Public Ballot is LIVE - Let's VOTE!

That's right, the public ballot for the 10th Lexi Music Awards is now LIVE and you can vote and share!

To review, the public ballot will be used to nominate 2 of 4 nominees for each category, while to pro panel will choose the other 2 of 4 nominees in each category!

Find the ballot HERE.

MUSICIANS - please vote and then share with other musicians plus friends, family, and fans!

MUSIC BUSINESSES - please vote and then share with peers & clients/customers!

MUSIC LOVERS - please vote and then share with family, friends, and other music lovers (and be sure to tell your favorite bands & musicians about it, too)!

The 10th Lexi Music Awards event will take place Sunday, March 3, 2024 at the historic Lyric Theatre in Lexington, KY!

9th Lexi Music Awards: "...and the winner is..." & Wrap-Up

CONGRATULATIONS, ALL!

"We don't compete with each other - we complete each other." - Jonathan Goodwin (Goodwin Brothers)

Photos/Videos - I will edit this to include links to photos & videos of the event, so check back periodically. But we can sure start with the video of The Wallace Sister's performance!

EDIT: See photos at the official FB group HERE and videos are at the playlist HERE....and check photo link again as we're up-loading photos today and tomorrow.

Apology - As stated in my brief at the beginning of the show, I dropped the ball and didn't leave proper correction time...which mattered as soon as 50k homes and hundreds of businesses were suddenly without power following the Friday storm.

That we had major issues with the program and several plaques is NOT the fault of printer or plaque shop. They were dealing with hardships of their own, and I didn't factor in adequate space for redirection. I will do better next year. My apologies to everyone whose name was butchered or left off...like Austin Jones of Burgandy Box Studio being omitted and Miles Osland suffering the insult of 3 different misspellings of his name, and the like. The proper list of nominees is found HERE.

That said...it was an amazing show AND amazing after-party!

The Team - My undying gratitude to Bill Meck and Dave Medley of WLEX TV-18, the entire staff & crew of the Lyric Theatre, Linda & Roy at Highbridge Springs, Sheila at Ale-8-One, Ginny at Botany Bay, Molly & Richard & the entire staff at Goodwood, and Teri, Michael, & Neil at Three Chord Bourbon, as well as our anonymous private sponsor!

In addition, a monster thanx & huge hugs to Edd MacKey & The Lexington Fashion Collaborative (& Keegan for stepping up to the plate under pressure), my partner-in-crime Angelee Feltner for managing performance flow, Max Corona for organizing our presenters,Teresa for being ready for anything, Jay Hamon for video, Damien McLean for photography, Joshua McLean for this year's event poster...and to Rachel & Eric at Lexenomincs!

And as always, to everyone who voted, organized others to vote, wrote in suggestions, helped track down contact information, & more....with extra nod to Donald Mason and Dane Sadler, who for several years have led the charge to award Les McCann the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Performances - Our house band Mojo Tones kicked 15 minutes of pre-show music to set the mood and then the lights dropped for the beginning of the event. The Wallace Sisters opened with the national anthem and then Bill Meck brought them back up for a second song, their stellar cover of the classic "Killing Me Softly".

Devine Carama & JK-47 set the house on fire and reminded us all that hip-hop turns 50 this year! The Lexi-Fest "Unplugged Battle" champions Trippin Roots stepped up with their full electric band and were just as incredible, and the Mojo Tones had everyone dancing on the way out at night's end!

Award Recipients - without further delay, here - ladies & gentlemen - are your 9th Lexi Music Awards award recipients!

