Location: Texas
Manny Guerra Interview
Introduction by Manuel Peña Manny Guerra, well known recording entrepreneur in the tejano music arena, was born in 1930, in San Antonio, Texas. Guerra became an...
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Arhoolie 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,...
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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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Frontera Collection ¡En Vivo! / August 18, 2022
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...
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Deep 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...
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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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Deep Dives: Women’s History Month
For Women’s History Month, we honor the music and stories of extraordinary women in the Arhoolie family. As musicians, singers, documentarians, tradition bearers, and organizers, these...
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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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John 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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Deep Dives: Black History Month
For Black History Month, the Arhoolie Foundation focuses on some of the interviews, stories, and videos that feature performers from the Arhoolie catalog. These musicians are...
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