Location: bay area
Down Home Music: The Stories and Photographs of Chris Strachwitz
A visual storytelling celebration of American roots music in its rich variety through unseen and newly scanned photographs by the founder of the legendary Arhoolie Records....
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Ry 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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Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee Photo Gallery
Previous Next By the early 1960s, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee were familiar faces in the Bay Area’s folk and blues scene. They frequently set up...
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Frontera Collection ¡En Vivo! / December 17, 2020
#60YearsOfArhoolie In this week’s show, we will continue to celebrate the musical contributions that Arhoolie Records gave the world. After a very well-received Part One, we...
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About Chris Strachwitz
The ripple effect of Chris Strachwitz in the world is immeasurable in preserving this music. I can’t even imagine what it would be like to not...
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Working From Home: Aki Kumar & Rome Yamilov
The Arhoolie Foundation has teamed up with Little Village Foundation to produce “Working From Home,” a video series of mini house concerts recorded live by traditional...
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Working From Home Presents: The Sons of the Soul Revivers
The Arhoolie Foundation has teamed up with Little Village Foundation to produce “Working From Home,” a video series of mini house concerts recorded live by traditional...
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Arhoolie Records Catalogs Publications
Arhoolie Records Catalogs and Publications The Arhoolie Foundation stems from the work of founder Chris Strachwitz and his seminal independent record label Arhoolie Records. In 1960,...
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Arhoolie Records 45rpm Discography
Arhoolie Records 45rpm Discography by Tom Ball Arhoolie Records was founded in 1960 by Chris Strachwitz. Throughout the years of the vinyl disc, Arhoolie Records released...
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