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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…

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...

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...

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.

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...

Ramiro Cortés Interview

Ramiro Cortés Interview Ramiro Cortés talks to Chris about his years as Lydia Mendoza’s impresario. Just after quitting his job playing baseball for the Coca Cola...

Narciso Martínez Interview

Narciso Martínez Interview Narciso Martínez, born in 1911, in Reynosa, Tamalipas, across the Texas-Mexico border, is known as the “father” of the Texas-Mexican conjunto. Upon making...

Deep Dives: Blues On Tour

Dry dusty roads, dark end streets, and rowdy juke joints are where you hear the blues. It was his love of down home blues that inspired Chris Strachwitz...

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....

Frontera Collection ¡En Vivo! / August 5, 2021

Falcon Records Spearheaded by visionary Arnaldo Ramirez Jr., Falcon Records became a powerhouse in the post-war record-making business. His penchant for spotting talent and signing those...

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