Tag: frontera collection
About Chris Strachwitz
The ripple effect of Chris Strachwitz in the world is immeasurable in preserving this music. I can’t even imagine what it would be like to not...
Read MoreLos Pingüinos del Norte
I believe when I first heard Mexican music on the radio, there was a little station in Santa Paula, which is very close south of Santa Barbara. And in the afternoons, I would sneak back into my room sometimes.
Read MoreCancioneros | Tejano Music Songbooks
Cancioneros | Tejano Music Song Books Cancioneros are song books produced by record companies or other businesses to promote and advertise their product. As well as...
Read MoreGuillermo Hernandez Corrido Film
Watch the entire 56 minute film “El Mundo del Corrido de Guillermo Hernandez,” about the late UCLA professor Guillermo Hernandez and his love for Mexican American...
Read MoreStrachwitz Frontera Collection Catalog
This is a catalog of all of the recordings in the Frontera Collection, currently over 175,000 songs from 78s, 45s, LPs, Cassettes, original master tapes and...
Read MoreLittle Joe Hernandez Interview 1991
Little Joe Hernández, from Temple, Texas, was born in 1940 and began his career as a musician in the late fifties, trying to break into the surging rock-and-roll market.
Read MoreDon Tosti Interview
Edmundo Martínez Tostado, whose stage name became Don Tosti, was born in El Paso, Texas, in 1923. He exhibited musical talent at an early age, and by his twelfth birthday he was playing violin with a local group, La Orquesta Muro.
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