ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION COLLECTIONS:Projects

Rumbo a California

Rumbo a California (https://rumboacalifornia.org) is a multimedia online exhibition that explores the Mexican American experience in California as documented on commercial recordings going back to the...

Arhoolie Awards 2020

Arhoolie Awards 2020 The Arhoolie Awards honor musicians, organizations, and individuals who carry on and uplift tradition-based music. Recipients are nominated by experts in the field...

Frontera Collection ¡En Vivo!

Hear classic recordings and hidden gems from the Frontera Collection on this new YouTube radio show. Tune into the show on YouTube, and check this page to find playlists, selected images, recording dates, and resource links.

Presenting: Working From Home

“Working from Home,” features intimate mini house concerts recorded live by traditional musicians around the country trying to make it through this current public health crisis doing what they do best.

Barbara Dane Documentary Film

The Arhoolie Foundation is proud to sponsor the production of the new documentary film The Nine Lives of Barbara Dane on the life and music of...

The Harry Oster Collection

Between 1956 and 1963, Dr. Harry Oster, professor of English at LSU Baton Rouge, roamed the back roads of Louisiana in search of traditional music. A...

SPECIAL PROJECTS BY THE ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION

Photos From Our Benefit Concert and Arhoolie Awards

Thank you to everyone who made Bridging the Blues a wonderful and exciting event. Our inaugural Arhoolie Awards and benefit concert with Taj Mahal and Fantastic...

Sacred Steel Instrument Fund

2001-2002 – Sacred Steel Instrument Fund The purpose of the Sacred Steel Instrument Fund was to provide a source of instruments to talented musicians, to support...

25,000 photos of musicians donated to the Arhoolie Foundation

Chris Strachwitz, founder of both Arhoolie Records and the Arhoolie Foundation, has been documenting vernacular music since the 1950’s. An avid photographer he has taken over...