2018 Winners: ARSC Awards for ExcellenceThe Association for Recorded Sound Collections is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on May 11, 2019, during ARSC’s annual conference in Portland, OR. Additional information about the conference and the ARSC Awards for Excellence can be found at www.arsc-audio.org. Begun in 1991, the ARSC Awards are given to authors of books, articles or recording liner notes to recognize those publishing the very best work today in recorded sound research. In giving these awards, ARSC recognizes the contributions of these individuals and aims to encourage others to emulate their high standards and to promote readership of their work. Two awards are presented annually in each category, for best history and best discography, and several others are acknowledged with Certificates of Merit. Awards are presented to both the authors and publishers of winning publications. The 2018 Awards for Excellence honor books published in 2017. Select titles below for links to:
and other independent publishing sites. [ Best Research in Recorded Rock Music ]
[ Best Research in Recorded Popular Music ]
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Jazz ]
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Country, Folk, Roots or World Music ]
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Blues, Gospel, Soul or R&B ]
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Classical Music ]
[ Best Historical Research on Record Labels and General Recording Topics ]
For more information, please contact Roberta Freund Schwartz (University of Kansas). Winners are chosen by a committee consisting of three elected judges representing specific fields of study, two judges-at-large, the review editor of the ARSC Journal and the President or past President of ARSC. The 2018 ARSC Awards Committee consists of the following: Dan Morgenstern (Jazz Music Judge); Jon Samuels (Classical Music Judge); Matthew Barton (Popular Music Judge and ARSC Presedent); Cary Ginell (Judge-At-Large); Richard Spottswood (Judge-at-Large); James Farrington (Book Review Editor, ARSC Journal); Patrick Feaster (ARSC past President); David N. “Uncle Dave” Lewis (Awards Committee Co-Chair), and Roberta Freund Schwartz (Awards Committee Co-Chair).
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