[78-L] ARSC Awards 2011: Finalists

Wed Apr 27 19:46:40 PDT 2011

Nice to see quite a few people I know on these lists! And competing in the same 
categories, too (not just Ginell and Jessup).

dl

On 4/27/2011 9:49 PM, Bill Klinger wrote:
> The Outreach Committee of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections
> (ARSC) posts the following message.
>
> -- 2011 ARSC AWARDS FINALISTS --
>
> ARSC is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2011 ARSC Awards for
> Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research. Winners will be announced
> in September 2011, and the awards presented at a ceremony in May 2012,
> during ARSC's annual conference. Additional information about the annual
> conference and the ARSC Awards for Excellence can be found at
> www.arsc-audio.org.
>
> Begun in 1991, the awards are presented to authors and publishers of books,
> articles, or recording liner notes to recognize outstanding published
> research in the field of recorded sound. In giving these awards, ARSC
> recognizes outstanding contributions, encourages high standards, and
> promotes awareness of superior works. Two awards are presented annually in
> each category, for best history and best discography. Certificates of Merit
> are presented to runners-up of exceptionally high quality.
>
> Winners are chosen by the ARSC Awards Committee: five elected judges
> representing specific fields of study, the Book Review Editor of the ARSC
> Journal, and the ARSC President and Past President. The members of the ARSC
> Awards Committee are:
>
> Cary Ginell (Judge-at-Large)
> Dan Morgenstern (Jazz Music Judge)
> Dennis Rooney (Classical Music Judge)
> William L. Schurk (Popular Music Judge)
> Richard Spottswood (Judge-at-Large)
> James Farrington (Book Review Editor, ARSC Journal)
> Vincent Pelote (ARSC President)
> David Seubert (ARSC Past President)
> Brenda Nelson-Strauss (Ex-Officio)
> David Lewis (Awards Committee Co-Chair)
> Roberta Freund Schwartz (Awards Committee Co-Chair)
>
> The following works, published in 2010, have been selected as finalists:
>
> BEST RESEARCH in RECORDED ROCK and POP MUSIC
>
> Roberto Avant-Mier. Rock the Nation: Latin/o Identities and the Latin Rock
> Diaspora (Continuum Press)
>
> Bar Biszick-Lockwood. Restless Giant: The Life and Times of Jean Aberback
> and Hill and Range Songs (University of Illinois Press)
>
> Will Friedwald. A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers
> (Pantheon Books)
>
> Sheree Homer. Catch that Rockabilly Fever: Personal Stories of Life on the
> Road and in the Studio (McFarland Publishing)
>
> George Plasketes, ed. Play it Again: Cover Songs in Popular Music (Ashgate
> Publishing)
> Will Romano. Mountains Come Out of the Sky: An Illustrated History of Prog
> Rock (Backbeat Books)
>
> Albin J. Zak. I Don't Sound Like Nobody: Remaking Music in 1950s America
> (University of Michigan Press)
>
> BEST HISTORICAL RESEARCH in BLUES, GOSPEL, HIP-HOP, or R&B
>
> Alan Govenar. Lightnin' Hopkins: His Life and Blues (A Capella Press)
>
> Macel Ely. Ain't No Grave: The Life and Legacy of Brother Claude Ely
> (Dust-to-Digital)
>
> Roger House. Blue Smoke: The Recorded Journey of Big Bill Broonzy (Louisiana
> State University Press)
>
> Peter C. Muir. Long Lost Blues (University of Illinois Press)
>
> Doug Seroff. There Breathed a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk
> Jubilee Quartet (Archeophone)
>
> Mary Lou Sullivan and Johnny Winter. Raisin' Cain: The Wild and Raucous
> Story of Johnny Winter (Backbeat Books)
>
> BEST RESEARCH in RECORD LABELS
>
> Andy Bradley and Charles Roger Wood. House of Hits: The Story of Houston's
> Gold Star/Sugar Hill Recording Studios (University of Texas Press)
>
> Rémy Lewis, Thierry Soveaux, Olivier Borouchowitch, and Yannick Coupannec.
> Deutsche Grammophon: State of the Art: Celebrating Over a Century of Musical
> Experience (Rizzoli)
>
> Roben Jones. Memphis Boys: The Story of American Studios (University Press
> of Mississippi)
>
> Chris Salewicz and Suzette Newman. The Story of Island Records: Keep on
> Running (Universe)
>
> BEST HISTORICAL RESEARCH in RECORDED FOLK, ETHNIC, or COUNTRY MUSIC
>
> Ray Allen. Gone to the Country: The New Lost City Ramblers and the Folk
> Music Revival (University of Illinois Press)
>
> Heather Augustyn. Ska: An Oral History (McFarland Publishing)
>
> Alan Bern, Heiko Lehmann, and Bertram Nickolay. Jiddische Musik (Bear Family
> Records)
>
> Kevin Coffey, Cary Ginell, Jeremy Wakefield, and David Sager. Bob Dunn:
> Master of the Electric Steel Guitar (1935-1950) (Origin Jazz Library)
>
> Joe Conzo Sr. and David A. Perez. Mambo Diablo: My Journey with Tito Puente
> (AuthorHouse)
>
> David Dunaway and Molly Beer. Singing Out: An Oral History of America's Folk
> Music Revivals (Oxford University Press)
> Vikram Sampath. My Name is Gauhar Jaan! The Life and Times of a Musician
> (Rupa Publications)
>
> Richard Spottswood and Stephen Wade. Banjo on the Mountain: Wade Mainer's
> First Hundred Years (University Press of Mississippi)
>
> BEST HISTORICAL RESEARCH in RECORDED JAZZ
>
> Mark Berresford. That's Got 'Em! The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman
> (University Press of Mississippi)
>
> Cary Ginell. Hot Jazz for Sale: Hollywood's Jazz Man Record Shop (Lulu.com)
>
> David Jessup. Benny Goodman: A Supplemental Discography (Scarecrow Press)
>
> Barry Martyn and Nick Gagliano. The Fabulous George Lewis Band (Burgundy
> Street Press)
>
> David Sager. Cabaret Echoes: New Orleans Jazzers at Work, 1918-1927 (Off the
> Record)
>
> Alyn Shipton. Hi-De-Ho: The Life of Cab Calloway (Oxford University Press)
>
> Randy Weston. African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston (Duke
> University Press)
>
> BEST HISTORICAL RESEARCH in CLASSICAL MUSIC
>
> Péter Fülöp. Mahler Discography (Doremi)
>
> Terry King. Gregor Piatigorsky: The Life and Career of the Virtuoso Cellist
> (McFarland Publishing)
>
> Tully Potter. Adolph Busch: The Life of an Honest Musician (Toccatta Press)
>
> BEST HISTORICAL RESEARCH on GENERAL RECORDING TOPICS
>
> Arved Mark Ashby. Absolute Music, Mechanical Reproduction (University of
> California Press)
>
> Amanda Bayley. Recorded Music: Performance, Culture, and Technology
> (Cambridge University Press)
>
> Pekka Gronow and Christiane Hofer. The Lindström Project: Contributions to
> the History of the Record Industry / Beiträge zur Geschichte der
> Schallplattenindustrie, Vol. 2 (Gesellshaft für Historische Tonträger)
>
> Jay Hodgson. Understanding Records: A Field Guide to Recording Practice
> (Continuum)
>
> Gustavus Stadler. The Politics of Recorded Sound (Duke University Press)
>
>
>
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