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Leticia ("Tish") Hinojosa (born December 6, 1955 San Antonio, Texas) is a folksinger recording in both Spanish and English. Hinojosa was the youngest of 13 children. Hinojosa's parents were Mexican immigrants, and she soaked up their music as well as the area's country sounds and popular rock and roll. She started playing guitar as a teenager, singing folk and pop songs in local clubs. She also sang commercial jingles for a Spanish-language radio station and recorded a few Latin pop songs for a local label. In 1979, she moved to Taos, NM, and eventually landed a job singing backup with Michael Martin Murphey. In 1983, she relocated to Nashville and tried to make it as a singer and/or songwriter, but found that she didn't fit the mold of what record companies wanted. In 1985, she moved back to Taos, and in 1988, she moved to Austin, TX. In 2007 she married Andreas Sedlmair and the couple maintains homes in his native Germany and Austin.
Her 1992 album Culture Swing, released by Rounder Records, won the NAIRD Indie Folk Album of the Year.
As of 2009, she is still touring.
Tish’s latest CD, "Our Little Planet," was released on CRS Records in October 2008. Inspired by her rediscovered love for country music, the 12 self-penned songs on this collection feature a deeply Americana mix of traditional bluegrass and Tish’s trademark sound of contemporary folk and tex-mex. The album is produced by Tish and her long-time accompanist, Marvin Dykhuis, who also co-wrote the title song, as well as playing most of the instruments. It also features appearances by celebrated pedal-steel player, Greg Leisz, duets with Texas country legends Rosie Flores and Dale Watson, as well as with rising star, Carrie Rodriguez, all of which combine to add new textures to Our Little Planet’s stripped-down country sound.
Career highlightsAwards and honors- White House performance for President and 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 - Our Little Planet
- Retrospective
- A Heart Wide Open
- From Texas for a Christmas Night
- Best of Tish Hinojosa - Live
- Sign of Truth
- The Best of the Sandia: Watermelon 1991-1992
- Soñar del Laberinto
- Dreaming From The Labyrinth/Soñar del Laberinto
- Cada Niño/Every Child 1996
- Frontejas
- ''Destiny's Gate
- Culture Swing
- Aquella Noche
- Memorabilia Navideña
- Homeland
- Taos to Tennessee
- ...a Music and Information Digest (Promo CD)
Singles
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