...And the 8th Lexi Awards Nominees Are...

....and with another HUGE thanx to our sponsors (without whom this event wouldn't be a reality), The Botany Bay, Highbridge Springs Water, Ale-8-One, Three Chord Bourbon, and Goodwood Brewing (with nod to our small private donors, also), our media partner WLEX-TV, and our event partner Lyric Theatre, I'm honored to announce the nominees for the 8th Lexi Music Awards!

INDUSTRY

Venue of the Year

Austin City Saloon

The Burl

Manchester Music Hall

The Twisted Cork

Music Store

DooWop Shop Lexington

Drum Center of Lexington

Willcutt Guitars

Willis Music of Lexington

Music Company

Black Mountain Management

Chillin' With Kenny C

CD Central

Pops Resale

Recording Studio/Engineer/Producer

EKO Studio/Rick Osborne

Sneak Attack Studio/Jason Groves

Austin Jones Recording/Austin Jones

NitroSonic Studio/April Edwards

Live Sound Tech

Chris Wheeler

Matthew Florez

Matthew Polashek

Wallace "Gator" Harrison

Radio DJ

Deadair Dennis Dillon - Classic Rock 921 (WBVX)

Kenny C Cummings - TMV Cafe

Renee Collins Cobb - Listen Locally/Overtones (RadioLex WLXU)

Tony Twitch - Z-103 (WXZZ)

Gear Repair

Gideon Maki - Gideon Maki Guitar Repair

Mike Mankel - Bourbon Barrel Guitars

Scott Leedy - RS Guitarworks

Bob Willcutt - Willcutt Guitars

Jay Flippin Music Educator Award

Beth Dean - Studio 88

Paulie Felice - SDML Academy

Kevin Holm-Hudson - University of Kentucky

Vanessa Davis - Vanessa Davis Music

PERFORMANCE

Female Vocal

Maggie Lander

Maggie Noelle

Sydney Adams

Vanessa Davis

Male Vocal

Cody Morgan

D Boone Pittman

Wesley Saylor

Tanner Whitt

Bass Guitar

Brandon Johnson

Nicholas Tirlea

Steve Nall

Aaron White

Brass/Wind

Brady Atwood

Matthew Polashek

Paul M. Osborne

Miles Osland

Drums/Percussion

Ned Bellau

Peyton Whitt

Steve Richmond

Todd Copeland

Keyboard

Lee Carroll

Raleigh Dailey

Keith McCutchen

Ryan Allen

Strings

Blakeley Burger

Brooke Danielle Way

Ishi Wooten

Josh Propst

Ben Lacy Guitar Excellence Award

Greg Erwin

Patrick Gibson

Tanner Blevins

Todd Stricklin

STYLE

Americana/Folk

D Boone Pittman & the Fugitives

Donnie Bowling

Jordan Allen & the Bellwethers

Trippin' Roots

Bluegrass

Dark Moon Hollow

Kentucky Bourbon Trailers

Mama Said String Band

Restless Leg String Band

TeeDee Young Blues Excellence Award

D Jay Rice

Dane Sadler

Rachel Crowe

Jeremy Short & Company

Classical

Lexington Singers

Gregory Partain

Keith McCutchen

Kentucky Bach Choir

Country

D Boone Pittman

Josh Bogard 

Paul Groves

Zac Hart

Funk/R&B/Reggae

Brett Higgins

Bootsie & Funkabilly

Driftwood Gypsy

Rob Dread & the KMA

Hip-Hop/Rap

Brett Higgins

Devine Carama

Hybrid the Rapper

Lil Cartier & Rolls

Jazz/Latin/Big Band/World

Big Sugg & the Jazz Funkers

cAnde Girl

Osborne-Tolly Duo

Lee Carroll's C the Beat

 

Metal

All Saints Fade

Graveyard Romeos

StormToker

Taylor Road

Pop

Cody Morgan

Rags and Riches

Wesley Saylor

The Dreaded Laramie

Punk

Dead Letterman

Local Violence

NP Presley

Sempervivi

Rock

City Awake

Magnolia Boulevard

Rags and Riches

Manitoba Rock n Rolla

Singer-songwriter

Cody Morgan

Kevin Holm-Hudson

Vanessa Davis

Wesley Saylor

Variety/Cover

Eight Daze Sober

Five Below Band

Graveyard Romeos

Taylor Road

SPECIALS

Song of the Year

"939" Cody Morgan

"Black Thread" City Awake

"Love & Learn" Wesley Saylor

"Outlaw" Rags and Riches

Album of the Year

Emerge - D Boone Pittman & the Fugitives

Message from the Margins - Kevin Holm-Hudson & the Adjuncts

Pieces - Zac Hart

Pretty Little Cabin - Vanessa Davis

Critics' Choice

TBA (event day)

Community Service

Devine Carama - Believing in Forever

Renee Collins Cobb & Warren Cobb - Listen Locally/Overtones LIVE

Ted Messer

Woodsongs All Volunteer Crew

Lifetime Achievement

TBA (announced weeks before event)