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Tish Hinojosa
Person · female · United States · San Antonio · born 1955 · recording since 1989
American singer-songwriter
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Also known as Hinojosa, Tish · Leticia Hinojosa · 티시 이노호사
Timeline
19 events▣ Album 17◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1950s
1980s
· Debut release
Debut release: Homeland
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1990s
2000s
2010s
Biography
English biography639 words · 7 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1371048283
Biography
Leticia Hinojosa (born December 6, 1955, San Antonio, Texas) is a singer-songwriter, recording in both Spanish and English.
Early life and career
Hinojosa is the youngest of 13 children. Hinojosa's parents were Mexican immigrants. Known for singing both traditional Mexican folksongs and her own original songs, both in Spanish and English, Hinojosa accompanies herself on guitar, which she plays right-handed although she is naturally lefthanded. Influenced by traditional Mexican, folk, Tejano, conjunto, and country types of music, Hinojosa considers her music to be music of the US/Mexico border.
Hinojosa has recorded numerous albums and has charted twice on the Billboard country charts. Her 1992 album Culture Swing
Culture SwingSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1By the Rio Grande3:352Something in the Rain5:033Bandera del Sol/Flag of the Sun3:324Every Word4:075Louisiana Road Song3:166Corazón Viajero (Wandering Heart)3:367Drifter's Wind3:128The Window4:249In the Real West2:4910Chanate, el Vaquero (Chanate, the Cowboy)3:5011San Antonio Romeo2:4712Closer Still4:01 won the National Association of Independent Record Distributors (NAIRD) Indie Folk Album of the Year.
Using music to bring awareness to cultural issues, Hinojosa hopes to bring into focus the plight of migrant workers and children of the poor. She often performs children's music of her culture to help children develop an understanding of the Southwest's Hispanic traditions.
In 2002, Hinojosa was arrested at the Laredo border crossing after 30 tablets of Rohypnol were found in the possession of her traveling companion; Hinojosa told authorities she had purchased the pills in Mexico believing them to be Ecstasy. In 2003, she was convicted of smuggling the date rape drugs into the United States and received three years of probation. That same month, Hinojosa was also charged with drunken driving and failure to stop and render aid after a hit-and-run accident in Austin.
As of 2021, Hinojosa lives in both Austin, Texas and Tubac, Arizona. In the 1970s and 1980s she also lived in Taos, New Mexico and Nashville, Tennessee. In 2005, Hinojosa moved to Germany, and in 2013 returned to Austin.
In December 2024, Hinojosa released a new work, demonstrating the ongoing impact of her muse on her art.
Awards and honors
White House performance for President Bill and Hillary Clinton
NAIRD Indie Folk Album of the Year Culture SwingCulture SwingSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1By the Rio Grande3:352Something in the Rain5:033Bandera del Sol/Flag of the Sun3:324Every Word4:075Louisiana Road Song3:166Corazón Viajero (Wandering Heart)3:367Drifter's Wind3:128The Window4:249In the Real West2:4910Chanate, el Vaquero (Chanate, the Cowboy)3:5011San Antonio Romeo2:4712Closer Still4:01
Las Primera (The Firsts) award from MANA, the largest organization of Latino women
Performances at presidential and gubernatorial inauguration events.
