ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION COLLECTIONS:Blog
Arhoolie Foundation to Digitize Oster Field Recordings
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...
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Adam 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...
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Announcing the Frontera Collection YouTube Channel
The Arhoolie Foundation has started a Frontera Collection Youtube Channel to make accessible some of the rare 78rpm recordings in our Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican...
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R.I.P. Paul oliver
R.I.P. Paul Oliver A note from Chris Strachwitz, founder of Arhoolie Records and the Arhoolie Foundation: “Paul was a remarkable person and devoted educator who taught...
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1960 Journey to the South – Down South 1960 – The beginning of a record label.
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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New Cajun and Zydeco Audio Interviews with Clifton Chenier, Eddie Shuler, and Moise Robin
We’ve post three great new interviews of Cajun and Zydeco performers. Listen to their own voices tell their stories to interviewer Chris Strachwitz. Clfton Chenier, the...
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Happy 110th Birthday Moses Asch!
Happy 110th Birthday Moses Asch! Wednesday, December 2, 2015, would have been the 110th birthday of Folkways Records founder Moses “Moe” Asch (1905–1986). Listen to a...
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Interview with Fred and Rose Maddox and Maddox Brothers & Rose Photo Gallery
New Maddox Brothers and Rose photo gallery and interview. Listen to Fred and Rose Maddox as they reminisce about the Maddox Brothers and Rose and celebrate...
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We welcome your comments!
This is the new Arhoolie foundation website which we will be filling with all sorts of photos, interviews, discographies, videos, and other information. At the bottom of...
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New UCLA Frontera Website
The new bi-lingual UCLA Frontera website is up now featuring over 100,000 recordings with longer audio samples, places from you to enter in your comments, a blog...
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