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[dustinreidmusic]

Arhoolie Records 60th Anniversary celebration.

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[werkboileddown]

'I'm a song catcher': 60 years of Arhoolie Records, the label for a lost America

Now 89, one-time refugee Chris Strachwitz presides over one of the greatest US labels, having removed the stigma from working-class music like blues and zydeco to give a voice to the ignored

[diginsider]

Happy 60th Anniversary, Arhoolie!

Happy 60th Anniversary, Arhoolie!

In this season of abundant music, I wanted to draw your attention toward something quite special and quite unique. Sixty years ago, Chris Strachwitz founded a record label to celebrate authentic folk music and blues. The label’s first release remains a personal favorite: Mance Lipscomb: Texas Sharecropper and Songster, recorded in rural Texas and released in 1961.

It’s wonderful that the story…

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'I'm a song catcher': 60 years of Arhoolie Records, the label for a lost America

Now 89, one-time refugee Chris Strachwitz presides over one of the greatest US labels, having removed the stigma from working-class music like blues and zydeco to give a voice to the ignored

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[rafi602]

Some #sweetsoul for a Thursday. #arhoolie #larryowilliams