1990 Platinum Album "Homeland
HomelandSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Joaquin3:232West Side of Town4:023Donde Voy (Where I Go)2:484In the Night3:105Love Is on Our Side4:226All My Love3:287Till You Love Me Again3:128Voice of the Big Guitar3:559Rancherita2:0910Who Showed You the Way to My Heart3:1011Let Me Remember3:3112Amanecer (Daybreak)3:51" S. Korea
2019 Inducted into Texas Institute Of Letters
Humanitarian activities
Spokesperson, National Latino Children's Agenda
Spokesperson, National Assoc. Of Bilingual Education
United Farm Workers of America
Self
1987 Taos to Tennessee, Self-release; re-released 1992;
1989 Homeland, Fonatana A&M Records, re-released 2006? w/ bonus track
1990, 1991 Memorabilia Navideña, EP: self released cassette; Watermelon Records re-released CD 1992
1991 Aquella Noche, Watermelon Records
1992 Culture Swing, Rounder Records
1994 Destiny's Gate, Warner Bros. Records
1995 Frontejas, Rounder Records
1996 Cada Niño/Every Child, Rounder Records
1996 Dreaming From The Labyrinth/Soñar del Laberinto, Warner Bros. Records
1996 Soñar del Laberinto, Warner Bros. Records
1997 The Best of the Sandia: Watermelon 1991–1992, Rounder Records compilation
1998 ...a Music and Information Digest, Warner Bros. Records promotion-only CD
2000 Sign of Truth, Rounder Records, Rounder Records
2003 Best of Tish Hinojosa – Live, Rounder Records
2003 From Texas for a Christmas Night re-release of 1990-1991 Memorabilia Navideña, with five additional newly-recorded songs; Lone Star Records/Texas Music Group
2005 A Heart Wide Open, Valley Entertainment
2006 Retrospective, Varèse Sarabande
2008 Our Little Planet, CRS (Varèse Sarabande)
2013 After the Fair, Varèse Sarabande
2018 West, Tish Records
2019 My Homeland, Tish Records
2024 With A Guitar & A Pen, Tish Records
2026 Live in Holland 1993 - Part 1, Strictly Country Records
2026 Live in Holland 1993 - Part 2, Strictly Country Records
The Texicana Mamas
2020 The Texicana Mamas, self-released, internet only
Further reading and listening
Ragland, Cathy, "South Texas culture: Austin's Tish Hinojosa has made the jump to a major label", Folk Roots; Nov. 1994, pp. 42–43
Dexter, Kerry, "A Home in Music." Dirty Linen: Folk & World Music, no. 141 (May 2009): 24–27.
Hansen, Liane. "Interview: Tish Hinojosa, Singer-Songwriter, Discusses Her Life, Music and New CD". 2000. National Public Radio.
Rodemann, Katharyn. 2005. "Tish Hinojosa." Texas Monthly 33 (12): 124–26.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 20 | 87.1th |
| Studio albums | 17 | 95.5th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 19 | 93.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 30 | 66.1th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (20 release groups · 17 studio albums)
Albums · 17
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 41:01
1Joaquin3:232West Side of Town4:023Donde Voy (Where I Go)2:484In the Night3:105Love Is on Our Side4:226All My Love3:287Till You Love Me Again3:128Voice of the Big Guitar3:559Rancherita2:0910Who Showed You the Way to My Heart3:1011Let Me Remember3:3112Amanecer (Daybreak)3:511991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 30:20
1Arbolito (Little "Christmas" Tree)4:342Milagro (Miracle)3:353Building #93:554A La Nanita Nana3:555Arbolito (in English)4:356Cada Niño / Every Child3:397Everything You Wish2:528Memorabilia (Honky-tonkers' Christmas Recital)3:151991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 59:04
1Tu Que Puedes, Vuelvete (You Who Can, Return)3:592Cumbia, Polka y Mas (Cumbia, Polka and More)4:083Manos, Huesos y Sangre (Hands, Bones and Blood)4:134Reloj (Clock)4:525La Llorona (Weeping Woman)5:016Azul Cristal (Crystal Blue)3:267Aquella Noche (That Certain Night)4:028Historia de un Amor (Story of Love)3:299Una Noche Mas (One More Night)3:5010Años, Meses y Dias (Years, Months and Days)3:0311Carlos Dominguez5:5812Samba San Pedro3:0813Malagueña Salerosa (Enchanting Woman From Malaga)6:0714Estrellita (Little Star)3:481992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 38:39
