Genre: Norteno
Finding History on a Store Sticker
By Juan Antonio Cuéllar, Frontera Collection Curator Throughout my 20 years of digitizing the Frontera Collection, I was always intrigued by the store stickers found on...
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Raza, Accordions, and Rock!
Raza, Accordions, & Rock is monthly show hosted on the Dublab website and to spotlight the many untold stories hidden within the grooves of the Strachwitz Frontera Collection.
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The Arhoolie Foundation Year-End Letter
Looking back at this last year, the Arhoolie Foundation continues the work of promoting and preserving roots-based American music. From Mississippi to Louisiana, Florida, Mexico, and...
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GRAMMY MUSEUM® GRANT SUPPORTS ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION
(JUNE, 2022) — The GRAMMY Museum® Grant Program announced $200,000 in grants will be awarded to 16 recipients in the United States to help facilitate a...
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The 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...
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Ramiro Cortés Interview
Ramiro Cortés Interview Ramiro Cortés talks to Chris about his years as Lydia Mendoza’s impresario. Just after quitting his job playing baseball for the Coca Cola...
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Narciso Martínez Interview
Narciso Martínez Interview Narciso Martínez, born in 1911, in Reynosa, Tamalipas, across the Texas-Mexico border, is known as the “father” of the Texas-Mexican conjunto. Upon making...
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Sign up for the Arhoolie Foundation monthly newsletter. You can find out about the latest additions to the archives, the focus on our Deep Dives into...
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The Chris Strachwitz Collection
As founder of both Arhoolie Records and the Arhoolie Foundation, Chris Strachwitz has been collecting, documenting, recording, and promoting regional roots music for over 60 years....
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Fred Zimmerle Interview
Zimmerle recalls his early experiences with music, “we used to have a console Victrola that I used to wind it all the time. And it must’ve been around the age of six, when I started to sing and play the guitar.” … “And when I reached the age of four… At that time, I became a leader of a band at that school.”
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