Gavin hammond biography

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Born into a creative household in Cambridge to Lawrence Hammond, a writer, and Dona Haycraft, a photographer, Hammond spent much of his youth.

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Bob Dylan once said folk music should be “romantic, egalitarian and revolutionary”, and that pretty much sums up singer/songwriter Gavin Hammond’s approach to his craft.

“I’d always wondered what kind of album Bob Dylan or Nick Drake would have made if they’d had a laptop,” says Hammond. “So, when I arrived back in London late one summer, I decided to find out. A DJ mate had asked what my tunes were like, so I just put up a couple of mics and went for it. It was straight DIY.”

These accidental, one-take recordings became the basis of his new album 8 Weeks, 11 Days, 12 Hours & 45 Minutes… A mixture of sweet harmonies, mellow guitars, lo-fi beats, strings and vintage synths were added later in his West London flat.

Born into a creative household in Cambridge to Lawrence Hammond, a writer, and Dona Haycraft, a photographer, Hammond spent much of his youth playing guitar on Granchester Meadows, gate-crashing student parties and going to festivals.

He cut his teeth playing bass in one of singer/songwriter Boo Hewardine’s line-ups (kd lang, Natalie Imbruglia), and later took up

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SWEET TOOTH

BIOGRAPHY BY STEPHEN BROLAN

Some things are just meant to be…

It couldn’t be down to sheer coincidence that London-based duo Sweet Tooth sound so of their environment that their smoky, sultry, swing-infused music practically has smog oozing from its pores. Born of not so much a range as an argument of influences – a backstreet brawl of pop, jazz, dub, rock and burlesque – the resulting sound is so congested with the capital’s eclecticism it should be branded with a big C.

Not since Pet Shop Boys or St Etienne has a band so concisely rendered London’s multi-textured undercurrent with such evocative, sepia-soaked effect. However, unlike their predecessors, whose sound elicited a more nostalgic tone, Sweet Tooth’s is more a cocktail of contemporary life in a capital steeped in multicultural juxtaposition.

Sit yourself down in a spot in London’s centre and the plethora of acoustics that issues forth – the jazz bar in front of you; the busking folkie beside you; the nightclub spilling out its colours behind you – is all bundled together in Sweet Tooth’s free-ra

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Gavin Alexander Hammon has worked internationally since attending the University of Cape Town, where he focused his attention on Theatre Arts. Born in Munich, Germany of South African parents, Gavin’s early years were spent in France. From there he & his sibling attended Loretto, a boarding school in Scotland, where he excelled in sports that included Soccer, Squash, Tennis, Rugby, Field Hockey & Cricket. Playing in trials for Scottish Schools Rugby, and winning the British Fives Championship.

Just finished working on FBI Most Wanted - playing an ex South African mercenary that was dishonorably discharged due to unsavory practices. In 2019/20 completed filming Given Life, an indie thriller feature film as lead character Adrien Medens, a surgeon who does everything in his power to save his daughter. Best known for his roles as CIA Agent Conover in Blindspot, International business man Reed Wagner on One Life To Live, French Mercenary Devlin on General Hospital and French drug dealer Laurent on Younger. Gavin has appeared in numerous TV, Indie f