From: Smithsonian Folkways [smithsonianfolkways_at_si_dot_edu]

Sent: 24 May 2016 21:07

Subject: New Music from Smithsonian Folkways

 

Smithsonian Folkways Acquires Arhoolie RecordsChris Strachwitz of Arhoolie Records (right) with Mississippi Fred McDowell

 

Smithsonian Folkways has acquired the revered Arhoolie Records, which is known for "down home" blues, folk, jazz, country, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, Mexican American, and world music. The acquisition includes more than 350 albums released since 1960, featuring artists such as Bukka White, Big Mama Thornton, Lightnin' Hopkins, Mance Lipscomb, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Big Joe Williams, Flaco Jiménez, and Clifton Chenier.

Until the albums are available on folkways.si.edu later this year, you can browse the Arhoolie catalog on Amazon and Spotify.

 

Subscriber Discount: Vinyl Edition of <i>Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs</i>

Subscriber Discount: Vinyl Edition of Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs

The remastered, 180 gram vinyl edition of the classic 1962 Folkways album Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs, previously only available via Vinyl Me, Please, is now available in very limited quantities to our newsletter subscribers at a discounted price!

 

Subscriber Discount: Enter code SFBROONZY and save 20% off this album through May 31.

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Quihubo, Raza

New Video: "Quihubo, Raza" by Agustín Lira and Alma

"Quihubo, Raza (What's Happening, People)" became an anthem for the Chicano community during the 60s, and the title works as both a salutation and a question about their enduring struggle and thriving legacy.

 

New Playlist: People's Picks: Sounds of CaliforniaBetto Arcos (left) with Folkways Director Dan Sheehy

New Playlist: People's Picks: Sounds of California

Award-winning radio DJ and music journalist Betto Arcos (KPFK, NPR, PRI) mined the musical riches of the Golden State in anticipation of the upcoming "Sounds of California" concert series at the 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C.

 

Download new lesson plans

Tool for Teaching: Nueva Canción Movement

Our latest lesson plan features Latin American protest songs from Chile and Cuba, and is suggested for grades 9-12. We also have limited space in our upcoming World Music Certification Workshops, so sign up now!

 

Smithsonian Folkways Trivia!

Each month we'll ask a trivia question; email your answer, name, and address with the subject "May Trivia" to SmithsonianFolkways_at_si_dot_edu by Tuesday, May 31, and a randomly selected entrant with the correct answer will win a free CD of his or her choice!

Question: What does the word "Arhoolie" mean?

Congratulations to last month's winner Roberta Doyle from Baltimore, Maryland, who correctly answered "Mexico and the United States" to the question: "Quihubo, Raza (What's Happening, People)" by Agustín Lira refers to the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo between what two countries?"

 

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