ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION COLLECTIONS:Arhoolie General
Arhoolie Awards 2018
Awards show photos by Ariel Nava Arhoolie Awards 2018 On October 13th, The Arhoolie Foundation presented the first annual Arhoolie Awards onstage at our benefit concert...
Read MoreA Year-End Letter from Chris Strachwitz
Dear Friends of the Arhoolie Foundation, In light of the horrific tragedies which have befallen so many fellow Californians as well as people around the world...
Read MoreAdam Machado Named Arhoolie Foundation Executive Director
The Arhoolie Foundation is pleased to introduce Adam Machado as its Executive Director. A longtime writer, editor, and producer with Arhoolie Records, Machado has served on...
Read MoreChris Strachwitz Blues Column
In 1962 Chris Strachwitz was writing a blues column for Jazz Report magazine. Here is part three of three articles about his travels in the south, this...
Read MoreArmando Marroquín Interview – Tejano
Armando Marroquín will always be known as the man who founded the tejano recording industry. A native of Alice, Texas, where he spent his entire life, Marroquín was born in 1912, and he died in 1990.
Read MoreBalde Gonzalez Interview
Baldemar (Balde) González was born on May 30, 1928, in Beeville, Texas. Sightless since birth, he attended the school for the blind in Austin, Texas, where he learned to play piano, clarinet and saxophone.
Read MoreBig Mama Thornton, Andrés Berlanga, Repertorio Musical Mexicano – Mauricio Calderón
New on the Arhoolie Foundation website. An interview with Big Mama Thornton and a gallery of photos. An interview with Andrés Berlanga talking about recording back in...
Read MoreBill Neely Interview
Bill Neely has been singing and picking guitar since 1929 when Jimmie Rodgers showed him a few basics. In the late 1940s he started writing his own songs and has been doing it ever since. The songs on this, Bill’s first album, are almost all his own compositions.
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