Hammer String Band News Today

Musicians from across Vermont and even Canada traveled to play their instruments by the bedside of Vermont folk musician and mentor Pete Sutherland before he died on Wednesday.Others recorded themselves playing Sutherland’s music, uploading the videos...

Sutherland was known throughout Vermont and beyond as a multi-faceted singer, songwriter and musician who mastered the fiddle but also knew how to play the piano, banjo, the melodeon and guitar. He died this week in Montpelier after battling prostate cancer for over a decade.