Brad Hammonds is an acoustic guitarist/ singer/songwriter living in NYC who recently recorded his debut album which will be released in early 2009. The album is a mix of acoustic rock, pop, world and roots music. Brad's voice compliments his superb percussive guitar style with soulful and introspective lyrics.
Brad also performs in the band Brazz Tree and has played hundreds of shows across the country including NYC venues such as The Blue Note, The Symphony Space, The Living Room, Joes' Pub, The Whitney Museum, Rockwood Music Hall, BAM Cafe, SXSW Eclectic Stage, and voted one of WNYC's soundcheck best live performances of 2007. Brad has toured extensively with Brazz Tree throughout the country playing college and universities, theaters, cafes, art houses and house concerts and toured the Netherlands....

Brazz Tree

NYC-based violin/guitar duo Brazz Tree continues to astound and endear audiences across the country with their brand of music: New World Acoustic Rock. Though it draws on traditional forms born in places as far-flung as Ireland and India, their Music remains firmly rooted in the exuberant, questing ethos of the New World.

Since they began touring in 2004, Brazz Tree has traveled extensively throughout the U.S. and the Netherlands playing colleges and Universities, Theaters, Clubs, Art Centers, church coffeehouses, house concerts and libraries. They have performed at the SXSW Music Festival's World and Eclectic Music stage in Austin, TX and were on the Relix magazine compilation CD, as well as in their "Listen Up" section. Their album Spiral On will be featured in stores around the country in Paste Magazine's recommends section in February 2008. Brazz Tree has received Radio play from across the country including a spotlight on NPR and Acoustic Cafe (ACAFE) as "one to watch". They have performed on the Woodsongs Radio Hour at the Lexington Theater (Lexington, KY) to a sold out crowd, WVIA's Homegrown Music Series and WNYC's Soundcheck with John Schaefer. They were on numerous 'best of 2007' lists including NPR's WNYC's best live performances of 2007.

Brazz Tree's first CD "...Quest..." was released in 2004. It included rising tabla star, Suphala and Jason DiMatteo on double bass. They spent the next year touring and writing before they brought new material to producers Alan Camlet and Pete Thompson. With a bevy of guest artists and guest producer Michael Leonhart (Steely Dan, Lenny Kravitz), Brazz Tree's newest creation "Spiral On" is the next step in the evolution of the band with a much more complex sound incorporating electric bass and guitar, drums, loops and samples and a string ensemble. The listener is taken on a musical journey, bringing to mind the music of Peter Gabriel, Fiona Apple and Jefferson Airplane.

"You're not going to hear a more talented duo in a long time."
-Smother

Brad Hammonds

Brad Hammonds is an acoustic guitarist/ singer/songwriter living in NYC who recently recorded his debut album which will be released in early 2009. The album is a mix of acoustic rock, pop, world and roots music. Brad's voice compliments his superb percussive guitar style with soulful and introspective lyrics. Hammonds uses loop pedals to create a one man band show looping percussion, guitar lines, and vocals. He also performs with a full band consisting of electric bass, drums and trumpet.
Brad also performs in the band Brazz Tree and has played hundreds of shows across the country including NYC venues such as The Blue Note, The Symphony Space, The Living Room, Joes' Pub, The Whitney Museum, Rockwood Music Hall, BAM Café, SXSW Eclectic Stage, and voted one of WNYC's soundcheck best live performances of 2007. Brad has toured extensively with Brazz Tree throughout the country playing college and universities, theaters, cafes, art houses and house concerts and toured the Netherlands.... "Brad is a strong player in the Richard Thompson tradition, with a beautifully hypnotic approach." -Vernon Reid "Brad, undoubtedly has the fastest fingers in the east. I have never, never, ever seen fingers fly up and down the neck of a guitar at this sort of break-neck speed." -Dian Hall (Music Director of Union Hall) "Hammonds is an exceptional guitarist" -Listenersgeneration.com