a wonderfully expressive voice. The lyrics appeal both to the head and the heart. They include many shared experiences with which one can readily identify.

This CD is an anthology covering a range from folk, blues, country, French chanson and valse, biographical ballad, to a lot of things that are just plain fun. Well written and wonderfully delivered.