(INDUSTRY awards)

Venue of the Year

Manchester Music Hall

Music Store of the Year

Drum Center of Lexington

Music Company of the Year

Overtones/Listen Locally

Recording Studio/Engineer of the Year

Sneak Attack/Jason Groves

Live Sound Tech of the Year

Wallace "Gator" Harrison

Radio DJ of the Year

Kenny C. Cummings

Instrument Repair of the Year

Don Brandenburg

Jay Flippin Music Educator Award

Miles Osland - UK School of Music

(PERFORMANCE awards)

Female Vocal of the Year

Vanessa Davis

Male Vocal of the Year

Cody Morgan

Bass Player of the Year

Steve Nall

Brass/wind Player of the Year

Matthew Polashek

Drums/percussionist of the Year

Trey Bledsoe

Keyboard Player of the Year

Jonathon Goodwin

String Player of the Year

Emily Miller

Ben Lacy Award for Guitar Excellence

Tanner Blevins

(STYLE awards)

Americana/folk Artist of the Year

Trippin' Roots

Bluegrass Artist of the Year

Goodwin Brothers

TeeDee Young Blues Excellence Award

Rachel Crowe

Classical Artist of the Year

Whit Whitaker

Country Artist of the Year

Taylor Hughes

Funk/R&B/Reggae Artist of the Year

Brett Higgins

Hip-Hop/Rap Artist of the Year

Devine Carama

Jazz/Latin/Big Band/World Artist of the Year

Bigg Sugg & the Jazz Funkers

Metal Artist of the Year

Grave Yard Romeos

Pop Artist of the Year

Vinyl Richie

Punk Artist of the Year

Ciggy Tuna

Rock Artist of the Year

Bedford Band

Singer-Songwriter of the Year

Vanessa Davis

Cover/Variety Artist of the Year

Five Below Band

(SPECIALS awards)

Song of the Year

"No Peace" City Awake

Album of the Year

"Can't Get There From Here" Eric Bolander

Critics Choice

Goodwin Brothers

Community Service

Five Below Band "Honor Flights"

Lifetime Achievement Award

Les Campbell

Ron Browning

Jessie Laine Powell

Les McCann

ALERT: Lifetime Achievement Recipients, Performers, After-Party, More!

Its my great honor to convey the following information:

1) Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients

The recipients for the 8th Lexi Music Awards are.....

Les McCann

Jessie Laine Powell

Les Campbell

Ron Browning

Congratulations to all!


2) Ticket Info

Due to hardships on the music & arts community, ticket price for the event have been REDUCED from $20 (plus fees) to $15 (fees included). Tickets are available exclusively through the Lyric Theatre box
office. PUBLIC tickets are available starting Valentine's Day! 

Call (859) 280-2201 or go HERE.

Also, please feel free to respond, invite, and share using the Facebook Event Page!


3) Performers

Due to city restrictions, we have had to drastically reduce the backstage staffing as well as the number of performers. While we anticipate returning to a full performance line-up next year, we are extremely happy to announce the return of our house band and the following incredible guests!

Mojo Tones (house band)

The Wallace Sisters (national anthem)

Devine Carama & JK-47

Trippin' Roots

4) After-Party

The main event at the Lyric Theatre runs from 6pm until roughly 8pm and catered by Goodwood....so our after party will start roughly 8:30pm at the amazing Goodwood Lexington (at 200 Lexington Green Cir Suite 110, Lexington, KY 40503). Molly & Richard have worked out a special "finger food" menu and will be serving their amazing drinks. Exclusives include Ale-8 sodas, Highbridge Springs water, and Three Chord Bourbon.

Just gonna add, on a personal note, that Goodwood has an excellent bourbon barrel stout!

Please visit our sponsors Three Chord Bourbon, The Botany Bay, Highbridge Springs, Ale-8-One, and Goodwood Lexington!

...and the 9th Lexi Music 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!

Looking forward to seeing you ALL at the gorgeous Lyric Theatre, Sunday, March 5, 2023, at 6pm!

NOMINEES - please send your email contact (with your name/band/org) to lexingtonmusicawards@gmail.com 

INDUSTRY awards nominees

Venue of the Year
Austin City Saloon
The Burl
Manchester Music Hall
The Nook 

Music Store
DooWop Shop Lexington
Drum Center of Lexington
Currier's Music World
Willis Music of Lexington

Music Company
Overtones/Listen Locally
CD Central

What the Shuck? Podcast
Pops Resale

Recording Studio/Engineer/Producer
Burgundy Box Studio/Austin Jones
Sneak Attack Studio/Jason Groves
LIRCO/Steve Nall
April Edwards Audio Productions/April Edwards

