Genre: Tex-Mex
Frontera Collection ¡En Vivo! / September 29, 2022
Artist Spotlight: Pedro J. González Rumbo a California This month’s Frontera Collection ¡En Vivo! we present and highlight our new online exhibition, Rumbo a California:...
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Artist Spotlight: Oscar Martínez “El Gallo Copetón” Special Interview with Iris Martínez-Simmons In this month’s Frontera Collection ¡En Vivo! we talk with Iris Martínez-Simmons, the...
Read MoreFrontera Collection ¡En Vivo! / July 28, 2022
Ideal Boleros – The Lost Album El programa de este mes destacará un lanzamiento de Arhoolie Records que nunca salió de las etapas de planificación hace...
Read MoreArhoolie Occasional Number 1
“Since many people think that records are very profitable, let me try to present to you some of the facts.” So wrote Chris Strachwitz in his...
Read MoreGRAMMY 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...
Read MoreFrontera Collection ¡En Vivo! / June 30, 2022
Trenes – Trains English All aboard! In this month’s episode of Frontera Collection ¡En Vivo!, we will listen to songs about trains and discuss the ways...
Read MoreFrontera Collection ¡En Vivo! / May 26, 2022
Family Submissions In this week’s show, we discuss and play various artists from the collection whom family members have graciously shared their stories with us. These...
Read MoreDeep Dives: Los Pingüinos del Norte
Los Pingüinos del Norte have a special place in the history of Arhoolie Records. Their 1970 LP Music of La Raza Vol. 1 was the first...
Read MoreFrontera Collection ¡En Vivo! / April 28, 2022
¡Canciones de Guerra! In this month’s Frontera Collection ¡En Vivo!, we will listen to and explore how armed conflict manifests in song. Whether it is a...
Read MoreRy Cooder Interview
“Once you can see somebody play, I’ve always found this to be true, it illuminates the whole situation, how they hold the instrument, how they physically go about doing these things. Copying notes off a record is pointless. You got to know how they get themselves in a physical state and then things happen, they just seem to happen…
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