John Hammond - Featured Artist for February

There's nothing like listening to John Hammond to take the chill off of a cold winter's night. And, John's new album, "Push Comes to Shove," produced by G. Love and John's wife Marla, will melt the frost right off the window.

John is one of our favorite artists here at The Sound Cellar. We've been spellbound by his blues since the first day we dropped a needle on his album "Big City Blues." We haven't been the same since we first witnessed a live performance of John playing his timeless blues.

John Hammond is a treasure. He is the consummate gentleman troubadour traveling the world spreading the gospel of the blues to all who are willing to lend an ear and take his message to heart. The world is a better place thanks to all of the years the John has been preaching his blues and by the looks of things, he's not going to be slowing down any time soon.

After performing this past summer at his alma mater Antioch College, we had chance to chat with him about his new album where he mentioned that G. Love was producing it. He was visibly excited about the sessions and very pleased with the resulting recordings. It's easy to understand his excitement. "Push Comes to Shove" stands among the best work of his career, and if you know anything of John's extraordinary career, that's making a bold statement.

The Sound Cellar will be featuring as much John Hammond music as the Digital Millenium Copyright Act will allow. All month we'll be playing cuts from "Push Comes to Shove" and more from John's expansive catalog. And, the playlist will be taking on a decidedly more bluesy feel as we do our part to spread the gospel of the blues this February.