Artist Profile in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune’s “The Ticket”

Sarasota’s premier newspaper periodically features locale musicians in their arts publication / website “The Ticket”, and they’ve featured yours-truly this week. Journalist Dawn Scire does a bang-on job describing my sound in all its permutations and combinations, and I might just have to steal some of her phrases when describing my music in the future. Rock on for [...]

Interview and Performance on WMNF 88.5FM “Center Stage”

Host RJ Oreskovich invited me to drop by the studio and chat with him for an hour on his show “Center Stage”, of course bringing along the acoustic guitar and jamming out on a couple of tunes from both “[Reasonably] Honest” and my new disc “Solo at Stone Mt Arts Center”. We discuss the role [...]

Actual Stores Where You Can Buy My Actual CD/DVD

Mp3 downloads (like from Itunes) are great, but sometimes having physical product is nice, especially when that product includes a professionally produced LIVE BONUS DVD! If you are in Maine, New Hampshire or Florida there are some stores where you can pick it up (and of course it’s available at all live shows and for [...]

CD Review in the Portland Press Herald – Portland, Maine

Aimsel Ponti just penned a great review of my recently released Live CD/DVD – “Solo at Stone Mt Arts Center” in Maine’s biggest newspaper, the Portland Press Herald. Those of you who read the paper regularly probably already know of Aimsel as a die-hard music fan and a huge supporter of the local independent scene. [...]

Review of my tune “Worst Kind of Perfect” by TAXI

As most of you are fully aware I just released my first Live CD/DVD “Solo at Stone Mt Arts Center” which I had manufactured by Discmakers. I used them for my last release as well, “[Reasonably] Honest”, and just as with last time I was extremely pleased with the results. Quick turn-around, pleasant staff, lots [...]

Article in the Sarasota Herald Tribune – Ticket CL

Some great ink on local Suncoast albums in the Ticket CL from Tim Sukits, including a bit on my newest album “Solo at Stone Mt Arts Center”. “And by the end of January, we witnessed the drop of soulful-voiced, beat-boxer Ben Hammond’s first live CD/DVD, “Solo at Stone Mt. Arts Center,” which features 13 audio [...]

Ben Hammond – “Except For You” from “Solo at Stone Mt” Original Song

http://www.benhammondmusic.com to purchase this Live CD / DVD (13 audio tracks and 6 video tracks including this one). Recorded Live on May 6th, 2010 at the Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield, Maine. Taylor T5 Acoustic / Electric Guitar, Vocals and Vocal Percussion by Ben Hammond. Ben also used a Boomerang+ Loop Station (it’s fun, [...]

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Radio Interview and Performance on Sarasota’s WTMY

LIVE ON WTMY PART 1: LIVE ON WTMY PART 2: A two part video of me appearing live on WTMY Radio (1280 AM) in downtown Sarasota, FL with Cliff Roles. We discuss a recent concert hosted by Jules Price and Jeremy Hammond-Chambers of Innovative Dining where I was the featured musical act and Cliff was [...]

Trip to Maine Video – Live on NBC “207″ and Stone Mt Arts Center Soundcheck

In May of 2010 I ventured up to Maine for a week to record a live solo show at the unbelievably gorgeous Stone Mt Arts Center in Brownfield which has hosted concerts from such greats as Bela Fleck, Martin Sexton, Ritchie Havens, the list goes on and on… The night before my big gig I [...]