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Last month, one of the great explorers and producers of American vernacular music, Chris Strachwitz, passed away. He was 91 years old. He was the founder and co-owner (with Tom Diamant) of Arhoolie Records which since its first release in 1960, Texas Sharecropper And Songster by Texan bluesman Mance Lipscomb, has put out an astonishing 44,000 records.

Arhoolie Records founder Chris Strachwitz died Friday, May 5 at his Marin County assisted care living facility from complications with congestive heart failure, the Arhoolie Foundation announced today. He was 91 years old.

Arhoolie, the invaluable El Cerrito-based roots music label will be celebrated at the Chapel in the Mission.

Courtesy of T-Kay Sangwand T-Kay Sangwand’s 30-minute recorded set can be heard in Grand Park every day at 11 a.m. through May 31. T-Kay Sangwand spins UCLA Library archives into the fabric of Los Angeles UCLA librarian and DJ helps curate two local arts initiatives, drawing from her vinyl crates and historical materials T-Kay Sangwand spins UCLA Library archives into the fabric of Los Angeles UCLA librarian and DJ helps curate two local arts initiatives, drawing from her vinyl crates and ...

Texas artists and Arhoolie folk label celebrate 60 years with streaming concert This past week, Chris Strachwitzs lifes work was honored at a virtual 60th-anniversary party in which noted Arhoolie enthusiasts such as ZZ Tops Billy Gibbons, Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt, Los Tigres… Andrew Dansby December 13, 2020Updated: December 15, 2020, 10:28 am Mance Lipscomb, left, played in Navasota when Arhoolie Records founder Chris Strachwitz met him. They’re shown in 1964. Photo: Chris Simon & M...