ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION COLLECTIONS:Arhoolie General
Guillermo Hernandez Corrido Film
Watch the entire 56 minute film “El Mundo del Corrido de Guillermo Hernandez,” about the late UCLA professor Guillermo Hernandez and his love for Mexican American...
Read MoreChris Strachwitz Photos
Chris Strachwitz Photos Chris Strachwitz, founder of both Arhoolie Records and the Arhoolie Foundation, has been documenting vernacular music since the 1950’s. An avid photographer, he...
Read MoreChris Strachwitz on Houston Record Labels
Jazz Report Vol. 2 No. 8. In 1962 Chris Strachwitz was writing a blues column for Jazz Report magazine. Here is part two of three articles...
Read MoreChris Strachwitz 1962 Article
[feather_share] International Blues Record Club Bulletin Vol. 2 No. 1 December 1962 Searching for music in 1962 with Chris Strachwitz Now, that the commercials...
Read MoreRemembering Manuel Peña (1942 – 2019)
The Arhoolie Foundation’s good friend and colleague Dr. Manuel Heriberto Peña passed away on March 9th, 2019. Here’s a remembrance from Arhoolie Foundation’s president Chris Strachwitz....
Read MoreAdolph Hofner Interview
“There wasn’t very many such things as guitars back in community I lived with, it was all brass and drums and tubas and vice-versa; but what got me interested in that was the steel guitars, I like the way they whine, you know? Also, see them in the Sears Roebuck catalogue and I figured it could be easy to play.”
Read MoreThe Story of Arhoolie Records, on Display at SFO Museum
If you’re traveling through the San Francisco International Airport anytime soon, make sure to check out SFO Museum’s new exhibit Down-Home Music: The Story of Arhoolie...
Read MoreChris Strachwitz 1960 Blues Article
In 1960 Chris Strachwitz was running a small mail order record service and newsletter called the International Blues Record Club (IBRC). In the summer of 1960...
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