American Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 37 (2016) Winner
Ned Sublette
ネッド・サブレット
Neddo Saburetto
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1951-01-01
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Portales, New Mexico (grew up) → New York City (moved in 1976)
Career
- Occupations
- composer, musician, record producer, musicologist, historian, author
- Active Years
- 1970-
- Influenced By
- John Cage, LaMonte Young, Glenn Branca, Pauline Oliveros, Kenneth Gaburo, Emilio Pujol, Héctor García
- Influenced
- Willie Nelson (covered his song), Issac Delgado (released on Qbadisc), Ritmo Oriental (released on Qbadisc)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of New Mexico | — | Classical guitar (private study) | — | — | United States |
| University of California, San Diego | — | Composition (private study) | — | — | United States |
| Spain (private study) | — | Classical guitar (studied with Emilio Pujol) | — | — | Spain |
University of New Mexico
Classical guitar (private study)
Country:
United States
Studied Spanish classical guitar with Héctor García
University of California, San Diego
Composition (private study)
Country:
United States
Studied composition with Kenneth Gaburo
Spain (private study)
Classical guitar (studied with Emilio Pujol)
Country:
Spain
Studied with Emilio Pujol
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Knight-Luce Fellowship for Reporting on Global Religion | — | — | University of Southern California | 受賞 |
Guggenheim Fellowship
2005
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Knight-Luce Fellowship for Reporting on Global Religion
2012
Organization:
University of Southern California
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo
2004 music history / musicologyA comprehensive study of Cuban music from its origins to the mambo, tracing historical and cultural developments.
Cuban musicAfro-Caribbean culturesocial history
The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square
2008 cultural historyExamines the formation of New Orleans' culture and music within economic and social contexts from colonial times.
New Orleanshistory of slaverymusic and society
The Year Before the Flood: A Story of New Orleans
2009 history / cultural historyA continuation of the history of New Orleans' culture, including contexts surrounding the city before major floods.
New Orleansregional culturemusic history
The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry
2015 historyA systematic history of slave trading and the slave-breeding industry in the southern colonies and states (co-authored with his wife Constance).
slaveryeconomic historySouthern U.S. history
Cowboy Rumba
1999 music (album) / world music; fusion of country-western and Afro-Caribbean stylesAn album fusing country-western and Afro-Caribbean styles; gained attention on world music charts in 1999.
countrysalsacumbiaAfro-Caribbean music
Kiss You Down South
2012 music (album)A 2012 album reflecting country and Afro-Southern U.S. influences.
Southern musiccountrycultural hybridity
Bibliography
- Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo
- The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square
- The Year Before the Flood: A Story of New Orleans
- The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry
- Western Classics (album, 1980)
- Ships at Sea, Sailors and Shoes (album, 1993)
- Monsters from the Deep (album, 1997)
- Cowboy Rumba (album, 1999)
- Kiss You Down South (album, 2012)
Adaptations
- Vidas Perfectas (starred in Spanish-language version of Robert Ashley's 'Perfect Lives')
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- interdisciplinary, source-based narrativeanalytical style combining musicology and cultural history
- Recurring Motifs
- interaction of music and societyAfro-Caribbean and New Orleans musical culturescolonial and slavery histories
Legacy
Ned Sublette is known both for his musical fusion of country and Afro-Caribbean styles and for his scholarly and popular writings on Cuban music and New Orleans history. As a researcher, performer, and producer, he has contributed to the introduction of Latin music in the U.S. and to historical scholarship.
In Popular Culture
- Willie Nelson's 2006 cover of one of his songs brought mainstream attention.
Trivia
- The 1999 album Cowboy Rumba reached number one on the World Music Charts Europe in December 1999.
- In 2006 Willie Nelson covered Sublette's song 'Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other.'
- He founded the Qbadisc label to release Cuban music in the United States.
- Led the Ned Sublette Band in the 1980s.