Frontera Collection En Vivo features music from all regions and artists who have gone unnoticed, shining a light on their contributions both musically and culturally. Tune in to the show on YouTube, and check this page to find playlists, selected images, recording dates, and resource links.
Next Show / Promixo Programa
3/23/2023: Artist Spotlight and Interview: Santiago Jiménez Jr.
RECENT ¡EN VIVO! SHOWS
2/23/2023: Canciones de Dave Bartholomew y Fats Domino
12/22/2022: Canciones Navideñas
9/29/2022: Rumbo a California Spotlight: Pedro J. González
8/18/2022: Artist Spotlight: Oscar Martinez “El Gallo Copeton”
7/28/2022: Ideal Boleros – The Lost Album
6/30/2022: Trenes – Trains
5/26/2022: Family Submissions
4/28/2022: ¡Canciones De Guerra!
3/31/2022: ¡Viva La Mujer!
1/27/2022: Animales
11/25/2021: ¡Felices fiestas!
10/14/2021: Canciones Bilingües
8/05/2021: Falcon Records
7/15/2021: Tributos
6/17/2021: Cities – Ciudades
5/27/2021: Composiciones de José Alfredo Jiménez
5/06/2021: Estilo Rockola!
4/15/2021: Pedro Infante Cruz
3/25/2021: Songs About Nature
3/04/2021: Artist Spotlight: Dueto Azteca
2/18/2021: Popurri De Discos De Pasta!
2/04/2021: Label Spotlight: Capri Records
1/21/2021: Acompañamiento De Los Alegres De Teran
1/07/2121: All Request Show!
12/17/2020: #60YearsOfArhoolie – Segunda Parte
12/03/2020: #60YearsOfArhoolie – Primera Parte
11/19/2020: Label Spotlight: Azteca Records
11/5/2020: Label Spotlight: Small Texas Labels
10/15/20: Duetos Femeninos
10/1/20: Introduction to the Frontera Collection
6/7/2020: Last of the Shelter in Place DJ Sets
5/24/20: Frontera En Vivo! A fine of mix genres with a focus on 78rpm Platters!
5/5/20: 5 De Mayo! Today we take time to honor and reflect on the Batalla De Puebla with Music!
4/16/20: Cuarentena Mix – First sheltered-in-place DJ set!
ABOUT THIS SHOW
Hosted by Juan Antonio Cuellar, this bilingual two-hour show will feature music from the collection on all formats including 78rpm, 33rpm, 45rpm, and digitized files. Some episodes will highlight a genre or a theme, others will bring in guests for expert commentary. Some episodes will feature a historical background on the artists, composers, and more.
ABOUT JUAN ANTONIO
Juan Antonio Cuellar is the Lead Digitizing Engineer for The Strachwitz Frontera Collection, the largest collection of Mexican and Mexican American recordings in the world. Since 2002 he has personally listened to and digitized over 130,000 songs.
Born in Los Caños, Aguascalientes, Juan Antonio immigrated along with his family to Northern California to start a new life. A musician since childhood and avid record collector, he played the trumpet and the valve trombone. From 2002-2015 he played and toured with San Francisco bilingual punk band La Plebe, called “one of the Bay Area’s most exciting independent bands” by El Tecolote1 and voted “Best Poder to the People” by the San Francisco Bay Guardian.
Juan Antonio is in the final stages of digitizing the collection. After 18 years of absorbing the vast historical and cultural knowledge contained in this one-of-a-kind archive, he is excited to share his expertise and passion and spotlight artists and songs that have laid dormant.
