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Jane and Nell Bryden sing folk and children's songs from the British Isles- A lovely collaboration between a mother and daughter, set to the accompaniment of the archguitar. Also with Flautist Chris Kruger and violinist Kenny Butler. The response to this recording has been overwhelming; many listeners buy three or four copies.

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Read Kendra Thurlow's article about Peter Blanchette's European travels as a young busker. Click here or below.

Richie Davis interviews Peter Blanchette on his approach to Bach, the recording industry, and designing his own instruments. Click here or below.

What is an archguitar?
The archguitar is a modern instrument designed by Peter Blanchette and Walter Stanul in 1980. Archguitars can have from 9 to 11 strings, giving them a much larger musical range than 6-string guitars. Most of Blanchette's recordings are of baroque, renaissance and modern classical music, though the instrument lends itself well to all acoustic styles. Learn more.
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Catch Peter Thursday nights at Carmelina's
in Hadley, MA

OUR NEW RELEASE- APRIL 2008
Sleepers, Awake! documents the marvelous musical chemistry of Eliott Gibbons and Peter Blanchette. This strikingly lively recording, only briefly available on cassette in the early 1990's, has finally been digitally re-mastered for release on CD. The CD features the Scarlatti Harpsichord Sonatas, some of the most well-fitted guitar compositions ever written, and Bach transcriptions, transcendent with a deep spiritual sense. More than a few listeners have said that together Gibbons and Blanchette sound like “[Bach piano savant] Glenn Gould playing a guitar."
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