Arhoolie 40th Anniversary 5-disc Box

http://www.dust-digital.com/gb-tracklisting.htm

Arhoolie! This is the only Arhoolie-specific thread.
We/I acquired a lot of dead stock from they and related/distributed labels. My favorite stuff right now is th Folklyric label stuff. Ukrainian-American Fiddle, Early Irish-American Dance Tunes, Early Cajun, Kalama's Quartet, several volumes of Texas-Mexican Border Music. All generally from the 20s-40s.

Of course can and should still mention the LP reissue of Bong Joe! Great record and highly recommended for fans of anything.

how come i can't type anymore ;_;

Man I NEED the other volumes of Cajun stuff on Folklyric. Some of the stuff on volume four is blowing my mind. Mostly in the vocal delivery, and i find the accordion much more palatable in this setting (than in much of the "Norteno Accordion" stuff, where it's just too... fast.)

Texas-Mexican Border Music

i saw one of those on the wall the other day - what's it like? i think it was an anthology of one group, with a red cover, i don't know.

there was some great stuff on here that feels kind of relevant to the above.

They're cool. I haven't actually heard the red one; tt's the first volume in the Corridos sub-series, which is a type of ballad singing, generally with one or more guitars. I have the other volume (brown cover) and enjoy it when I'm in the mood.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Valentina-corrido.jpg

50th anniversary. Nice article in the NY Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/arts/music/28arhoolie.html?_r=1

The D.C. Independent Film Festival will be screening a documentary about Arhoolie's Chris Strachwitz. The 82-year-old founder of Arhoolie Records has been recording music since 1960.

http://dciff-indie.org/this-aint-no-mouse-music/
Sunday, February 23rd, 7:30 PM
US Naval Heritage Center
701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW

here's an excerpt from a review:
http://www.themanitoban.com/2014/02/good-bad-critic-6/18936/?utm_expid=11272860-0.HmgdGKDrSNSW2_uqax13Cg.0&utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.themanitoban.com%2Fcontributor%2Fmichael-carlisle%2F

The subject of this documentary, Strachwitz, is a charismatic man who tells entertaining stories about his life in music. He has unbridled energy: no word that comes out of his mouth is dull, and every sentence has great importance. His knowledge of music is impressive, his love for it contagious.

Like most passionate people, Strachwitz has a grumpy and anger-prone side to him: there are certain musical acts which he absolutely detests, but overall he is a great man with a big heart. I left the picture with a greater appreciation for all of the people involved in making Arhoolie Records a profitable company.

Though the film is limited due to lack of archival material, there are many still images that capture the various eras examined throughout the film. The background music also gives us a sense of what Strachwitz heard on a daily basis. The directors expose us to a massive library of work, which spans multiple eras and genres, ultimately giving the viewer a greater sense of culture and the various problems that have been present in America.

http://www.arhoolie.com/huge-vinyl-sale/#1

this week only...until Nov. 1

Nice news here!

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/11/arts/music/smithsonian-folkways-acquires-arhoolie-records-catalog.html?_r=1

this is good news in terms of keeping the stuff available, but i assume this also means that arhoolie the record label as we know it is kaput?

hmmm i guess so, they even shut their website down. i guess they will no longer be distributing anything either: http://www.arhoolie.com/

so, i suppose that folkways will be keeping the stuff in print mostly via digital download (and CDR if they still do that), so hold on to your records and CDs. i probably have 80 arhoolie albums in my collection, maybe more. what an amazing label.

On the Arhoolie website link Chris writes:

I plan to continue to produce records and assist the staff at Smithsonian Folkways where I can.

Also,

Once the transition is completed, all Arhoolie albums will be available on CD and digital formats, along with selected LPs, at folkways.si.edu.

The Down Home Music Store, my retail record store in El Cerrito, CA, will continue to do business as usual, and will remain a prime source for all currently available Arhoolie releases, both in person and by mail order. Visit our website at downhomemusic.com, our storefront at 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, CA

right, but i imagine those arhoolie releases will be like the rest of the folkways' catalogue, available via digital download and CDR rather than "proper" CDs. maybe i'm wrong.

KRAB-FM, Seattle
Folk Music Live at the Cabale with Rolf Cahn
Presents Reverend Louis Overstreet
Rec and aired on KPFA May 19, 1963
KRAB Dec 10, 1965

http://www.krabarchive.com/player/1965-12-10.html

https://img.discogs.com/_G5v-c_W_491jGDQ3V2HtSKkGu8=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-4075941-1514267891-8269.jpeg.jpg
(arhoolie, 1963)

Down home music rules!!!

yes!

Sad news that Chris Strachwitz, Arhoolie's founder, has passed. Elijah Wald's memories, including a lengthy remembrance about how the box set itself came to be, is a great read.

Also, as mentioned in that piece, the UCLA-based Strachwitz Frontera Collection is worth a dive into:

https://frontera.library.ucla.edu/

A good guy... the stories of how he helped Memphis Minnie and Mississippi Fred McDowell

thanks for this bump, appreciated

I also liked the story about how he had Treme Brass from New Orleans in a studio recording and it was taking a bit of time and Chris wasn’t thoroughly pleased. He was then in a cab and heard a live Treme set on WWOZ and was wowed. He contacted the station and then put out as the release the live set.

While out there jazz gets more critical attention these days, there are still New Orleans brass bands , Texas and Louisiana zydeco bands, Mississippi blues musicians playing throughout the south almost like when Chris S was making the rounds down there.

The Chris Strachwitz Memorial will be held on Sunday, Sept. 17, 11:00 a.m. PT at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley. There is bound to be wonderful music. You can sign up for the livestream here:

https://secure.thefreight.org/13218/chris-strachwitz-memorial.

One of the films that Chris Strachwitz produced, J’AI ÉTÉ AU BAL (1989), has been remastered and is screening at a few theaters around the country.

Co-filmmaker/editor Maureen Gosling will be at the IFC Center in New York Sept. 1 and 2 for screenings.

https://www.ifccenter.com/films/i-went-to-the-dance/?fbclid=IwAR2y77jJVi1m5BEMLPlYF-ZD1qgHluyCaZ52XPiB_YghG7JmihL1pCTV2IY

See The Making and Digital Restoration video made for SXSW in 2021, which featured Chris Strachwitz, Harrod Blank the son of filmmaker Les Blank, and others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmdWZQlxuko

We need to save the buildings that Arhoolie and Les Blank film studios are in or Chris S’s heirs might sell em

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-secure-el-cerritos-cultural-landmark

That sucks! Down Home Music is a really cool store.

Xp - there’s a local campaign to preserve the building and their tenancy…if the org I work for had that kind of money … anyway

Sorry I didn’t read the link before posting