Tweets about Down-Home Music: The Story of Arhoolie Records We've posted 32 Tweets about this exhibition since it opened.

Sisters María and Juanita Mendoza were born in Monterrey, Mexico. Although their sister Lydia would become the most famous member of the family, Juanita and María also achieved acclaim as the duet Las Hermanas Mendoza beginning in the 1950s. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie https://t.co/EDCgYBVsC1 This tweet was posted on December 05, 2018.

"Down-Home Music: The Story of Arhoolie Records" is on display, post-security, in Terminal 2. https://t.co/LZ46UL9SuX #StoryofArhoolie #Arhoolie This tweet was posted on November 20, 2018.

According to Chris Strachwitz, “Narciso [Martínez] was a fast and snappy player…so efficient at the accordion that he was able to record twenty titles in one day.” #StoryofArhoolie #Arhoolie This tweet was posted on November 20, 2018.

Narciso Martínez (1911–92), the father of Texas-Mexican conjunto/norteño and its most influential early accordion player, made his first recordings in 1936. #StoryofArhoolie #Arhoolie This tweet was posted on November 20, 2018.

The #accordion, introduced by #German immigrants to the United States, was incorporated into the #Cajun and #Creole repertoire around the turn of the twentieth century. Lyrics are still sung in #French today. #StoryofArhoolie #Arhoolie This tweet was posted on November 07, 2018.

The #French-speaking settlers who left the #Acadian region of #Canada for southwest #Louisiana in 1764 became known as #Cajuns. They brought their traditional ballads and fiddle tunes with them. #StoryofArhoolie #Arhoolie This tweet was posted on November 07, 2018.

"Down-Home Music: The Story of #Arhoolie Records" is on display, post-security, in Terminal 2. https://t.co/LZ46UL9SuX #StoryofArhoolie #Arhoolie This tweet was posted on November 03, 2018.

"Down-Home Music: The Story of #Arhoolie Records" is on display, post-security, in Terminal 2. https://t.co/LZ46UL9SuX #storyofarhoolie This tweet was posted on October 23, 2018.

In 1959, Chris Strachwitz traveled to Houston, #Texas, where he saw #LightninHopkins perform and was struck by his improvised lyrics and spontaneous exchange with the audience, which inspired him to start #Arhoolie. #storyofarhoolie This tweet was posted on October 23, 2018.

Born in Centerville, Texas, country bluesman #LightninHopkins recorded nearly two-hundred songs during his career, which began in the 1940s and ended in the early 1980s. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie https://t.co/5Stbl7yJvN This tweet was posted on October 23, 2018.

Special thank you to Chris Strachwitz, @Smithsonian @Folkways Recordings, and @Arhoolifnd. "Down-Home Music: The Story of #Arhoolie Records" is on display, post-security, in Terminal 2. https://t.co/LZ46UL9SuX #storyofarhoolie This tweet was posted on October 12, 2018.

During the 1960s folk music revival, #BigMamaThornton made several records with Arhoolie and performed at a number of festivals in the United States and Europe. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie @Folkways @ArhoolieFdn This tweet was posted on October 12, 2018.