Live Sound Tech
Taylor Begley
Nolan Dunn
Wallace "Gator" Harrison

Jerome Galt

Radio DJ
Jay Alexander - 107.9 The Beat (WBTF)
Loretta Friend - V-99FM (WIRV)

Kenny C Cummings - TMV Cafe
Mick Jefferies - WRFL

Gear Repair
Don Brandenburg
JT Butcher
RS Guitarworks
Willcutt Guitars

Jay Flippin Music Educator Award

Miles Osland - University of KY

Beth Dean - Studio 88
Paulie Felice - SDML Academy
Vanessa Davis - Vanessa Davis Music


PERFORMANCE awards nominees

Female Vocal
Rachel Crowe

Melissa Deaton-Johnathon

Taylor Hughes
Vanessa Davis

Male Vocal
Anthony Highley

Shawn Black
Tanner Whitt
Cody Morgan

Bass Guitar
Aaron Gosper

Dave Medley
Steve Nall
Steven Hughes

Brass/Wind
Brady Atwood

Kirby Davis
Matthew Polashek

Michaelle Perros

Drums/Percussion
Peyton Whitt
Trey Beldsoe

Ian Dozer

Jeff Frohlich

Keyboard
Lee Carroll
David Lee Hinkle
Keith McCutchen
Jonathon Goodwin

Strings
Lucy Becker

Aaron Smith

Emily Miller

Jr. Williams

Ben Lacy Guitar Excellence Award
Patrick Gibson

Stephen Lynch
Tanner Blevins
Todd Stricklin


STYLE awards nominees

Americana/Folk

SadBlackLab

Moonlight Mile
Trippin' Roots

Brett & Donnie

Bluegrass
Moonlight Mile

Dark Moon Hollow
Mama Said String Band
Goodwin Brothers

TeeDee Young Blues Excellence Award
Jeremy Short

Dane Sadler

Treyvon King
Rachel Crowe

Classical
Lexington Singers

Alicia McCorvey

Lexington Philharmonic

Whit Whitaker

Country
Taylor Hughes

Blacktop Rodeo

Paint Creek
Zac Hart

Funk/R&B/Reggae
Boogie G & the Titanics

Brett Higgins
Big Sugg & the Jazz Funkers
Rob Dread & the KMA

Hip-Hop/Rap
Devine Carama

Lane Allen
Hybrid the Rapper
GemRats

Jazz/Latin/Big Band/World
Big Sugg & the Jazz Funkers

Keith McCutchen
cAnde Girl
Osborne-Tolly Duo

Metal
Totem Jones
Graveyard Romeos

Taylor Road
StormToker

Pop
Vinyl Richie

Cody Morgan
Rags and Riches
Wesley Saylo

Punk
Dead Letterman
Ciggy Tuna
NP Presley
Sempervivi

Rock
City Awake
Bedford Band
Grimsley Rose
Taylor Road

Singer-songwriter
Cody Morgan
Taylor Hughes

Anthony Highly
Vanessa Davis

Variety/Cover
Four Shots In
Graveyard Romeo

Five Below Band
Vinyl Richie


SPECIALS awards nominees

Song of the Year
"Prayin' to the Whiskey" - Taylor Hughes

"Coal Lampin" (featuring Marcus Wilkerson) - GemRats

"Talk" - Rags & Riches

"Shine Through" - Brett & Donnie

"High on Something" - Taylor Hughes

"No Peace" - City Awake

Album of the Year
"Always Gold" - Rags & Riches

"Hidden Gems" - Gem Rats

"Overtones Presents: Goodwin Bros Working in Concert" - Goodwin Brothers

"Can't Get There From Here" - Eric Bolander

"Barricades" - City Awake

"I Hope You Burn" - Savannah Dean Reeves

Critics' Choice
Wesley Shipp

NP Presley

Marty Charters

Goodwin Brothers

Community Service
Devine Carama - Believing in Forever
Warren & Rene Collins-Cobb - Room 17 Productions 

Five Below Band (veterans "Honor Flights")

TeeDee Young Foundation

Lifetime Achievement

TBA (announced weeks before event)