Location: California
Canciones de mis Abuelos: Gilberto Guardiola
Gilberto Guardiola English Español English When my father was alive, he was a renowned artist who excelled as both a singer and an accordion player. His...
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Ernie Padilla English Español English Born and raised in Richmond, California to Benjamin and Tillie Padilla, Joe Ernest Padilla was also known as “Ernie Valens.” He...
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“Canciones De Mis Abuelos” is a project dedicated to preserving and promoting the untold stories of the musicians and music archived in the Frontera Collection. This...
Read MoreCanciones de mis Abuelos: Adelita Del Norte
MARIA TERESA DELGADO PEREZ (LA ADELITA DEL NORTE) English Español English Maria Teresa Delgado, also known as La Adelita del Norte, was a singer and performer...
Read MoreArhoolie Awards Celebration Concert 2023
5th annual Arhoolie Awards Celebration Concert Buy Tickets for the Arhoolie Awards Celebration Concert Here The Arhoolie Foundation – a non-profit organization dedicated to the documentation,...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreRumbo a California Documents the Rise of Mexican Music in California
El Cerrito, CA (9/15/22) – The Arhoolie Foundation presents Rumbo a California: Making Mexican Music in the Golden State, a bilingual digital exhibition that explores the history...
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…
Read MoreSonny 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...
Read MoreJohn Hogg Interview
I don’t know. It’s just in me. It’s in me. They say- Actually, the guys, since I’ve been on the west coast have changed me over kind of on the modern kick, but I still can’t away from this.
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