1Midnight Moonlight3:452Prairie Moon2:583According to My Heart2:304Taos to Tennessee2:575River3:506Amanecer3:487Please Be With Me2:518Crazy Wind and Flashing Yellows4:419The Highway Calls2:2710Who Showed You the Way to My Heart3:0511Let Me Remember2:5412Always2:531992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 44:12
1By the Rio Grande3:352Something in the Rain5:033Bandera del Sol/Flag of the Sun3:324Every Word4:075Louisiana Road Song3:166Corazón Viajero (Wandering Heart)3:367Drifter's Wind3:128The Window4:249In the Real West2:4910Chanate, el Vaquero (Chanate, the Cowboy)3:5011San Antonio Romeo2:4712Closer Still4:011994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 42:05
1Destiny's Gate3:222Saying You Will2:563What More Can I Say in a Song3:214Esperate (Wait for Me)4:115Looking for My Love in the Pouring Rain3:536I'm Not Through Loving You Yet2:427Love of Mine3:408I Want To See You Again4:279Noche sin Estrellas (Night Without Stars)3:1610Yesterday's Paper3:5211Baby Believe3:0212Destiny's Gate (Spanish version)3:231995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 43:56
1Pajarillo Barraqueno2:582Malhaya la Cocina2:453Poquita Fe4:454Farolito3:055Las Golodrinas3:166Otro Vasito2:587Déjame Llorar3:458Buen Amor3:189Polka Fronterrestrial4:3810Las Marías5:1311Con Su Pluma en Su Mano3:5112Sólo Tus Ojos3:241996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 38:38
1Cuando llueve3:212Luego se va4:013Orilla de un soñar4:404Riendo el río corre3:175Atlántico3:206Batalla de hombre no habrá4:157Vida prisonera3:278Esta canción3:589Solo dios sabrá3:5510Sacrificios4:241996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 38:52
1Cada Niño / Every Child4:192Escala Musical / Music Scale2:313Siempre Abuelita / Always Grandma3:004Barnyard Dance / Baile Vegetal3:195Nina Violina4:126Magnolia5:497Simplemente por amor / Simply For Love3:178Hasta Los Muertos Salen a Bailar / Even the Dead Are Rising Up to Dance3:179Quien / Who2:1810Las Fronterizas / The Frontier Women3:3211Señora Santa Ana3:18Dreaming From the Labyrinth / Soñar del Laberinto
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 38:37
1When It Rains / Cuando Llueve3:192Whisper Goodbye / Luego Seva4:003Edge of a Dream / Orilla de un Soñar4:374Laughing River Running / Riendo el Rio Corre3:155Atlántico3:206Beyond the Battle of Men / Batalla de Hombre No Habra4:167Prisonary Life / Vida Prisionera3:288This Song / Esta Canción3:599God's Own Open Road4:0110Sacrifices / Sacrificios4:222000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 46:34
1Sign of Truth3:272Mona Lisa by the Rio Grande3:553Fire in Winter3:444Taste of Dying Summer3:345Fence Post5:016Roses Around My Feet4:587I Have No Answers4:188Hey Little Love2:549Wildflowers2:5710Faded Souvenir3:0711The Dreams I Have Seen4:1612Song for the Journey4:23From Texas for a Christmas Night
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 44:25
1From Texas for a Christmas Night3:262Milagro3:353Arbolito (Spanish)4:344In a Christmas Dream3:205Building #93:576Nanita Nana3:547Hanukia3:388Everything You Wish2:519Arbolito (English)4:3510La Baca Mariposa3:2311Silent Night4:0012Memorabilia (Christmas Recital)3:122005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 44:35
1Never Say Never Love Again3:012Would You Love Me Back Again2:493Whatever Happened to Everyone Wanting to Care3:004The Kitchen Table4:025Blue Eyed Billy3:586Finding Paris3:067The Poet the Painter3:538Derechos de El Corazón3:029Lock and Chain2:5410Shotgun Ridin'4:0111Something More Than This3:0312A Thousand Shades of Red and Blue4:5113Volveras Amarme a Mi2:552008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 43:07
