Many moons ago, seeing a criminal underdocumentation of Tejano and Conjunto music, Austin-based nonprofit organization Rancho Alegre began an ambitious project to travel the state of Texas recording oral histories with legends, veterans, and up-and-coming artists in Tejano and Conjunto music. These were a sort of proto-podcast, living on ranchoalegre.org.
Now it’s time to move these over to podcasting platforms for the rest of the world to enjoy. These are in English, Spanish, and Spanglish, depending on the preference of the interviewee, and conducted by the one and only Baldomero Cuellar. Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rancho-alegre/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rancho-alegre/support</a>
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Many moons ago, seeing a criminal underdocumentation of Tejano and Conjunto music, Austin-based nonprofit organization Rancho Alegre began an ambitious project to travel the state of Texas recording oral histories with legends, veterans, and up-and-coming artists in Tejano and Conjunto music. These were a sort of proto-podcast, living on ranchoalegre.org.
Now it’s time to move these over to podcasting platforms for the rest of the world to enjoy. These are in English, Spanish, and Spanglish, depending on the preference of the interviewee, and conducted by the one and only Baldomero Cuellar. Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rancho-alegre/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rancho-alegre/support</a>
Rancho Alegre Interview with BJ Moncivais of Valmon Records
Rancho Alegre
48 minutes 44 seconds
2 years ago
Rancho Alegre Interview with BJ Moncivais of Valmon Records
Recorded on 10/3/15 at the KOOP studios, Austin Texas. BJ Moncivais passed away in August 2018.
Rancho Alegre talked with BJ Moncivais of legendary Austin, Texas-based Chicano record label, Valmon Records. BJ's parents, Ben and Lupe Moncivais, started the label in the 1950s and recorded some of central Texas' favorite Tejano musicians like Little Joe and the Latinaires, Manuel Donley, Roy Montelongo, and more.
During the interview, we discuss the history and future of this regionally popular, but influential independent record label.
During the broadcast, we played these 45s from Valmon Records:
1. "A Medio Baile" by El Conjunto Corona de Señon Reyes2. "Por Un Amor" by Little Joe and the Latinaires3. "Dancing in the Street" by Alfonso Ramos y Su Orquesta4. "Flor Del Rio" by Manuel Donley y Las Estrellas
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Rancho Alegre
Many moons ago, seeing a criminal underdocumentation of Tejano and Conjunto music, Austin-based nonprofit organization Rancho Alegre began an ambitious project to travel the state of Texas recording oral histories with legends, veterans, and up-and-coming artists in Tejano and Conjunto music. These were a sort of proto-podcast, living on ranchoalegre.org.
Now it’s time to move these over to podcasting platforms for the rest of the world to enjoy. These are in English, Spanish, and Spanglish, depending on the preference of the interviewee, and conducted by the one and only Baldomero Cuellar. Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rancho-alegre/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rancho-alegre/support</a>
