Happy birthday Flaco Jiménez! See more Flaco in our exhibition, "Down-Home Music: The Story of Arhoolie Records", on display, post-security in Terminal 2. https://t.co/LZ46ULrtmv https://t.co/ocZhNpW3WWThis tweet was posted on March 11, 2019.
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. #storyofarhoolieThis tweet was posted on October 23, 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#ArhoolieThis tweet was posted on November 20, 2018.
One of the most individualistic, great Texas barrelhouse pianists, Alex Moore (1899–1989) made his first recordings with Columbia Records in the late 1920s. #storyofarhoolie#arhoolie@ArhoolieFdnThis tweet was posted on April 17, 2019.
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/EDCgYBVsC1This tweet was posted on December 05, 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 #storyofarhoolieThis tweet was posted on October 12, 2018.
This is your last week to see “Down-Home Music: The Story of Arhoolie Records” on display, post-security, in Terminal 2. Learn about the odyssey of Chris Strachwitz who released the first LP on his Arhoolie label in 1960. https://t.co/LZ46ULrtmv #storyofarhoolieThis tweet was posted on June 03, 2019.
What's going on at the museum? Our curator has made her final selections for our newest exhibition, which is about #Arhoolie Records. See photos from these records sleeves, in "Down-Home Music: The Story of Arhoolie Records" opening soon in Terminal 2. #behindthescenes#sneakpeekThis tweet was posted on August 15, 2018.
“Oakland Blues” is an #Arhoolie compilation of material from 1948–57 that spotlights some #Oakland bluesmen and women from Louisiana and Texas who came to work in Bay Area shipyards around World War II. #StoryofArhoolieThis tweet was posted on April 24, 2019.