1. Elizabeth Cotten
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  2. Snooks Eaglin
    New Orleans, Louisiana
  3. Joseph Spence
    Nassau, The Bahamas
  4. Alice Stuart
    California
  5. Aubrey Ghent
    Florida
  6. Barbara Dane & Lightning Hopkins
    Berkeley, California
  7. Big Joe Williams
    Mississippi
  8. Big Mama Thornton
    San Francisco, California
  9. Black Ace
    Fort Worth, Texas
  10. Blind James Campbell
    Nashville, Tennessee
  11. Charlie Musselwhite
    Memphis, Tennessee
  12. Chelo Silva
    Corpus Christi, Texas
  13. Chris Sandoval
    Laredo, Texas
  14. Bukka White
    Aberdeen, Mississippi
  15. Clifton Chenier
    Lafayette, Louisiana
  16. Conjunto Bernal
    Texas
  17. Cuarteto Coculense
    Cocula, Mexico
  18. Dewey Balfa, Marc Savoy & D.L. Menard
    Louisiana
  19. Earl Hooker
    Chicago, Illinois
  20. Elder Roma Wilson
    Detroit, Michigan
  21. Flaco Jiménez
    Texas
  22. Freddy Fender
    Texas
  23. George Coleman
    San Antonio, Texas
  24. Grupo Mono Blanco
    Heroica Veracruz, Mexico
  25. Hackberry Ramblers
    Hackberry, Louisiana
  26. Howard Armstrong
    Knoxville, Tennessee
  27. Isidro Lopez
    Corpus Christi, Texas
  28. Jesse Fuller
    Oakland, California
  29. Joe Turner
    Kansas City, Missouri
  30. John Jackson
    Fairfax, Virginia
  31. John Littlejohn
    Chicago, Illinois
  32. K.C. Douglas
    San Francisco, California
  33. Katie Webster
    New Orleans, Louisiana
  34. Las Hermanas Mendoza
    San Antonio, Texas
  35. Los Cenzontles
    San Pablo, California
  36. Los Pingüinos del Norte
    Piedras Negras, Mexico
  37. Lydia Mendoza
    Texas
  38. Mance Lipscomb
    Navasota, Texas
  39. Michael Doucet & Beausoleil
    Lafayette, Louisiana
  40. Paramount Singers
    Austin, Texas
  41. Pine Leaf Boys
    Lafayette, Louisiana
  42. Rebirth Jazz Band
    New Orleans, Louisiana
  43. Rev. Louis Overstreet
    Phoenix, Arizona
  44. Rose Maddox
    Modesto, California
  45. Sam Brothers 5
    Houston, Texas
  46. Smiley Winters
    Oakland, California
  47. Sonny Boy Williamson II
    Jackson, Mississippi
  48. Strange Creek Singers
    Pennsylvania
  49. The Klezmorim
    Berkeley, California
  50. Treme Brass Band
    New Orleans, Louisiana
  51. Valerio Longoria
    San Antonio, Texas
  52. Whistlin' Alex Moore
    Dallas, Texas
  53. Robert Pete Williams
    Zachary, Louisiana
  54. BeauSoleil
    New Orleans, Louisiana
  55. Lightnin Hopkins
    Centerville, Texas
  56. Mississippi Fred McDowell
    Rossville, Tennessee
  57. Adolph Hofner
    Texas
  58. Csókolom
    Berlin, Germany
  59. Beto Villa
    Corpus Christi, Texas
  60. Aziz Herawi
    Sacramento, California
  61. Guitar Slim and Jelly Bean
    New York, New York
  62. Las Hermanas Segovia
    Texas
  63. Big Joe Duskin
    Cincinnati
  64. The Carter Family
    Virginia

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Arhoolie Records El Cerrito, California

In Nov. 1960, Arhoolie LP 1001 introduced the Texas songster Mance Lipscomb to the world. (An arhoolie is a field holler). For 60 years, Arhoolie Records has released 350+ albums, including Cajun, zydeco, norteño, bluegrass, gospel and blues. Regional forms like zydeco may have never had national exposure without Arhoolie. The Smithsonian acquired Arhoolie in 2016. ... more

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