...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)