ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION COLLECTIONS:Blog
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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Book on Arhoolie Foundation Frontera Collection Wins Three Awards
The book Introduction and Guide to the Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings has won three awards at the 2013 International Latino Book Awards....
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Postage Stamp to Honor Lydia Mendoza
On May 15, 2013 the US Postal Service issued a postage stamp honoring Lydia Mendoza. Lydia Mendoza was the first Queen of Tejano Music, with a...
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Frontera project receives two new grants
The Arhoolie Foundation is excited to announce that we have just received generous grants from the Grammy Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities to...
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