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Finding History on a Store Sticker

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, 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

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

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 – 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 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

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

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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Statement on the passing of Chris Strachwitz

Arhoolie Records Founder
July 1, 1931 – May 5, 2023

We celebrate the life of our founder, friend, and great record man Chris Strachwitz. He died peacefully at home in Marin County, CA, surrounded in his last days by dear friends and family. Over his 91 years, Chris captured the music that represents the best “down home music” the world has to offer.

He was at the forefront of nearly all the roots revivals over the last 60 years including blues, zydeco, Cajun, Norteño and Tejano music. His drive to document traditional music helped introduce the nation to our diverse musical heritage. He had the foresight to save music that might have otherwise been lost to obscurity and played a role in strengthening cultural traditions through his records, films, and most recently the Arhoolie Foundation. He cared for those around him, fought for royalties and recognition for Arhoolie artists, and provided counsel to countless musicians, writers, film makers, and academics.

Plans for a public celebration of his life will be announced in the coming weeks. Today we’re thinking of all that Chris brought to our lives and the lives of the musicians and fans with whom he shared his passion.

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