Marie-Lynn Hammond (born August 31, 1948) is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter, broadcaster and playwright. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to a Franco-Ontarian mother and an Anglo-Quebecer father, she is fluently bilingual and writes and performs material in both English and French.
She began her career as a founder of the folk music group Stringband, [1] and later pursued a solo career. She was also a host of programming on CBC Radio in the 1980s and 1990s, including Dayshift and Musical Friends . [2] She has also written several plays, including the bilingual musical Beautiful Deeds/De beaux gestes [3] and the drama White Weddings, [4] and was co-writer with Brigitte Berman of the screenplay to the 1994 film The Circle Game .
On August 26, 2006, Hammond was thrown from her horse while horseback riding, and sustained serious injuries. [5] Her friends organized two benefit concerts at Hugh's Room in January 2007 to help raise money for her non-insured health care costs and lost income due to her inability to work. [5] People who appeared at the concerts included Bob Bossin, Stuart McLean, Eve Goldberg, Garnet Rogers, Nancy White, Sylvia Tyson, Don Ross, Rick Salutin, Jian Ghomeshi and Mike Ford. [5] The accident has left her with a visual impairment, but she has otherwise recovered and is working (and riding) again. [6]
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