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Biography
BLP sources|date=September 2010Infobox musical artist | |name = Tish Hinojosa|image = Tish Hinojosa Hamburg Germany 2010.jpg|image_size = |background = solo_singer|birth_name = Leticia Hinojosacite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=190|isbn=0-89820-177-2|accessdate=1 March 2010|alias =|birth_date = birth date and age|1955|12|06|instrument = Vocals, guitar|genre = Country music|Country |occupation = Singer-songwriter |years_active = 198x-present|label = MCA Records|MCA / Curb Records|Curb , A& M Records|A& M , Rounder Records|Rounder , Valley Entertainment |associated_acts =|website = http://www.mundotish.com/ mundotish|notable_instruments= Leticia ("Tish") Hinojosa (born December 6, 1955, San Antonio, Texas ) is a folk music|folksinger recording in both Spanish language|Spanish and English language|English . Hinojosa was the youngest of 13 children. Hinojosa's parents were Mexican immigrants. Hinojosa has charted twice on the Billboard country charts and has recorded several albums, primarily for Rounder Records.
Her 1992 album Culture Swing won the NAIRD Indie Folk Album of the Year.
Career highlights
Awards and honors
White House performance for Bill Clinton|President and Hillary Rodham Clinton|Mrs. Clinton
NAIRD Indie Folk Album of the Year Culture Swing
Las Primera (The Firsts) award from MANA, the largest organization of Latino women
Performances at presidential and gubernatorial inauguration events.
Television
VH 1
ABC-TV special: Alma Awards
MTV
The Nashville Network
Austin City Limits (three separate appearances)
Fox Television Bravo Awards
Good Morning America
Onyx TV Germany
WDR TV Germany
SWR TV Switzerland
VPRO TV Netherlands
Humanitarian activities
Spokesperson, National Latino Children's Agenda
Spokesperson, National Assoc. Of Bilingual Education
United Farm workers of America
Discography
Albums
2008 Our Little Planet , CRS ( Varèse Sarabande )
2006 Retrospective , Varèse Sarabande
2005 A Heart Wide Open , Valley Entertainment cite web |url= http://www.valley-entertainment.com/a-heart-wide-open-1.html |title=A Heart Wide Open |work=Valley Entertainment |accessdate=28 June 2010
2003 From Texas for a Christmas Night , Lone Star Records
2003 Best of Tish Hinojosa - Live , Rounder Records
2000 Sign of Truth , Rounder Records , Rounder Records
1997 The Best of the Sandia: Watermelon 1991-1992 , Rounder Records
1996 Soñar del Laberinto , Warner Bros. Records
1996 Dreaming From The Labyrinth/Soñar del Laberinto , Warner Bros. Records
1987 Taos to Tennessee , Self-release, re-released in 1992
...a Music and Information Digest , Promo CD
Singles
Year
Single
US Country
Album
1986
"I'll Pull You Through" (with Craig Dillingham )
80
single only
1989
"Til U Love Me Again"
75
Homeland
1992
"In the Real West"
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Culture Swing
1993
"Closer Still"
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"Drifter's Wind"
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1994
"I'm Not Through Loving You Yet"
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''Destiny's Gate
See also
Music of Austin
References
Reflist
External links
official website| http://www.mundotish.com/
myspace|TishHinojosa
Persondata | NAME =Hinojosa, Tish | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =1955-12-06 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Hinojosa, Tish Category:1955 births Category:American female singers Category:Kerrville New Folk Competition finalists Category:Living people Category:People from San Antonio, Texas Category:Country musicians from Texas Category:American musicians of Mexican descent Category:American country singer-songwriters Category:A& M Records artists Category:Curb Records artists
