Artist description Songwriting with a worldwide-music community that transcends the single band.

Music Style World Music from Jazz Folk Rock

Musical Influences Robert Cray, Bruce Cockburn, anyone with a brain.

Artist History John Hammink's songwriting career most likely dates to the early 80's when he was a teenager in Ohio. Starting from 1991, while earning a degree in Linguistics, he started on a prolific recording career resulting in over 50 recorded songs to date, the earliest of which was featured in Nkenge Zola's poetry show on WDET in 1991. In '93 after his first European solo tour, he sent a cassette tape around the world to different street performers he had met along the way. The multitracked result was the genesis of his world music vision. John's diverse history has spawned a seemingly endless collage of musicians, artists, bands, and studio talent around the world. In addition to recording dates in east Asia, John's latest projects include a celtic band, Elia; a improvisational collaboration with reknowned Israeli djembe master Aviv Ben Yehuda; and his signature band, Add Lib Lounge. In addition to music, John is also a linguist and works as a senior engineer for a top Finnish data-security company.

Group Members More than 500 players located on all continents of the planet earth.

Instruments Vocals, Acoustic/Electric Guitars, Contrabasse and Electric Bass.

Albums '90 (1990); John Hammink (1991); Twee Jaren (1993); Night Train to Murmansk (1994); 4 (1995); Lovers & Madmen (1997); Edge of the Planet (1998); Arabian Nights (With the Rijksband World Music Project, 1998); Paper Thin Crash (1999); '00-The Bahasa Mix (2000); Add Lib Lounge-Je T'aime (2001), Add Lib Lounge-In Stereo (2002), LIVE! With Ilkka Olander (2002), Le Jazzic-The Sun in Your Eyes (2002).

Press Reviews Current Magazine, Helsingin Sanomat, The Detroit Free Press, MP3 Minnesota featured artists, more to come.

Location Espoo, Uusimaa - Finland

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