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Bryan Blanchette

Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki

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Bryan Blanchette studied music at the world-renowned Berklee College of Music. He started pow wow drumming in 1996 and soon after began writing Abenaki language songs in 1998. His group, The Blackhawk Singers are extremely popular and have performed internationally to critical acclaim. They have released two CDs.His contemporary music has also played to critical acclaim throughout New England.

Bryan Blanchette is a 21st-century Abenaki musician who brings over 10,000-years of tradition into his music and performance in a 21st-century setting. A contemporary song may be sung in an Algonquian language, or a traditional powwow song might be fused with a Euro-American musicology. His music is the continuation of millenniums of music tradition of the land that flourished before America was America. Beautiful music and Abenaki heritage combine to create one of New England’s most original artists.

Blanchette’s musical talent is unquestioned. Whether singing at a powwow with the Blackhawk Singers or performing solo at Vermont’s Flynn Theater, his voice makes listeners stop and take notice. He plays multiple instruments, writes his own music and lyrics, and sings with a powerful, captivating voice of an Abenaki warrior.

Bryan is married with three children and is currently living in N’dakinna, the Abenaki homeland, Graniteville, Vermont.

ph: 802-579-0049
abenaki@abenakiart.org

Bryan Blanchette

Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki

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