1What You Don't Know3:322Road Songs and Bygones3:213Mi Pueblo3:434Mountain Lullabye3:485We Mostly Feel That Way3:516Our Little Planet3:197What Our Words Can't Say3:208I Hope Forever You'll Be Mine4:079Count Me In3:0910Turned My Heart Away3:5611Tomorrow's Gonna Come3:0912Is Time Being Kind3:522013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 39:47
1Cobblestones3:492Infinity Times Ten3:393After the Fair4:294Me Captivo Con Su Mirar3:385I Will Do the Breathing3:436Los deportados4:257Doing What I Can3:088I Saw an Alien2:519Tu canción2:3810Fall Again3:3511Crazy Old Dream3:522018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 47:44
1West3:222Church of the Mission Bell3:343Cryin' Out Loud4:074Can't Say It Matters Anymore2:245Back To You3:036I Can Be The Wind2:407Maria Consuelo Arroyo4:238Perfidia3:519Roses In The Rain3:4010My Good Guitar3:3011What Am I Doin Hangin' Round?3:1512Only One Angel5:1413Lose Yourself To The Moon4:412019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 47:03
1Joaquin3:292West Side of Town4:413Donde Voy (A Donde Voy)3:124In the Night3:285Love Is On Our Side4:256All My Love3:377Til You Love Me Again3:098Voice of the Big Guitar4:229Rancherita2:3010Who Showed You The Way To My Heart3:0911Let Me Remember3:5512Amanecer3:5513Mi Familia3:11
Album · 3
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | The Best of the Sandia: Watermelon 1991-1992Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 1:02:231Taos to Tennesse2:58 2Prairie Moon2:58 3The Highway Calls2:27 4Crazy Wind and Flashing Yellows4:40 5Always2:55 6Aquella Noche3:59 7Samba San Pedro3:05 8Años, Meses y Dias3:00 9Una Noche Mas3:47 10Cumbia, Polka y Mas3:43 11Manos, Huesos y Sangre3:28 12De Colores3:33 13Eres Tu2:53 14Gracias a la Vida3:55 15Building #93:57 16Everything You Wish2:51 17Árbolito (English Version)4:36 18By the Rio Grande3:38 | Compilation | 1997 | |
| 2003 | Best of Tish Hinojosa: LiveSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 1:17:331Laughing River Running / Riendo El Rio Corre6:00 2Aquella Noche / That Certain Night4:33 3Taos to Tennessee3:24 4In the Real West3:18 5Bandera del Sol / Flag of the Sun4:12 6Donde Voy / Where I Go4:05 7Something in the Rain5:48 8Poquita Fe / Little Faith4:36 9Roses Around My Feet5:07 10I'm Not Through Loving You Yet3:20 11She's a Highway4:21 12Otra Vez / Once Again4:41 13Con Su Pluma en Su Mano / With His Pen in His Hand4:51 14West Side of Town5:14 15Manos Huesos y Sangre / Hands Bones and Blood4:09 16God's Own Open Road4:27 17Cumbia Polka y Mas / Cumbia Polka and More5:27 | Live | 15 May 2003 | |
| 2006 | RetrospectiveSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 1:05:261Destiny’s Gate3:21 2Tu Que Puedes, Vuelvete (You Who Can, Return)3:56 3Taos to Tennessee2:56 4I Want to See You Again4:26 5Aquella Noche (That Certain Night)4:04 6Prairie Moon2:57 7Reloj (Clock)4:50 8Drifter’s Wind3:10 9Everything You Wish2:52 10I’m Not Through Loving You Yet2:42 11Sign of Truth3:26 12Fence Post5:01 13Manos, Huesos y Sangre (Hands, Bones and Blood)3:28 14Always2:53 15Pajarillo Barranqueno (Little Riverside Bird)2:56 16Solo Tus Ojos (Only Your Eyes)3:22 17Magnolia5:47 18When It Rains (Cuando Llueve)3:19 | Compilation | 11 April 2006 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Tish Hinojosa head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 20 | 87.1th |
| Studio albums | 17 | 95.5th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 19 | 93.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 30 | 66.1th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texicana Mamas(band) | — | present |
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