ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION COLLECTIONS:Featured
Deep Dives: Los Pingüinos del Norte
Los Pingüinos del Norte have a special place in the history of Arhoolie Records. Their 1970 LP Music of La Raza Vol. 1 was the first...
Read MoreDeep Dives: Ry & Taj
For this month’s Deep Dive, we’re highlighting the work of two longtime members of the extended Arhoolie family, Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal, in anticipation of...
Read MoreDeep Dives: Women’s History Month
For Women’s History Month, we honor the music and stories of extraordinary women in the Arhoolie family. As musicians, singers, documentarians, tradition bearers, and organizers, these...
Read MoreThe Arhoolie Awards – 2021
THE ARHOOLIE AWARDS: CELEBRATING AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC A special concert and presentation to highlight the music and musicians that make up part of our American music/vernacular...
Read MoreArhoolie Awards Honorees 2021
The Arhoolie Awards honor musicians, organizations, and individuals who carry on and uplift tradition-based music. Recipients are nominated by experts in the field and selected because...
Read MoreDeep Dives: Black History Month
For Black History Month, the Arhoolie Foundation focuses on some of the interviews, stories, and videos that feature performers from the Arhoolie catalog. These musicians are...
Read MoreDeep Dives: Our Interview Archive
Arhoolie Records always worked to give voice to the musicians. In addition to releasing hundreds of records, hours of interviews with musicians and others were recorded...
Read MoreDeep Dives: The Strachwitz Video Collection
Chris Strachwitz spent many years taking pictures of the people, places and events that he was fortunate to be part of. In the 1980’s Chris also...
Read MoreDeep Dives: The Roots of Sacred Steel
In 1997, Arhoolie Records released its first disc of Sacred Steel music, a gospel tradition with deep roots in the African American holiness churches of the...
Read MoreDeep Dives: Both Sides of the Border
The Frontera Collection is an archive of over 160,000 songs documenting over 100 years of music from the border of the US and Mexico. The songs...
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