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The Blues Professor and His Dancing Dolls
By Jessica Luther, Archives Intern While sorting through the Strachwitz Photo Collection, I became intrigued by several photographs of blues harmonica player Johnny “J.C.” Burris posing...
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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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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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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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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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Stanley Willis Interview
Stanley Willis was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on November 15, 1922. His mother played piano, and Stanley remembered musicians coming to the house to rehearse when he was just a small child. He recalled being passed around “like a loaf of bread” by a group of old women and placed in front of the church piano at the age of four.
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Arhoolie Awards 2019
Arhoolie Awards 2019 Now in their second year, the Arhoolie Awards honors musicians, organizations, and individuals who carry on and uplift roots and regional music styles....
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Arhoolie Awards 2018
Awards show photos by Ariel Nava Arhoolie Awards 2018 On October 13th, The Arhoolie Foundation presented the first annual Arhoolie Awards onstage at our benefit concert...
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