Co-authors Dr. Patrick Huber and Dr. Brian Ward received the Belmont Book Award for the Best Book on Country Music in 2018. It was presented last week at the International Country Music Conference at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Huber is a professor of history at S&T. Ward is a professor of American studies at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne. Their book is titled A&R Pioneers: Architects of American Roots Music on Record and is jointly published by Vanderbilt University Press and the Country Music Foundation Press.